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

[Smitty]

So would you want to make this deal given that cost?  It makes some sense long term, but short term you are using Cleaveland as your model, a team that has not been able to make a deep run in the East.  I struggle with this deal making sense for either team, especially in the short term.

I think it depends on how you value Klay, Martin, and Gafford. The only one that really hurts to lose from my perspective is Gafford, because Garland is kind of a Klay replacement in this hypothetical, but even then, it moves AD to more full-time Big, so I can live with it. 

I think Garland is a heck of a player. I worry about the back court size in the short-term and long-term. I'd be hesitant to send both tradeable FRP's, but it'd be hard to hate if they only send 1 in a deal for Garland.

Ultimately, I think this is a nothing-burger. Fake insiders stirring up some news. Fun to talk through though. Mavs Summer League is kind of dead with no Flagg.