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

[DanSchwartzgan]

 
On Toronto:
Maybe the trade machine is broken, but it says neither Barrett + Quickley (Mavs side) nor Barrett + Poeltl (Raptors side) are even legal.

Anyway Barrett is perfectly fine, but Quickley and Poeltl are just disgusting.  

This was what I was talking about last night.  You can design cap-legal trades, but apron-legal trades are a completely different matter with these Toronto guards.  Quickly and Barrett both have high ULI bonuses.  They are absolutely a killer when dealing with teams that are close to being hard capped.

I think FG is right about the "Toronto is gauging interest" quote.  It is interest in trying to find a three way that works for Dallas.  It is interesting that at least one betting site has Toronto as the favorite now for an AD trade with Atlanta now 3rd (I haven't even engaged #2 Milwaukee for a second though).  

There is kind of a rhyme to all these guys who are "scorers" who seem to be available.  They can't shoot...especially from three.  Barrett and Mathurin and Kuminga are all afflicted.  Quickly is horrible from the corner.  I could allow for one of these guys to start the Flagg era.  We definitely need some more self-creation ability.  Yes, we want people who fit next to Flagg (I believe that is actually a moving target as what he is today isn't what he will be a couple of years from now).  As they say, this may need to be the trade that leads to THE trade.  Maybe we need value over fit for now.