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

[Smitty]

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).

This has been my main concern all along. That Jrue Holiday would be the move. I have zero interest in him. That’s why I’ve been thinking of ways to get other guards. I just know that Nico is gonna stay with double Bigs and send PJ out for Jrue. My worst nightmare.