Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

It's copy pasted from Reddit.

But yeah I wouldn't be offended if the mods decide to delete it.

[Chicagojk]

Man a nice calf strain now would do wonders

[SleepingHero]

It's copy pasted from Reddit.

But yeah I wouldn't be offended if the mods decide to delete it.

Reddit is okay. 

Its not enough to delete. Entire articles like 2000+ words that I (and some others) posted back in the day is what got us in a little bit of trouble.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

No interest in Dick.

Especially a broke one..

[Dirknows]

Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/marcstein/...as?r=nuq3a&utm_medium=ios

As for Davis …

There doesn't seem to be much of a market for him at this juncture of Trade Season. Davis also missed his 16th game of the season on Monday night at Utah; he's played in 11.

The teams most interested to date, according to league sources, are Toronto and Atlanta. Beyond the well-known fact that the Hawks have zero intention to make the 2026 first-round pick coming their way from New Orleans available, I'm not hearing much optimism at the moment that Atlanta can get anywhere near a package that would tempt Dallas. The Hawks can really only make a credible bid for a high-salaried player by parting with Trae Young or Kristaps Porziņģis. On top of the ongoing uncertainty regarding Porziņģis' battle with illness, I don't see Young as a target for the Mavericks. Not when they remain committed to Kyrie Irving.

Sources say Dallas, furthermore, is not at all interested in just shedding Davis' contract, which is essentially the same deal as Antetokounmpo's in Milwaukee. The Mavericks have maintained to date that they would only be willing to part with the centerpiece of their infamous Doncić deal last February if the trade brings back a return of real consequence.

We have our pick this year so I’m not necessarily fixated on a 2026 pick. The Hawks have swap with worse of Pels and Bucks next year. Asa is interesting. Don’t know much about Risacher honestly. Raptors have all their picks, but this year is gonna be in the 20’s and may be there for the next few years.

[SleepingHero]

We have our pick this year so I’m not necessarily fixated on a 2026 pick. The Hawks have swap with worse of Pels and Bucks next year. Asa is interesting. Don’t know much about Risacher honestly. Raptors have all their picks, but this year is gonna be in the 20’s and may be there for the next few years.

I think getting that Pelicans FRP swap from the Hawks should be of the utmost importance. Getting 2 chances at a top 4 pick (with one of them at a 52% chance), is probably the best possible scenario. Plus, if the Bucks continue to fall, that Pelicans swap reads as: ATL gets the best choice between both the Pelicans AND Bucks pick. So if the Bucks jump in the lotto then that's another chance at a top 4 pick.

I get the idea that draft picks don't always turn out and that AD is good right now, but imagine pairing Cooper with AJ AND Darryn Peterson?

Rissacher is just icing on that cake.

AD to ATL for those Rissacher+that pick is my dream realistic trade currently.

The timeline is reset. We'd have 3-4 premier talents all on their rookie deals.

[Nowitzki Way]

I think getting that Pelicans FRP swap from the Hawks should be of the utmost importance. Getting 2 chances at a top 4 pick (with one of them at a 52% chance), is probably the best possible scenario. Plus, if the Bucks continue to fall, that Pelicans swap reads as: ATL gets the best choice between both the Pelicans AND Bucks pick. So if the Bucks jump in the lotto then that's another chance at a top 4 pick.

I get the idea that draft picks don't always turn out and that AD is good right now, but imagine pairing Cooper with AJ AND Darryn Peterson?

Rissacher is just icing on that cake.

AD to ATL for those Rissacher+that pick is my dream realistic trade currently.

The timeline is reset. We'd have 3-4 premier talents all on their rookie deals.

Even getting one of AJ, Peterson, Boozer and ANOTHER top 10 pick would be a huge reset along with a Flagg, Lively, Max, and Risascher. 

That doesnt doesnt count what we could get if sell off older pieces such as Kyrie, Klay, P.J., Gafford, Naji, etc.  If we can trade AD for Risascher and that Pelicans pick. I say we start the hard rebuild.  Maybe keep Kyrie and P.J. for veteran leadership, etc. But the rest need to go.

