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

[mvossman]

You think ATL will simply be dictating terms, don't you? All of your views seem based on whatever makes ATL benefit the most. I just don't see a deal happening like that.

I think the Mavs would have to be somewhat wowed to persuade them to move AD before the summer, if at all, and I really doubt ATL offering a pile of rando junk with almost no value for DAL would do it.

I think Mavs need to be realistic about what his market will be in the summer.  How does Atlanta do a trade in the summer when all of their contracts expire?  How does the summer help any of the other teams with reported interest improve their packages?  How do Mavs get any salary relief in the summer?

In the past when any player comes up that has availability issues you show zero interest.  You have also talked about how punishing the new CBA is and teams can't afford these massive contracts anymore.  I'm really curious if Atlanta was your team what you would be arguing they should do?  My guess is you would argue they should hard pass entirely, especially considering it will likely include a sizable extension.

Over 40 mil in cap relief, Risacher plus Atlanta 26 is not a pile of rando junk.  Its worth more than what the Mavs will be accumulating for the next 3 years (two late round firsts).  You obviously value Risacher much less than the Mavs do.  So replace him with Kispert and another quality first.  There is very little reason to believe they are getting a better package than that in the summer.