Draft day is tomorrow, which means an uptick in trades as NBA teams try to best position themselves for the upcoming season and beyond. This year, with rumors swirling around star players, little available cap space, and LeBron James' free agency, it should be an unpredictable and potentially volatile summer.

With teams on the clock soon, here are a five deals that makes sense for both trading partners, starting with a Kawhi Leonard blockbuster:

5. The San Antonio Spurs trade F Kawhi Leonard and the 18th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft to the Los Angeles Clippers for F Tobias Harris, PG Patrick Beverley and the 12th and 13th selections in the 2018 NBA Draft.

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I wrote about this trade earlier for BBALL BREAKDOWN, and from the perspective of both teams I think this is the right deal to make. The Spurs are looking for three things out of any trade they make for Kawhi: multiple high-value draft picks, veteran players who can contribute to a winning team next season, and the flexibility to have cap space in 2019 if they decide to chase another big-name star. Leonard has some leverage to lower his trade value, but with his preferred destination being Los Angeles, this is as close as all parties can get to a good deal.

This Clippers package would check all three boxes for San Antonio. By adding two lottery picks in what projects to be a much stronger draft than next year's, San Antonio has a high-probability of getting the young core for them to build around started soon. Two lottery picks and Dejounte Murray is a solid starting point.

Tobias Harris is a strong, lengthy forward with some off-the-bounce ability who shot above 40 percent from three last season. He posted a career year moving from Detroit to Los Angeles last season, averaging 18.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists as one of the most underrated players in the NBA. In the short-term, the Spurs would be able to start Harris alongside LaMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol in their front court, or in smaller lineups capable of switching across four positions. And Tobias Harris is the type of player the Spurs love, statistically: low turnover rate, high usage, and an above-average shooter.

Beverley would provide another pesky on-ball defender for San Antonio and another shooter to space the floor around LaMarcus Aldridge. As the Spurs look to compete next year, Gregg Popovich would have an incredibly potent defensive combo in the backcourt with Beverley and Murray.

More than anything, it gives the Spurs the ablity to build over the long-term. Both Beverley and Harris would be free agents next year and San Antonio would go into the summer of 2019 with almost $50 million in cap space. That number could grow if the Spurs get some relief from Pau Gasol's contract, either through retirement or his partial guarantee. They'll have the Bird rights to Tobias Harris and Patrick Beverley so they can re-sign them above the cap, giving the Spurs an elite backcourt role player and a great third scoring option.

All of this happens while the Spurs add two cagey veterans and two lottery picks to a team that won 47 games this season without Kawhi Leonard, negating the need for a complete rebuild. Tobias Harris, who will be 26 in mid-July, is still young enough to comfortably extend or retain beyond next season and not compromise the longevity of this roster. The Spurs wouldn't approach the luxury tax either of the next two season, either.

The Spurs are rumored to want to send Kawhi Leonard to the Eastern Conference, avoiding stacking the deck against themselves as they push for another Western Conference title. There's some logic to that, but at the end of the day the organization won't take a lesser return on behalf of controlling where they send him. The Spurs want to get the most they can in return for Kawhi, and this package offers that.

Alright… so the Clippers.

Owner Steve Ballmer has been open about his desire to avoid a rebuild in Los Angeles. Now there's a top 10 player in the NBA who calls Los Angeles home, is available on the trade market, and has expressed interest in the City of Angels? They have to view this as a golden opportunity.

The ripple effects of making such a deal are important. Adding Leonard probably convinces DeAndre Jordan to re-up with the Clippers, keeping their franchise center in town as he now sees a path back to the postseason. They'll also have the 18th pick, and stand at $116 million in salary for next season with 13 players under contract. Of course, that salary figure could change if Jordan opts out and elects for a new deal but the Clippers would propel themselves over the luxury tax regardless of a Kawhi trade if they're going to retain him. Why not work to build a contender if you have to be over the luxury tax?

