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

[DanSchwartzgan]

FWIW on Jrue, the DLLS guys spent the first part of their show talking about the interest in Jrue being real.  They think he's a Nico kind of guy and Nico tends to pay up for guys he likes.  In other words, they were laying the groundwork for a deal we might not like.  The reporting this week that Boston thinks they can get 'positive value' for Jrue may have been referring to a Dallas deal (or at least positioning it that way with Nico).  They see Sexton et al as a fallback position if they don't get Jrue, but said Nico tends to be hard to move off of guys he really likes.

I wonder if we could somehow move Klay in the outgoing.  I'm more worried about what I am left with than what I send out.  I'd like to be left with this 8 in my playoff rotation:

Kyrie/Jrue/Christie

Flagg/PJ/Naji

Lively/AD

I'd be willing to close with anyone there except maybe Naji.  We are already at a point where Klay isn't closing and neither is Gafford if everyone is healthy.  I'm also fine with the outgoing being centered around Gafford/Martin/Hardy and one more contract if we aren't giving up a pick or PJ.  I don't mind the salary or the age and like having AD, Kyrie and Jrue all expiring at the same time (presumably).