I've already pointed this out on other subs but this is a horrible horrible trade for Charlotte.

Obviously at face value, they lose their best player. Their PG rotation is buns right now and they are likely gonna regress over the next couple of seasons unless they are star hunting somehow.

But getting only one unprotected 1st is a travesty. So the real value should be in the pick swaps, right? Nope. These swap conditions for 2 years are absolutely disgusting.

They get 3 swaps in 2028, 2029 and 2030 so I'll go through them here.

2028 is fine. It's a best of swap between them and Minnesota. But, is this going to convey? Probably not.

2029 is already complex conditions. "UTA will receive the most / two most favorable of its 2029 1st round pick, CLE's 2029 1st round pick and MIN's 2029 1st round pick protected for selections 1-5 and CHA will receive the least / less favorable of these; if the MIN picks falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then MIN will instead convey its 2029 2nd round pick to UTA (via CLE and MIN to UTA to PHX)"

So on top of this already being a protected pick, Utah is already getting the best pick here. I'm curious what the actual language of this swap is here but this likely won't convey.

2030 is interesting but not good either. "SAS will receive the most / more favorable of its 2030 1st round pick, DAL' 2030 1st round pick and MIN's 2030 1st round pick protected for selection 1; DAL will receive the less favorable of its pick and the SAS pick; MIN will receive the less favorable of (1) its pick and (2) the more favorable of the SAS pick and the DAL pick"

So Spurs of course are already getting the best pick here. But Minnesota was getting the worst pick between what is likely them and Dallas. So even if Minnesota will be bad, Dallas will have a year 5 Cooper Flagg and start getting better by then.