NBA offseason 2024: Guides for every eliminated NBA team - ESPN

Now that the 2023-24 NBA regular season is over, we're turning our attention to how each team should approach the offseason, including the draft and free agency. It starts with the 10 teams that have been jockeying for lottery position and the best chance of making the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA draft. Four more teams will join them after this week's play-in tournament, followed by the 16 teams who participate in the 2024 NBA playoffs.

We're breaking down the potential moves for each franchise, including a look at the state of each roster, finances, priorities for each front office, extension candidates to watch, team needs and future draft assets.

Key: ETO= Early Termination Option | P= Player Option | R=Restricted | T=Team Option

Jump to a team:

ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTAH | WSH

2023-24 record: 32-50

Draft picks in June: None

Note: Brooklyn's 2024 first-round pick belongs to Houston after the 2021 James Harden trade. Brooklyn's 2024 second-round pick belongs to Memphis (it was originally traded to Houston in a separate 2021 trade).

Free agents: Nic Claxton, Dennis Smith Jr., Lonnie Walker IV, Keita Bates-Diop (P), Trendon Watford ® and Keon Johnson

State of the roster: While Brooklyn returns 11 players from the current roster, has the fifth-most tradable first-round picks of any team in the next seven years, and possesses cap flexibility in the future and trade exceptions to absorb salary, the Nets are searching for an identity, stuck somewhere between a rebuild and a retool.

Because of the 2021 Harden trade, they don't control their own first-round pick for the next three seasons.