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

[mvossman]

Not every organization leaks though.  Trades no one expects can happen as evidenced by our very own team.  A lot can happen before the trade dead line and a lot can happen leading up to the offseason.  Taking the best offer doesn't automatically make it good is my point.  It's fine if you like that package, and Dallas might too, but the opposite perspective is valid.

Apparently its been the Mavs doing most of the leaking though, so if there were other suiters talking to the Mavs we would probably be hearing about it.  A lot of things need to work out for a deal like this.  It needs to be a win now team given AD age, they need to be able to send out nearly 60 mil in salary without significantly impacting the win now goal, that salary can't be bad contracts or they need enough assets to compensate for it, and they need the actual assets to pay for AD.  Very few teams can meet all of that criteria.  I'm not sure who will in the summer (Atlanta won't after the TDL).

I agree the best offer may not be a good one.  You have to weigh that against potential future offers and potentially doing nothing.  Honestly I think the odds of the line I (and some others) are drawing in the sand is 50/50 at best to be met.