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

[F Gump]

I think the move just can't be Lonzo.  I don't think with his injury history you can count on him as a starter.  Maybe as a 20-25 bench role is his best fit.  Lonzo off the bench and Paul as a starter?  If you add Brandon Williams is that rotation enough to survive 50-60 games?    That is tough ask.    

I'd applaud that outcome, if done using the parameters already talked about.

1 Martin-Hardy-Powell for Ball, and also adds cap flexibility and roster room.
2 Sign Paul for minimum preferably (or TxpMLE). Alternate would be Tyus Jones.
3 Sign Kai Jones for minimum salary to fill the vacated 3rd C slot. Alternate Moses Moody?

The end result of that is 14 players, and about 1.5M below A2 (that's with an unchanged Kyrie salary).