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

[DanSchwartzgan]

It's possible Mavs don't get looped into it at all. There may be no reason to. Trae just needs to be moved prior to AD if a deal with Atlanta is to happen.

Aggregation would be one real reason to turn this (Trae to Wiz) into something larger.  If the big incoming salary to Dallas is going to be KP, then Dallas doesn't need to be involved.  But, if there is some chance Dallas would rather have CJ or Atlanta would rather keep KP, then they would want to loop Dallas in now.  

Stein says (and I agree) that Atlanta will have to pay something to turn Trae into expiring KP.  So, the one impact on a future AD to Atlanta deal is the Hawks will have given up some draft compensation to move Trae.  That's their problem, not Dallas's.  But, the chamber has one less bullet in it.

I wonder if there is a world where Bub Carrington could be brought into a bigger deal.  He's pretty awful right now (except his 3%), but there is a reason he was drafted 14th as a high IQ pass first PG with decent size.