New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- NEW YORK - Tyler Herro has a contract that runs through next spring and a roster situation that doesn't add up anymore.

Milwaukee signed Damian Lillard and then watched the plan unravel in the second round two seasons in a row. Now Lillard is back, the Bucks added more backcourt options in June's draft, and Herro - the player Milwaukee was supposed to build around alongside Lillard - is the one who no longer fits. In a league that moves fast, his name is already circulating before training camp exists.

This is the NBA's most reliable summer phenomenon: teams that made decisive moves in the offseason discovering, as the calendar turns to August, that their decisiveness created a problem somewhere else. Five players h...