Sometimes, one NBA trade portends another. If a team deals their star player, there’s a good chance they’ll be looking to trade more veterans.

After all, rebuilding teams don’t need win-now players. They need future-focused assets. If a team trades their best player, they’re likely to look to trade their second, third, and fourth best guys for young players and/or future first-round picks.

With that in mind, there are plenty of eyes on the Utah Jazz this summer.

After all, they’re heavily rumored to be shopping Donovan Mitchell. If they move him, who knows where their fire sale will end?

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There are plenty of contending teams who could use some of the quality veterans on this roster.

Teams like, for example, the Dallas Mavericks. Here’s a deal that has them acquiring Mike Conley this summer.