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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. Two more teams have joined them after losing in the play-in tournament, and two more will be in offseason mode starting Friday night, 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 play-in tournament
Atlanta Hawks 2023-24 record: 36-46 Draft picks in June: No. 10 (own) Note: Atlanta has a top-14 protected first-round pick from Sacramento in 2024 (top-12 protected in 2025 and top-10 protected in 2026). Atlanta will receive the first if the Kings reach the first round of the playoffs. It will turn into 2026 and 2027 second-round picks if not conveyed by the Kings. Odds for the No. 1 pick: 3% Free agents: Saddiq Bey (R), Garrison Mathews (T), Wesley Matthews, Trent Forrest (R), Vit Krejci (R), Seth Lundy (R) and Dylan Windler (R) State of the roster: There is a famous quote often misattributed to Albert Einstein: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." That would apply to the Hawks if general manager Landry Fields elects to bring back the same roster after Atlanta missed the playoffs for the first time since 2020. The Hawks can point to injuries (seventh-most missed games) to explain why the roster won five fewer games than last season, but they were 24-32 even before Trae Young's torn ligament in his left hand in late February, but Fields and the ownership group elected to keep this group together at the deadline.
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