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

[F Gump]

After the initial deal I did, I came up with a separate Hardy and Christie to the Nets for their 2026 2nd (should be #31) and 2-3 additional future 2nds.

This would get the Mavs to below the 1st Apron and give them the full $15.6 MLE.  They could go all in on Championship or bust and break it up with Paul/D-Lo, Horford, Kai Jones and something else or try and get somebody big for the full enchilada.

"This would get the Mavs to below the 1st Apron and give them the full $15.6 MLE." -- Sad to say, not close. Using those swaps, Mavs would end with an excess of 15.5M-18.0M in payroll if they are wishing to use the 14.1M MLE.

Lively, AD, Kyrie, LBJ, PJ, Flagg is ~177M, and filling empty slots is min of ~2.3M each, landing you around A1 already (w/ only 14 players signed).

A2 would be a major squeeze, frankly.