The 2024 NBA summer was full of major moves.

From Paul George leaving the Los Angeles Clippers for the Philadelphia 76ers, Mikal Bridges being traded to the New York Knicks, Klay Thompson joining the Dallas Mavericks and more, there was no shortage of headlines that will have a big impact on the league.

While those transactions have been covered time and time again, what about some of the quieter moves that will also make an imprint on the 2024-25 season and beyond?

The following five offseason trades, draft picks and signings didn't get much time to shine, but they definitely deserve to be noticed.

Jonathan Isaac's Contract Structure

When news initially broke about Jonathan Isaac's new five-year, $84 million contract, it was met with some raised eyebrows.

The 26-year-old has long been one of the NBA's premier defenders when healthy, yet he has averaged just 29.3 games per season over his seven years due a torn ACL and a number of other serious injuries.

To balance his productivity vs. availability, the Orlando Magic front office of Jeff Weltman, Anthony Parker and others put on a masterclass in contract structure, as no other current deal in the NBA is set up like Isaac's.

Loaded with cap space this summer, the Magic essentially replaced his non-guaranteed $17.4 million with a new $25 million deal, giving him a raise in 2024-25 before his contract becomes one of the best bargains in the NBA.

The five-year, $84 million contract drops to four years and $59 million after this season with team protections.

Here's how the last four years of Isaac's contract shake out:

• 2025-26: $15 million, 9.7 percent of the cap

• 2026-27: $14.5 million, 8.5 percent of the cap (only $8 million guaranteed, fully guaranteed if 52 games or more are played the previous season)

• 2027-28: $14.5 million, 7.8 percent of the cap ($0 guaranteed, fully guaranteed if 52 games or more are played the previous season)

• 2028-29: $15 million, 7.3 percent of the cap ($0 guaranteed, fully guaranteed if 52 games or more are played the previous season)

In reality, only $48 million of the $84 million is guaranteed, with just $23 million coming after this season.

For someone who finished first in the NBA in Defensive Estimated Plus-Minus (plus-4.1) and improved Orlando by 9.6 points per 100 possessions (91st percentile), even a somewhat healthy Isaac could be a huge bargain for the Magic over the next five years.

Gary Trent Jr. Signing with Milwaukee Bucks

Gary Trent Jr. and Tyus Jones agreeing to veteran minimum deals were the best values of the 2024 free-agency period, although only one was truly needed by their team.

While the Suns already have two All-Stars in their backcourt and didn't need to replace any starters leaving in free agency, the Bucks had a huge hole at shooting guard with Malik Beasley leaving for the Detroit Pistons.

Milwaukee's stock has been falling since they hobbled out of the first round of the playoffs, doomed by injuries to both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. Khris Middleton recently had surgery on both ankles, and Brook Lopez is entering his age-36 season.

Once thought to be the elite franchise in the East, the Bucks have seemingly dropped a significant step behind teams such as the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers.

The signing of Trent, 25, is a breath of fresh air for a Milwaukee team that's only aging further out of its collective prime.

The 6'5" shooting guard is essentially guaranteed a starting job next to Lillard, his former Portland Trail Blazers teammate. Trent averaged 15.9 points and shot 40.3 percent from three in 41 starts for the Toronto Raptors last year and has put up as many as 18.3 points per game in a season.

The Raptors' offense jumped by 5.9 points per 100 possessions with Trent in the game (90th percentile, via Cleaning the Glass) and the fifth-year pro is especially dangerous as a floor-spacer, knocking down 43.1 percent of his catch-and-shoot threes last season.

Players like Antetokounmpo and Lillard are still going to draw a ton of defensive attention, meaning the Duke product should see the most open looks of his career to date.

With good health and the addition of Trent, the Bucks should be able to remain near the top of the East.

Thunder Selecting Nikola Topić

The 2024 NBA draft wasn't the most exciting version we've seen, although players such as Reed Sheppard, Zach Edey, Bronny James and others still received plenty of buzz.

One selection that went largely overlooked, though, was the Oklahoma City Thunder taking point guard Nikola Topić with the No. 12 overall pick.

Like most things OKC has done the past few years, this was another brilliant move that will only look better with time.

