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

[F Gump]

Are you saying the Mavs don't ever need to move AD?  I think they should try to maximize his return, do you disagree?  When you are dealing with an older player who is already starting to show signs of that age, you are on a bit of a clock regarding maximizing return.

Yes, moving him anytime soon might not be their best way to go. It depends. What's the offer now that's too good to turn down?

Yes, careers run out at some point. Players age. But if you get diddly amount of talent in return for him now (and "air" is not talent), then I believe the better path is to keep him and let him be your talent and not someone else's. Because you always need good players. And you can ALWAYS get next-to-nothing later, as well as now. What's the rush to get some crappy pieces of journeyman junk on the roster?

OTOH if the offer now is a strong return, then yes trading him soon is worth considering. 

And the fact he wants more max contract money down the line is a plus. That means he has incentive to work his azz off to stay healthy and play like a superstar for two years, so that the next team will pay him like that. If he doesn't do that, no one will give him that deal. But if he does, his value to the Mavs AND his trade value go way up day by day, week by week.  

That's my 2c on it.