12-29-2025, 07:05 AM
(12-29-2025, 05:17 AM)khaled1987 Wrote: Look at Haynes video I posted few pages ago. He said Risacher + expiring + draft capital. KP being the most logical expiring. Also no Trae
The difference to make the deal work could be achieved by including another team.
Draft capital is likely the one that is the sticking point here. I think it us the main reason there is no deal, even more than Trae vs KP
"He said Risacher + expiring + draft capital" --- Yeah, kinda. Thanks. I saw Haynes' report before and watched it several times. Other than the general overall idea, it's pretty soft, unfortunately.
His actual reporting only actually reported:
1 ATL has interest in acquiring AD. Keep an eye on that as "something to monitor."
2 Any deal would not include Trae (in the context of him trying to fill in the blanks of what DAL would be looking for in return). NOTE: It sounded like he got this from DAL, and I personally think the Mavs would bend on this, and go ahead and take him as part of the right offer, but he flatly said that's a non-starter.
The rest was just his speculation on what DAL might be looking for instead (saying "Dallas would likely want expiring deals, young assets, and picks"). He didn't actually specify any person or pick that DAL wants, as Risacher was merely his example of a player (Last Year's #1 pick, oh me oh my!) who might qualify (he's a "young asset" in theory), and not a name he was hearing from either team.
About every ATL/AD trade thought that's been discussed in this forum fits what he said.
Regarding an AD trade in general, it was reported in recent days that Dumont is not in a rush at all, wanting to see what they have with a Kyrie-AD-Flagg combo before deciding to make an actual move. Obviously that would take Kyrie not only returning (my guess was Jan 15, which is still a ways away) but also getting back to full speed, and then AD playing with him, and also they get some chemistry -- and we only have less than 6 weeks until the TDL. So it's possible that we have a long time, and then the landscape might change a lot before ANY roster change might even be considered.