Here's another way to think of the deal: they essentially turn Blake Griffin, Patrick Beverley, Brice Johnson and a first-rounder into Kawhi Leonard and a first-rounder. That's a pretty good overall haul. The Clippers downsize and allow Danilo Gallinari a more natural fit while playing at the stretch-4 spot. The Leonard and DeAndre Jordan tandem is a great defensive fit, allowing them to cover for the weaker spots like Gallo or Milos Teodosic.

At the end of the day, the Clippers would do this deal because they believe Kawhi re-signs long term. With a ton of space in 2019, for when the Leonard contract expires and he goes after his maximum deal, the Clippers could build a suitable roster around him.

4. The Utah Jazz send F Jonas Jerebko, G Thabo Sefolosha, the 21st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and a 2019 top-18 protected first-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for the 11th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and F Marvin Williams.

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The Jazz should make some sort of aggressive move this summer. They have an elite point guard and big man combo that will be dangerous for years to come, low salaries in the future, and multiple non-guaranteed contracts with value to teams struggling to create space around the league. One of those teams in dire need of cap relief is the Charlotte Hornets, a mediocre roster nudging against the luxury tax with little hopes of meaningful playoff performance next season.

Instead of trading for an established star like Kemba Walker, who the Jazz would have to pay a great deal of money to next summer, what if they targeted another lottery pick to flank Mitchell with for years to come? The price for doing so: absorbing one, maybe two years of backup stretch-4 Marvin Williams, a proven defender and a 40 percent three-point shooter. With that, they'd move up to 11th in the draft and be able to add another backcourt partner for Mitchell, a long and switchy wing or simply the best player available.

Adding Williams to the fray would put Utah at around $94 million in committed salary, and around $97 when factoring in the 11th pick. The Jazz would then work to re-sign Dante Exum and Derrick Favors and still have a few roster spots available.

For Charlotte, it's a tough pill to swallow to move out of the 11th spot for a team that starving for young talent. The financial relief immediately provided might be worth their time, and give them flexibility to move Kemba Walker in a separate deal that yields a bountiful young harvest.

Right now, Charlotte is hovering at $118 million in salaries, only $5 million away from the luxury tax. They have six players maxing eight-figures next year, and only two of them (Kemba Walker and Dwight Howard) will be free agents next summer. New GM Mitch Kupchak desperately needs to shed some salary. Both Jonas Jerebko and Thabo Sefolosha are on fully non-guaranteed contracts for next year. By acquiring them and getting rid of Marvin Williams' $14.08 million salary, the Hornets effective just drop his number from the books. Charlotte would then stand just under $104 million in player salaries for next year.

Is that financial relief enough worth dropping 10 spots in the draft for? If Utah were to throw in another future first-round pick that conveys outside the lottery, my gut says yes. And, as mentioned before, now the Hornets are in a position to absorb some salary in a potential Kemba Walker trade and then bring in even more young assets. Sometimes it takes a little less of a deal in the interim to open the flexibility to make a bigger one. Kupchak has proven that in the past with some of the deals he's made with the Lakers. This could be a creative solution to many of his problems.

3. The Denver Nuggets trade F/C Kenneth Faried and the 14th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft to Chicago for G Sean Kilpatrick and the 22nd pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.

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Kilpatrick cannot formally be traded until June 26, so this deal would only be agreed upon in principle. But with it, Denver saves $13.8 million next season, allowing them to retain Will Barton and utilize their Mid-Level Exception. Moving back eight spots in the draft to do so is certainly worth that cost, as they've been trying to unload the Faried contract for years.

The Nuggets would waive Kilpatrick and his non-guaranteed salary once July hits. They'll enter July just at around $99 million in player salaries, and that's before signing their draft selection to a deal. With the luxury tax amount projected to be around $123 million, Denver now has plenty of room to put together a contender next season while avoiding the luxury tax. If $12 million annually goes to Will Barton, they're still more than $10 mill beneath that tax line. Denver will also create a traded player exception of around $11 million from the Faried deal, giving them a nice chip to use around the trade deadline if they want to acquire an additional piece. There will still be a fair deal of value at the 22nd selection as well, especially for some of the wings the Nuggets have brought in for workouts and liked. Troy Brown of Oregon, Dzanan Musa of Bosnia, Keita Bates-Diop of Ohio State and even the point guard Elie Okobo of France could still be available, so the Nuggets are in a pretty good spot if they're still in the first-round after unloading Faried.

