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

[SleepingHero]

This is probably all absolutely nothing, but I'm choosing to play.

If if was rumored to be a deal for Dallas with Cleveland involved, but without the third team being known, I'm going to assume a player is coming from Cleveland to Dallas. Judging by the second text thread you posted, SH, it seems like someone is suggesting this is about enabling Cleveland to trade for Lebron, but I'm going to ignore that part, for now.

The only two possibilities that I think make sense for Dallas from Cleveland are:

Lonzo Ball (ok, I suppose - they already have Russell, so it couldn't hurt)

and Darius Garland. My goodness, wouldn't THAT be interesting? I wonder how he'd look here with this team?

Re Lonzo:

• Since the Cavs traded him in a 1 for 1 swap, they are eligible to trade him again immediately but with some stipulations
  
• If they want to combine him in a trade with other players, they must wait at least 30 days after acquiring him (which would be August 6th).
  

But Darius Garland... My god that'd be such a perfect fit I'd be shocked if they could pull that off. He is the 2nd coming of Steve Nash. One of the most efficient offensive players in the league and can generate a bucket for anyone on the court. But his 39mil salary makes matching it a bit of a challenge for the Mavs.

Plus, it'd make the DLo signing a bit weird right? They essentially all but promised him a starting spot and then 2 weeks later they trade for Garland?