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

[DL2RimRocker]

AD has played 50 games most years - nearly all of them. But that body is going to be harder to manage now. There's no telling about him. 

While most big men have a lot of trouble staying healthy, two of the best big men ever - Wilt and Kareem - played 70-80 nearly every single season, Both of them I think had multiple seasons with at least 80 games. 

I don't know how Wilt did it. He played Volleyball several years after basketball. I think he had only one season where he had a serious injury (when he was 33) then he played 3 straight 82 game seasons after that. That guy was freak of nature.

The last 5 years AD has played 36, 40, 56, 76 and 51.
He's been injured 3 times since he's been with us and has played a whopping 9 games (about 30%).

If Mavs fans loved the KP years then they will be thrilled to have AD throughout his contract. 

I simply don't want to give up precious future assets to go all out with a win-now strategy.
In order to get a player that MIGHT put us in serious contention, we'd most likely have to include draft picks or young players like Christie. That would be foolish when you have an 18 year old future star and a very limited amount of draft picks to build around him. 

We should be acquiring as many draft picks as we possibly can imo moving some of these former stars on the backend of their careers while they have some trade value left.