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

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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.

I guess I'm fine doing nothing and exploring the possibility of AD being here for the long term.  While he's oft injured and not Batman, he also seems to be good teammate and mostly productive when he is on the floor.  Something could materialize down the road for him.  As Gump pointed out, Atlanta's picks aren't going to have a ton of value, especially if we don't drastically improve our drafting prowess. I'd rather spin my wheels with AD playing 60% of my games than spin those same wheels with the next Josh Green playing in 90% of those games.