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

[Ghost of Podkolzin]

Oh? In essence, that plan (we will address that massive hole in our lineup in 2026 rather than now and limp along  for a season) wastes a year of whatever LBJ has left, and is the last year of Luka before he's UFA. 

I expect their urgency level is WAYYYY higher than that. But you may be right, who knows?

And to be clear, personally I don't favor Gaff being traded anyhow, so my opinions are not some sort of desire to find a good price for a needed trade. I think he has high value for Mavs just like for LAL and would be greatly missed if traded. The proposed Knecht-GV package wasn't even in the same universe as his actual value imo. The only reason I would consider having Reaves instead is that he might help a lot an area of need (offense creating) in DAL (in the same way Gaff's skill set is greatly needed in LA). One negative on Reaves is that he only has one year left on his deal and he might become overpriced next summer, which is a problem for a team with payroll issues.

Agreed.  LAL is in complete win now mode.