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 joined them after losing in the play-in tournament, and they'll be 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
Eliminated in first round
Milwaukee Bucks
2023-24 record: 49-33
Draft picks in June: No. 23 (via NO) and No. 33/34 (via POR)
Free agents: Malik Beasley, Jae Crowder, Patrick Beverley, Danilo Gallinari, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and TyTy Washington Jr..
State of the roster: Expensive and fragile. Do not expect another knee-jerk reaction to Milwaukee losing in the first round of the playoffs. How could there be when Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the entire series against the Indiana Pacers and Damian Lillard did not play in Games 4 and 5. Anteokounmpo also missed Games 2 and 3 of the first-round loss last year to Miami. The Bucks are now left to evaluate whether a healthy version of this roster can compete at a championship level after a full training camp under Doc Rivers, who replaced Adrian Griffin as coach midseason. Milwaukee was 17-18 after Rivers took over in January, ranking 18th in offensive efficiency and 15th in defensive efficiency. The Bucks were also 5-11 in clutch games under Rivers. Antetokounmpo, Lillard and Khris Middleton played only eight games together with Rivers as head coach, going 3-5. They were 25-9 under Griffin. The three players shared the floor for 758 minutes this season, and Milwaukee had a plus-17.5 net rating in those minutes, which was the second-best net efficiency among trios to play at least 600 minutes together.