If there’s one thing the NBA teaches us almost daily, it’s that we generally have no clue what’s going to happen next. That’s especially true during trade and free-agency season, when Chris Paul ends up with the Warriors, and James Harden is rumored to potentially land with the Clippers after many of us figured it’d be between Philly and Houston for his services.
But in light of all this, I figured it made sense to take a different approach with this piece: Instead of giving best guesses as to where we think a number of these free-agent players will end up, why not just analyze where we’d like them to end up, be it for stylistic reasons or drama-based ones?
Here’s what we came up with for five players ahead of free agency opening on Friday night.