The Serb likely won't play a single minute this season as he works to recover from surgery for a partially torn ACL discovered in June. The Thunder knew this when they drafted him and are so loaded in the backcourt already with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Alex Causo, Cason Wallce, Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Joe and others that they won't need him anytime soon.

This move was the equivalent of putting sprinkles on top of the cherry on top of the ice cream on top of the cake. OKC is going to be absurdly talented for the next decade due to its young talent and incredible stash of draft picks and now has a player Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman compares to former NBA All-Star Goran Dragić coming off its bench.

If healthy, the 6'6" Topić might have been a top-five pick. Most franchises don't have the patience to use a lottery pick on a player who's likely to miss his entire rookie season, which allowed the now 19-year-old to slide to OKC at No. 12 overall.

Chet Holmgren, who also missed his entire rookie year with an injury, played in all 82 regular-season games and 10 playoff contests last season.

The Thunder's patience has already paid off once. Expect Topić to come back at full strength next season and become a valuable part of the team's rotation.

Hawks Trade Return for Dejounte Murray

The Dejounte Murray trade was covered sufficiently this summer, although primarily from the New Orleans Pelicans' point of view.

The 27-year-old will undoubtedly help solve New Orleans' point guard issue, but don't be surprised if the Hawks come away as the winners in the deal.

Atlanta received a pair of first-round picks, Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance Jr. and E.J. Liddell (who has since been traded to the Phoenix Suns for David Roddy) in exchange for Murray, a move that cleared a lot of future salary off the books and raised the ceiling of the franchise overall.

The most important part of the trade for the Hawks was the inclusion of a 2025 first-round pick from New Orleans, one that's actually coming from the Los Angeles Lakers that was originally sent to the Pelicans in the Anthony Davis trade. The Pels had the option to take L.A.'s draft selection in 2024 or 2025, opting to delay the pick likely due to the difference in class strengths.

The Hawks now own the Lakers' unprotected first-round pick in 2025, a draft that is "loaded with potential stars," according to Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman.

Los Angeles has selected at No. 17 each of the past two years, although its 2025 pick has the potential to be even higher. LeBron James (71 games played) and Anthony Davis (76) were both abnormally healthy last year, as neither star had even reached 60 games since the 2019-20 season.

With James set to turn 40 in December and Davis now 31, these two aren't going to become more durable with age. Missing one (or both) would lead to a freefall for a Lakers team that did little to improve this offseason and had a net rating of minus-13.2 (8th percentile via Cleaning the Glass) in the 735 total possessions the two stars were off the floor.

This is a potential gold mine of a pick for Atlanta, which is important since its own draft selection is owed to the San Antonio Spurs from the original Murray trade.

Tack on another first-round pick coming in 2027, the two-way potential of 21-year-old Dyson Daniels and the insurance of Nance as a do-it-all rotation big and we'll look back at this trade being a huge win for the Hawks.

Spurs Stocking Up on Future Picks

Most NBA teams are either actively sacrificing future draft picks in order to win now or punting on the present while stocking up for the future.

The San Antonio Spurs, armed with the best prospect we've seen since LeBron James, are doing both.

In addition to drafting Stephon Castle, signing Chris Paul and trading for Harrison Barnes, they made a pair of moves this summer to increase their future draft assets.

By allowing the Timberwolves to take over the No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 draft, San Antonio collected Minnesota's unprotected 2031 first-round pick and a 2030 first-round pick swap, protected only if the selection ends up at No. 1 overall.

The Spurs also jumped into the DeMar DeRozan three-team deal that saw the veteran forward go from the Chicago Bulls to Sacramento, acquiring an unprotected 2031 first-round pick swap along with Barnes from the Kings.

So, why do we care what happens six or seven years from now?

This is typically the time when most franchises have exhausted their draft capital and are in danger of watching their star player leave in free agency. Just ask the 2010 Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Spurs, however, are thinking 10 steps ahead.

So, when Victor Wembanyama is entering the prime of his career (unfathomable to even imagine right now) at age 26 or 27, San Antonio could realistically be in the Finals and be selecting near the top of the draft year after year.

The Spurs and Orlando Magic are the only two franchises without a single draft pick owed to another team, and San Antonio has 21 extra picks and swap rights coming over the next seven years.

These trades for future picks may not mean much now, but San Antonio has done a brilliant job of setting itself up for yet another dynasty.