Recently, ESPN reporters Tim Bontemps and Kevin Pelton wrote an article to analyze the future goals of all 30 NBA teams. The following is some of the content.

After combing out the roster, salary cap forecasts and draft picks for all 30 teams, we came up with the following predictions for these teams. As the 2025-26 season approaches, we divide it into eight levels, which will determine the relative success or failure of each team. The Trail Blazers are classified as one of five teams “building teams around young cores”, with the other four being the Atlanta Hawks, the Detroit Pistons, the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs.

The Trail Blazers now have a large number of young talents - Deni Avdia, Shetton Sharp, Scudt Henderson, Donovan Klingen and Yang Hansen are not 25 years old. The team hopes that these young players can grow up after introducing veterans Holiday and Lillard this summer. However, as these young geniuses develop, the final form of the team's lineup remains unclear. The Hawks gained a top-10 draft pick in draft night with the New Orleans Pelicans in draft night, adding a huge boost to their future. The draft pick will join a core roster that already includes last year's No. 1 pick, Jaylen Johnson and Dyson Daniels, the fastest-progress player last season.

The Detroit Pistons, led by 2021 No. 1 pick Cningham, won their first playoff victory last season since 2008. Now, the team hopes that Cunningham and his young core squads, including Ivy, Osal Thompson and Jaylen Durham, will continue to succeed on this basis. The Grizzlies traded Bain to the Orlando Magic for a set of draft picks, including the Phoenix Suns' first-round pick in 2026, which has great potential. The team hopes that this draft pick, coupled with this year's lottery pick Coward (11 pick), and the team's cornerstones Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., can bring long-term development space to the team.

The Spurs have been in a rebuilding position since winning the right to pick Victor Vinbanyama in the 2023 draft draw. Since then, the Spurs have relied on the big man to open a new era in San Antonio. The team also won Stephen Castle (the No. 4 pick last year) and Dylan Harper (the second place this year) through the draft, and obtained De Alon Fox through a trade, further strengthening the lineup.