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

[SleepingHero]

We have our pick this year so I’m not necessarily fixated on a 2026 pick. The Hawks have swap with worse of Pels and Bucks next year. Asa is interesting. Don’t know much about Risacher honestly. Raptors have all their picks, but this year is gonna be in the 20’s and may be there for the next few years.

I think getting that Pelicans FRP swap from the Hawks should be of the utmost importance. Getting 2 chances at a top 4 pick (with one of them at a 52% chance), is probably the best possible scenario. Plus, if the Bucks continue to fall, that Pelicans swap reads as: ATL gets the best choice between both the Pelicans AND Bucks pick. So if the Bucks jump in the lotto then that's another chance at a top 4 pick.

I get the idea that draft picks don't always turn out and that AD is good right now, but imagine pairing Cooper with AJ AND Darryn Peterson?

Rissacher is just icing on that cake.

AD to ATL for those Rissacher+that pick is my dream realistic trade currently.

The timeline is reset. We'd have 3-4 premier talents all on their rookie deals.