NBA Trade Rumors: 1 Franchise-altering trade scenario every team must prepare for

NBA Trade Rumors: Taking a closer look at one realistic franchise-altering trade scenario every team must prepare for ahead of the NBA offseason.

The 2024 NBA Playoffs may be in full swing but there the vast majority of the rest of the league is already preparing for what may be a chaotic offseason full of player movement. And if that does end up being the case, there are many scenarios that every team should be prepared for heading into the summer.

As we inch closer and closer to the start of the NBA offseason, we explore one franchise-altering trade scenario that every team in the league should be preparing for.

Atlanta Hawks

Trade scenario: Trae Young forces his way out

Even though there's an overwhelming expectation that the Atlanta Hawks are going to make a big move via trade at some point this offseason, there is one potential trade scenario that could play out that would certainly change the whole dynamic of the franchise moving forward. And that revolves around Trae Young basically forcing his way out of town. If Young were to take matters into his own hands, it could put the Hawks in an undesirable situation this offseason.

It's one thing for the Hawks to dictate the trade market for one of their two stars, but it's an entirely different thing for one of its two stars to force the issue amid the uncertainty in a way that could limit or diminish all leverage the team may have this summer. With the way the Hawks have let rumors fly willy-nilly, this is certainly a potential scenario they should be prepared for heading into the offseason. And it could completely blow up their big-picture plans.