What does your NBA team need? The biggest hole on all 30 rosters

With salary-cap constraints and the NBA’s new “second apron” era, even contenders can’t stay fully stocked. Ben Golliver takes stock of all 30 teams after this offseason’s roster churn, identifying each club’s biggest hole heading into the preseason. The Knicks, Thunder, and Celtics all made major departures, while the Timberwolves rebalanced for a backcourt focus and LeBron James exited the Lakers after eight seasons. The article frames the key question for each team—whether it’s growth from a young star, fitting new pieces into a system, or replacing a departed identity piece—across the league’s changing core groups.