For the Bulls, this is about using their cap space as a way of nabbing a second lottery talent in the draft. Chicago's timeline is still pretty young and the Bulls have nearly $40 million in projected cap space this summer. That number will decrease with a Zach LaVine deal (LaVine is a restricted free agent), but should leave the Bulls north of $20 million in other room. Faried, an expiring contract, is a safe contract to add considering the $13.8 million on his deal next year won't threaten their space to sign LaVine and have room for other ancillary moves.

Still, Chicago would leave the draft with picks 7 and 14 at their disposal, allowing them to add a litany of young players to flank an already intriguing young core. Guys like Lauri Markkanen, Kris Dunn and Zach LaVine are really the only long-term pieces they should consider building with or around. Adding two more lottery guys this season gives them a quicker ability to evaluate just what direction they'll be moving in the future.

As for the Manimal, he'll slide behind Robin Lopez in the meantime as a backup center. With their luck, he could have some value at the trade deadline or eventually become a buyout candidate. There are some around the league who still believe Faried has some gas left in the tank (myself included) to be productive as a rim-running 5 in an up-tempo system. Chicago fits the bill in that regard, making this a destination he likely won't object to too much.

2. Minnesota Timberwolves send the 20th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets for picks 29 and 40.

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The Timberwolves are in a tough spot financially next season. The Timberwolves have $110 million already owed for next year on eight players – Jimmy Butler, Andrew Wiggins, Jeff Teague, Gorgui Dieng, Taj Gibson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Justin Patton and Tyus Jones. Nabbing seven other guys for around $13 million (the space between them and the luxury tax) is a difficult task, and the way Minnesota's contracts are structured they don't have the luxury of shedding anything through a salary dump.

The 20th pick in the draft has a cap hold for next season of about $1.785 million, which by itself doesn't handicap Minnesota's efforts. However, it leaves around $11.2 million with six other roster spots, meaning they must rely on multiple minimum-level contracts. Instead, the Wolves could move back to 29th, where the pick has a cap hit of $1.348 million, and add two second-round picks (40th and their own at 48th) that would combine for around $1.7 million in salaries if both players picked make the roster. What Minnesota yields as a result: three players signed for just over $3 million, with four roster spots remaining and $10 million between them and the luxury tax. That's a much more palatable scenario.

While the Wolves might want to trade back, Brooklyn could be a dark horse team that moves up. They're still in the infancy of their rebuilding process and by vaulting many teams in the 20s of the draft, they can add one of the higher-profile names that the organization likes.

With as much cap space as the Nets have (around $15 million once July hits), they won't need to rely on second-round picks to fill out the roster and can make other deals to pick up second-rounders by leveraging their cap space. This is a more aggressive buy on Brooklyn's part, but it's one the organization will have to make eventually if they want to keep adding young pieces of value.

1. The Washington Wizards trade G Jodie Meeks, cash, and a 2022 second-round pick (protected 31-40) to the Atlanta Hawks for a top-55 protected 2020 second-round pick

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Essentially, this deal just becomes Washington paying someone to take on the Jodie Meeks deal. Meeks recently opted into the final year of his deal, a smart move for the veteran sharpshooter considering he'll miss almost a quarter of the season due to a violation of the league's anti-drug program. Washington, with hopes of making the playoffs again and avoiding the luxury tax, would rather have an extra $3.45 million of room than pay for keeping Meeks around.

For the Hawks, this is a good use of their cap space, picking up a second-round pick down the line and some cash while not eating into their space enough that they cannot make any other moves to leverage their space. Meeks would likely be waived as well.

Why is this a deal that should happen on draft night? The Hawks will be entertaining multiple trade offers for their cap space at or around draft night, and the Wizards will have to act quickly if they want to get the contract of Meeks off their books.