Taking into account the players traded and the ability of their replacements, it is possible for each team in a trade to have a better projected record, or for each team to have a worse one, or for one team to be better and another to be worse by a different number of games.

ESPN Analytics has rolled out an interactive NBA draft simulator in advance of the 2026 draft, giving fans the ability to make picks and propose trades across both rounds. The system uses data from expert mock drafts and ESPN’s top 100 rankings to ...