Trade & FA 2024-25:

[SleepingHero]

it is true that KD has a lot of leverage in this one. It would be one thing if salary coming to them would be bad salary limiting their flexibility. But those the three players mentioned are not that. Two of them will be expiring. I would expect though, that more will be given from Mavs side.

I like ACMFFL's compairson to Jimmy Butler this last TDL. Butler forced his way out, demanded a trade to a contender that will give him an extension, and did everything he could to make it happen. 

KD is obviously done with PHX now. He took offense to be included in trade talks this last TDL, he has clashed with Budenholzer, and PHX as a whole are sinking. Now Shams reports "If PHX doesn't get their act together, KD and the team will work together to find him a trade to a place of his choosing"

That to me has already signaled that KD is out of there, and both of them are just biding their time till the end of the season where they can amicably move on. 

And in the case of Jimmy, he went for Wiggins+Anderson+Mitchell+protected late FRP this year. Wiggins is a solid player that's overpaid and has reliability issues mentally. Anderson was salary filler and end of bench player. Davion Mitchell is a young prospect that hasn't really amounted to much.

Already a Mavs package of Gaff+PJ+Klay is 10x better than that package. But that makes sense given that KD is a better player than Butler.