[Dirknows]

Even getting one of AJ, Peterson, Boozer and ANOTHER top 10 pick would be a huge reset along with a Flagg, Lively, Max, and Risascher. 

That doesnt doesnt count what we could get if sell off older pieces such as Kyrie, Klay, P.J., Gafford, Naji, etc.  If we can trade AD for Risascher and that Pelicans pick. I say we start the hard rebuild.  Maybe keep Kyrie and P.J. for veteran leadership, etc. But the rest need to go.

I don’t see a scenario where we’d get the Pels pick and keep our pick, and I’m skeptical they’d even agree to a swap depending on where the Pelicans are at by the deadline. We should also keep the 2027 draft in mind as well for an AD trade because we don’t have that pick, be nice to have a pick in every draft at least, even if we have some crappy swaps coming with the Spurs and Thunder in the future.

[Mavs2021]

Even getting one of AJ, Peterson, Boozer and ANOTHER top 10 pick would be a huge reset along with a Flagg

Imagine having two of the eight best players in the league in their prime on your roster with one possibly the best of them all. It would be insane.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Imagine having two of the eight best players in the league in their prime on your roster with one possibly the best of them all. It would be insane.

Oh, what could have been...In a perfect world.

[Nowitzki Way]

Imagine having two of the eight best players in the league in their prime on your roster with one possibly the best of them all. It would be insane.

I'm officially sick...thank you

[loki]

Even getting one of AJ, Peterson, Boozer and ANOTHER top 10 pick would be a huge reset along with a Flagg, Lively, Max, and Risascher. 

That doesnt doesnt count what we could get if sell off older pieces such as Kyrie, Klay, P.J., Gafford, Naji, etc.  If we can trade AD for Risascher and that Pelicans pick. I say we start the hard rebuild.  Maybe keep Kyrie and P.J. for veteran leadership, etc. But the rest need to go.

I also don't think Dallas could get the Pels pick in an AD trade, but I do think something around PJ to OKC for Caruso+lottery pick on draft night could be a possibility. Maybe that lands them another great young player just outside of the Dybantsa/Peterson/Boozer tier.

[SleepingHero]

Imagine having two of the eight best players in the league in their prime on your roster with one possibly the best of them all. It would be insane.

[SleepingHero]

I also don't think Dallas could get the Pels pick in an AD trade, but I do think something around PJ to OKC for Caruso+lottery pick on draft night could be a possibility. Maybe that lands them another great young player just outside of the Dybantsa/Peterson/Boozer tier.

I would do everything I can to NOT help OKC. PJ is too good of a fit for them.

[SleepingHero]

@TheDunkCentral
The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly “love” Herb Jones, and teams around the league think he’s worth two first-round picks, per @MikeAScotto

[SleepingHero]

@TheDunkCentral
The Dallas Mavericks are open to trading D’Angelo Russell, per @espn

[Dirknows]

@TheDunkCentral
The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly “love” Herb Jones, and teams around the league think he’s worth two first-round picks, per @MikeAScotto

They can love him all they want, they don’t have the assets to get him.

[cow]

Not to defend the horrible way the MBT handled JB, but JB isn't the JB of today if he were still in Luka's shadow. It's still pretty amazing how badly one of the best drafts ever was fumbled by our beloved Mavs.

@TheDunkCentral
The Dallas Mavericks are open to trading D’Angelo Russell, per @espn

I needed a good laugh.

[Dirknows]

Saw a proposed trade and is probably best case scenario for AD. KP, Newell, Kennard, 2027 NOP/MIL pick, 2026 ATL swap with CLE/SA. Gives us salary relief, a young player in Newell, a pick later in the first of this draft, and a potential lottery pick in 2027 when we have no pick.

[SkenfromLMF]

Biggest issue with that ATL scenario is that Dallas would have to cut a player or dump DAR in the deal which either cuts into the potential return or makes the trade too much salary going out...

By the time the deal is able to be completed (after the season IMO) Atlanta knows exactly which pick they are giving up and where AD is health wise and are not willing to deal OR are too willing and the return is not the windfall we dream of today.