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

[Winter]

The more I think about it, the more I am leaning towards an Anfernee Simons path.  I just can't find a three team trade that would incentivise the Blazers and ideally keeping Gaff or PJ away from LAL. 

I think his shooting would really space the floor.  Watching his highlights he shot a lot off dribble with Portland.  HOpefully that would decrease going to a more veteran team and his percentages would jump a little.  I could also see him as a part of a three man rotation in the backcourt moving forward.

Really, there are multiple options here that are a little hard to target - simply because we don't know what the other teams are looking for. It may make more sense for a Simons trade, but that trade is largely hidden from us. And that may be true elsewhere. A multiple-team switcheroo? a draft night trade? Someone unexpected knocks on our door?

For the most part, grabbing someone like Ball is mostly of interest to us because it's conspicuous. But the Mavericks were caught off guard with the lottery win, and that really does change timelines, contracts, and player positions in an unexpected way. 

I really have no idea what will happen.