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

[KillerLeft]

Agh… the Jrue Holiday trade is going to be ugly. The more I think about it, that’s 100% what Nico is going to do. The name of it all. The defense first stuff. It’s happening.

I don’t think there’s any way the C’s are sending picks to the Mavs in any Jrue trade. Something that I think could happen:

Mavs: Holiday, Pick #22 via ATL
ATL: Gafford
BOS: Naji, Martin

The Mavs can take a stab at a young PG like Walter Clayton Jr. or Tyrese Proctor, which completes the rumor of wanting to get into the late first... Sign Kai Jones and/or Exum.

Jrue | B-Will | (Pick 22 - WCJ/Proctor)
Klay | Exum* | Hardy
Flagg | Christie
PJW | (AD) - Omax
AD | Lively | Kai Jones* | Powell (Vet Cheerleader)

Kyrie -Out
*VetMin

I would do that deal without a moment's hesitation. The positives are obvious. There are two negatives, one small, one significant:

Small negative: you're giving up BOTH of your backup 3's. I know Thompson and Flagg are going to play a lot there, but I'd prefer a way to keep either Marshall or Martin, if I'm being honest. In the grand scheme of things, I think this is pretty nitpickish, however. 

The big negative is committing to Holiday's salary for the next three years and the possible negative implications of that next year and beyond. For this season, I think that deal makes the team much, much better.