After setting Ben Simmons free (following months of insisting they wouldn't do so), the Brooklyn Nets created a massive void at the point guard position. Simmons assumed the full-time role after the franchise dealt Dennis Schroder back in December,

Ben Simmons has opened a new chapter with the Los Angeles Clippers, practicing with the team for the first time after being waived by the Brooklyn Nets.

As is always the case after the trade deadline, the week following features the start of the NBA’s buyout market, as veterans on expiring deals that weren’t traded (or were acquired by teams for the express purpose of adding draft assets) find themselves on the open market.