Every NBA Team's Biggest MISTAKE This Offseason

The NBA offseason is a long period where a lot happens across the landscape of the league. All 30 NBA teams are trying to improve their ability to achieve success, and they're all on different timelines with different goals, so while not every group needs the same type of things, even within the context of their current situation, they still need to execute on their plans well. Some teams do this better than others, but nobody's perfect so there's always something they could've done better, and that brings us to today's video. Today we will be going through all 30 NBA teams, and we'll be picking out the biggest mistake that each of them have made this offseason. Before we get started though, I want to put you all onto something that I truly believe can be a benefit in your day-to-day lives. It's called Groons, which is a convenient, comprehensive formula all packed into one snack pack per day. You've probably heard of things like multivitamins, greens gummies, and prebiotics. 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Starting in the east, then making our way through the west, first up is the Atlanta Hawks, and their biggest mistake this offseason was not going after Jalen Brown when he was available to be traded for. The Hawks actually turned a nice corner last season, re-emerging as a playoff team even after trading Trae Young away, and against future NBA champion New York in the first round, they arguably put up a better fight than anybody else, but their downfall was that they lacked the offensive firepower to hang. Based on the price tag, Jalen Brown was traded for, he would have been a perfect target for this team, and they were even heavily linked to him in rumors this summer, but in the end it was a missed opportunity. Next is the Boston Celtics, and their biggest mistake was the Jalen Brown trade that they did make. Trading Jalen Brown in and of itself is not the problem here, if it truly got to a point behind the scenes where the relationship couldn't be salvaged, and it was best for both sides to move on from each other, then there were definitely ways to about trading a player who was still in his 20s, who was fresh off of being a borderline MVP candidate, and what they did was not that. They traded him for Paul George and some picks that probably won't be as valuable as you think, because now the Sixers are set up for more long-term success. Paul George is a shell of his former self, he can't stay healthy, and he arguably has the worst contract in the whole league. Next is the Brooklyn Nets, and their biggest mistake was bringing in Julius Randle. The Minnesota Timberwolves wanted to dump Julius Randle's contract to get him off of their books, and the Nets stepped up as the willing participants in that process. Brooklyn is currently in the middle of a rebuild, with a lot of young talent throughout their roster who all need touches, usage, and in-game development, and they already have one high usage vet in Michael Porter Jr. sort of getting in the way of that. Now with Julius Randle also in the mix, with his ball hog, black hole type of tendencies, his playstyle is the complete antithesis of what inexperienced young talent should be playing with early in their careers. Next is the Charlotte Hornets, and their biggest mistake was the timing of the lamello ball trade that they made. Over the last few years, there have been countless better opportunities to trade lamello ball. The team struggled to find much success under him at the helm, and if they truly didn't see him as a piece that they wanted around long term, this decision needed to be made a while ago. Waiting until this offseason, after they finally looked like they were ready to turn a corner down the stretch of last season, with lamello's playmaking being at the heart of that offensive success, is just baffling, and it doesn't even feel like they got max value for him back in this trade in return either. Next is the Chicago Bulls, and their biggest mistake was extending Zach Collins' contract. The Bulls are starting their rebuild, so they're not necessarily doing anything crazy with their offseason moves, so I'm not here to say this is some sort of franchise altering mistake, it's just the choice almost by default. This is a team that also traded for Nick Claxton this summer, who will start at center, plus they already have Jalen Smith emerging as a very strong backup center, so this extension just felt unnecessary more than anything else. Next is the Cleveland Cavaliers, and their biggest mistake was running back another year with both Evan Mobley and Jared Allen next to each other in the lineup. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then the Cavaliers might be insane. Both of these players individually are very talented in their own right, the problem is that they're just a pretty bad fit together when it matters most in important playoff series. Them sharing the floor severely limits the spacing of the lineup, it hurts their offensive output, and it puts extra pressure on creators like Donovan Mitchell and James Harden to carry an even bigger load. Next is the Detroit Pistons, and their biggest mistake was not taking a big swing this summer. The Pistons have been the one seed last season, but in the playoffs, it showed that this group wasn't quite ready to contend with the best of the best, largely because they too lack high-end creators on offense outside of Cade Cunningham. It's clear that Cunningham needs a real co-star for this group to make it to the top, and instead the Pistons made a lot of lateral moves and are still in dispute with Jalen Duren at risk of possibly losing him this summer if they don't get to an agreement soon. Next is the Indiana Pacers, and their biggest mistake was expecting Tyrese Halliburton to fix everything. Now this one's a bit of an exaggeration of course, but the Pacers were one of the most inactive teams this offseason, with their only notable addition being Kelly Oubre. They were in the NBA Finals in 2025, and with Tyrese Halliburton coming back this year, there's obviously good reason to expect them to be back in the mix, but the league looks way different than it did two years ago, and especially in the Eastern Conference, so expecting for them to just pick right back up where they left off because one player came back may prove to be a