The NBA Finals haven't even concluded and the first salvos of the offseason were fired off cannonball-style over the weekend, with the Memphis Grizzlies sending Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic for a package that included four future unprotected first-round picks.

With two of the first four picks in the second round, landing a projected first-round talent that slipped seems a likely probability for the Charlotte Hornets. The end of the first round is extremely tough to predict,

Zachary Weinberger is a credentialed Miami Heat reporter and an Associate Editor covering the NBA at-large, NCAA Football, and NCAA Basketball for ClutchPoints. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022, covering sports at the FAU University Press and later at The Palm Beach Post.