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

[F Gump]

Totally agree. 

I'm not sure it's realistic to expect THAT pick, but I believe they'll get 1-2 good ones out of this, and I LOVE that they're demanding that pick right now, especially in the light of this Trae Young trade. ATL is probably facing more than a little backlash locally for salary dumping their beloved star, so I bet they're super keen right about now to have the other, more positive shoe to drop.

Here's the problem with getting "good picks" from ATL - other than the NO pick, there aren't going to be any. The Mavs know this. 

Once ATL gets AD, their 1sts are all very likely to be in the 20s, given that this will push ATL to the upper tier in the East, which means the Mavs get (*looking at Mavs history since the title*) more stuff like Omax Prosper, Josh Green, Wendell Moore (pick traded to HOU, as Mavs moved back and then up and got J Hardy), Justin Anderson, Shane Larkin, Justin Hamilton, and so on. That's not useful at all. Ugh. And that sort of crap is what you get for AD? No thanks, I would just keep him.