Trade & FA 2024-25:

[SleepingHero]

Sorry to be late to the party here. But can someone remind me why we’re talking about KD? Is there any reason to think that this is something more than a pipe dream?

Kyrie made a curious remark out of the blue right after the Luka trade that he, AD, and KD all spoke about teaming up on the Celtics once upon a time but to "not read into that as foreshadowing."

Mavs apparently tried to make a play for KD this trade deadline as some rumors suggested, but couldn't get it done. 

KD was apparently very offended at being included in trade rumors this TDL and is almost certainly going to ask out at the end of the season. 

Plus a lot of interesting moments at the all-star game between Kyrie and KD. Again, nothing concrete. KD hasn't come out and said "Trade me to only the Mavericks" but there is a lot of smoke. And given that this team is on a very short window now, KD makes sense in that POV.