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

[KillerLeft]

That doesn't worry me enough not to do this deal.

I understand what you're saying. Maybe some of the Front Office guys know more then we do about how to massage all this, but lets' face it, you'd rather not see much of Trae in a Mavs uniform, and I'd rather see as little as possible of AD in the same uniform. .Both of us would like to rationalize our positions with an imaginary future.

Well, there's the issue right there. It seems like for you, Trae Young is on par with or maybe even superior to AD, if I'm reading you correctly. In terms of having on the Mavs, at least. 

I am so far from agreeing with that I don't think there's much use in inching closer. I'd MUCH rather just keep AD another year than be stuck with Trae Young. I don't expect everyone to agree, but that's my starting point. It would have to be a BOATLOAD of potential high picks to get me to pull the trigger on something like that. 

But again, that's because I'm ok walking away from the table to begin with. I'm pretty confident the Mavs are headed for a lottery pick even without making a trade like this, and I'm somewhat confident a good summer's worth of moves might have this thing making more sense and ready to compete. It might end up in a situation where having AD around makes sense, even. There is NO scenario in which having Trae Young on this roster makes sense, at least for me.