Next is the Miami Heat, and their biggest mistake was neglecting the point guard position. The Heat made one of the biggest splashes this summer, trading for Giannis Anadokoumpou and will likely be one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference now, but after having to trade away about half their team to get that deal done, they're left somewhat lacking in true ball handlers. Davion Mitchell provides a lot of positives on defense and even as a passer, but is a very low volume shooter on offense than after him. Their only other point guards are Drew Smith and Ryan Conwell, which is just not good enough depth for a contending team. Next is the Milwaukee Bucks, and their biggest mistake was holding on to Miles Turner. With the Bucks officially having given up on trying to build around Giannis Anadokoumpou and embracing a rebuild, Turner just feels out of place on this roster. He's an aging veteran with experience anchoring playoff teams, and now he's in the way of newcomer Kal-El Ware's development who is already good enough to be a starting center in the NBA. Next is the New York Knicks, and their biggest mistake was running it back with nothing new. The Knicks are the defending NBA champions, and they have every right to believe in the court that they have because the phrase, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, applies directly to them to a tee. But we also haven't seen a team win back-to-back titles since the peak of the Warriors dynasty, and in order to maintain dominance, you need to constantly be getting better. The only difference between this year and last year is that they lost Mitchell Robinson and brought in Andre Drummond to replace him at backup center, but at this point in Drummond's career, that's a pretty big downgrade. Next is the Orlando Magic, and their biggest mistake was continuing to ignore their need for playmaking. In the past, I've discussed how badly the Magic need a high-end point guard for this very reason, but honestly, it doesn't even necessarily need to be a point guard because high-end playmakers exist at every position nowadays, and yet the Magic don't really have any of it. This is a team that consistently ranks as the worst offense amongst the teams that make the playoffs because they have zero creativity in their lineup to orchestrate things and alleviate the creation duties of Paolo Bancaro and Franz Wagner. Next is the Philadelphia 76ers, and their mistake was neglecting the backup center spot. The Sixers had arguably the best offseason in the entire NBA, so this isn't really a big mistake, but the spot behind Joel Embiid is always important due to his health concerns. Adem Bona and Dominic Barlow are the current options here, and while Bona has high-end shotblocking talent, he's also an undisciplined foul machine, and Dominic Barlow is a great energy guy on defense and on the offensive glass, but he isn't a very strong defensive rebounder or consistent scoring threat. Next is the Toronto Raptors, and their biggest mistake was neglecting the center position as a whole. There is real worry that current starting center Jakob Hertel's back issues could persist long-term and impact how effective he can be on a regular basis. After that, they have Colin Murray-Boyles, who had an outstanding rookie season, but he's also undersized for a center and is probably best deployed as a power forward next to a true center. Adding some insurance here would have helped this group a lot, but they didn't do that. Next is the Washington Wizards, and their biggest mistake was overpaying Trae Young. Keeping Trae Young around long-term was clearly the goal from the get-go after trading for him, but giving him a supermax contract extension worth over 200 million dollars is a situation where they were bidding against themselves, because no other team was willing to give Trae Young that much money long-term after the year that he just had. He's already a flawed player with his defensive struggles, and then last season's nagging injuries came into the fold, so this is now a contract that seems destined to age pretty poorly. Now over to the teams in the west, next up is the Dallas Mavericks, and their biggest mistake was reaching on Merez Johnson with the 9th overall pick in the draft. Merez Johnson can still absolutely be a very solid NBA player long-term, but at no point was he viewed as a top 10 talent during the pre-draft process, and the only reason he was taken this early is because Dallas hired his college coach to be their coach. Drafting for familiarity over best player available rarely ever works out, and the process to get to this pick felt lazy. Next is the Denver Nuggets, and their biggest mistake was letting all of their key free agents leave without replacement. So far this summer, Denver have lost Peyton Watson, Bruce Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Jonas Valanciunas, which is pretty much their entire bench rotation from last year sans Julian Strother. In their place, they have brought in Marvin Bagley. That's it. Their depth is more thin than it's ever been, and it feels like a really risky plan to test the patience of Nikola Jokic when he could ask out if his frustrations boil over. Next is the Golden State Warriors, and their biggest mistake was choosing to run it back after a season where they missed the playoffs. The glory days of Golden State Warriors basketball are over, and with Steph Curry getting up there in age, they keep outwardly saying that they're committed to building around him, but their actions don't match their words. After missing the playoffs, the only additions they made this summer were Brandon Williams and George Niang, along with drafting Yaxel Lendeberg. Next is the Houston Rockets, and their biggest mistake was keeping Kevin Durant around. Everyone wants to pretend that things are all good in Houston, but we've seen the things that Durant was saying about his teammates on his burner account on social media, and people are typically only willing to look the other way on stuff like that on a human level if winning ensues. But the Rockets just got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by a hobbled Laker squad, so that was not the case. Durant is also getting up there in age, has health concerns of his own, and probably isn't the alpha of a championship contender anymore. Next is the Los Angeles Clippers, and