After a season that saw the Boston Celtics reign victorious as world champions, the National Basketball Association (NBA) allowed teams to negotiate contracts with free agents outside their current team on June 30, 13 days after the conclusion of the NBA finals and three days after the NBA draft.
Kicking off free agency was a set of trades. One included guard Mikal Bridges being traded from the Brooklyn Nets to their cross-town rival the New York Knicks for a set of players and a whopping five first-round picks. The second was guard Dejounte Murray being traded from the Atlanta Hawks to the New Orleans Pelicans, which would team him up with Zion Williamson.