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

[KillerLeft]

Yes, he has been great as a teammate from what I have seen.  Getting his salary off the books next year is important though.  I would think he would welcome competing for a championship.  His wishlist is probably pretty small though.

I mean, sure. Salary reduction is absolutely important in basically every scenario. And, I know the news of today has sucked a lot of wind out of our collective sails. But hear me out...Other than our feeling that a deadline deal involving AD is less likely now, what has actually changed today?

Next year, the Mavs COULD have a healthy AD, a healthy Kyrie and a healthy Lively. It's possible, no matter how defeated we all feel today. Feelings end, and circumstances change quickly. Hell, if even two of those guys are healthy and in shape going into training camp, I like the chances of this being a much better team next year (as long as one of the healthy ones is Kyrie). We already know Flagg is going to be better. 

Just saying, at this specific point in time, I'm not sure one of the only guys on the team who can shoot would be my top choice as a salary dump. But, if he asks to be sent somewhere I think they probably should oblige because of who he is and how different this played out than what he thought he was signing up for.