The dominoes are starting to fall.



Throughout the entire season, NBA executives, agents, and players collectively buzzed about the possibility of a seismic shift in player movement this summer regarding superstars such as Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard and others in free agency and Anthony Davis, Mike Conley, etc. on the trade market. On Tuesday night, the future of several NBA franchises was shaped by several ping-pong balls during the NBA Draft Lottery as the scenarios for player movement began to materialize more clearly. We’ll examine those scenarios in this mock draft as the chatter amongst those executives, agents, and players has intensified all week.



The most meaningful domino to fall was the No. 1 pick and how it affects Davis’ future in New Orleans. Now with Zion Williamson unofficially a Pelican, New Orleans Executive Vice President David Griffin has different options regarding Davis.



While Griffin prefers to retain his...