their biggest mistake was the entire Kawhi Leonard scandal. Of course, this is something that has been brewing for years, but this was the offseason where the punishment officially got enforced on them, and now their future is incredibly bleak because they tried to cheat the system and circumvent the salary cap to make their star player happy, which blew up right in their face. Next is the Los Angeles Lakers, and their biggest mistake was overpaying Quinton Grimes. To be honest, the Lakers did a pretty good job preparing for the post-LeBron James era, but this was one signing they probably could have gone without. Especially after also signing Colin Sexton, who is a far superior scoring threat and creator off the bench, Grimes is one of the most inefficient scorers that was on the market, and they're paying him more. And while he is a better defender than other options on the team, he's also not a forward, and this team's guard depth is a pretty deep logjam. Next is the Memphis Grizzlies, and their biggest mistake was holding on to Ja Morant too long. The Grizzlies seem to have known that they wanted to rebuild for over a year now, having traded Desmond Bain last summer and Jaron Jackson Jr. during this past season, but they allowed Ja Morant's value to tank to its absolute lowest before moving on from him. The return that Memphis got for a player that was once the face of their franchise was a salary dump of Jeremy Grant and Chris Murray, who isn't even good enough to be a consistent part of a team's rotation. Next is the Minnesota Timberwolves, and their biggest mistake was trading for Cody Williams. The Timberwolves are another team that have made mostly good moves this summer, but this trade was confusing. Cody Williams, to put it lightly, has not panned out as a prospect after being drafted top 10 in 2024. For a team in win-now mode, to go out of their way to acquire someone who is still very far away from contributing positive minutes at the NBA level consistently just doesn't make much sense. Next is the New Orleans Pelicans, and their biggest mistake was not trading any of their core pieces away. The Pelicans have now been one of the NBA's most disappointing teams in back-to-back seasons, and it has never been more obvious that this group, as currently constructed, are just not good enough to accomplish anything notable. Yet, they're also not committed to a rebuild right now. Guys like Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy, Herb Jones, DeJounte Murray, and Jordan Poole, amongst others, should have all at least been on the trade block to gather useful future assets potentially, but not one trade was made involving any of them. Next is the Oklahoma City Thunder, and their biggest mistake was overdoing it at center position. The Thunder are incredibly dominant as currently constructed, so this one is definitely a nitpick, but they now have four centers on their team, borderline five, which is way too many. They're a team deep in the luxury tax, yet they still chose to hand a big contract extension over to Isaiah Hartenstein, they also have Jalen Williams as a backup center, they also just drafted Adai Mara in the lottery, and they drafted Thomas Sorber in the first round last year. Plus, Chet Holmgren can also play center against smaller lineups, so it just feels like they should have put more focus into the forward spots instead. Next is the Phoenix Suns, and their biggest mistake was taking a swing on Miles Bridges. The Suns are building an identity on the defensive side of the ball, and they exceeded all expectations last season. Miles Bridges doesn't exactly fit that bill. He's been a negative on defense throughout most of his career, and while he does give them another creator on offense capable of scoring 20 points per game, his inconsistent efficiency I can't positively say will be worth the tradeoff on the other end of the floor. Next is the Portland Trailblazers, and their biggest mistake was taking a swing on Ja Morant. I'm honestly not one of those people who are completely out on Ja Morant being able to have a bounce back season, Portland is just a questionable landing spot for him in the grand scheme of things. This is a team that will have Damien Lillard returning to the court this year at point guard, Drew Holiday as another veteran lead guard that they have in the rotation, and Scoot Henderson was starting to show signs of emergence at the end of last season at point guard, so now they have four point guards in the mix all trying to play the same role. Next is the Sacramento Kings, and their biggest mistake was choosing not to blow up the roster. The Kings are stuck in purgatory with no possible route to contention for anything meaningful with the group that they have. They capped out a few seasons ago with one playoff appearance in the last 20 years, and now they're back at the bottom of the standings without even rebuilding. The sooner they hit the eject button and start fresh, the faster they can begin planning out the next era of Kings basketball, but players like DeMontis, Abonis, and Zach Levine are still there leading this uninspiring group. Next is the San Antonio Spurs, and their biggest mistake was choosing not to move on from De'Aaron Fox. The Spurs are so close to winning a championship, but we all watched De'Aaron Fox actively sabotage this group game after game when it mattered most down the stretch of the playoff run. He's not the player he once was, and now he's being paid a super max contract while not even being the team's best point guard. Dylan Harper is very clearly ready to take the reins, but he's stuck behind De'Aaron Fox because of the circumstances. And finally, last up is the Utah Jazz, and their biggest mistake was choosing to move on from Walker Kessler. Kessler's presence is what would have made the plans that they put into action last season come together, so to move on from him sets them back a bit in my opinion. The idea of having Larry Markkanen at the three and Jaron Jackson at the four needed to be complemented by Walker Kessler's dominance on the glass and as an interior defender at the five, because without that, Jaron Jackson Jr.'s weaknesses as a rebounder will remain amplified, and there are more holes in the lineup defensively now. And with that being said, that's all I have for you today. 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