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

[DanSchwartzgan]

I think this is exactly what happened to me after digging into it today. Does Dumont even know what’s coming? Surely he has to?! Either way, I’m back on the AD to ATL train and I don’t know that I even need a FRP, if it’s Risacher in the deal. Sure, I’m all-in if ANY Pick is in the deal.

Also, I think a starting 5 of Kyrie-Max-ZR-Flagg-Lively would be fun. 4 promising players 22 and under, plus one of the most entertaining basketball players to watch.

Remember the tweet that Rich Paul liked?  It was KP/Kennard and Newell for AD.  I listened a deal yesterday where the guy had the pick as the 27 pick from either NOP or MIL.  The guy made a pretty compelling case that that was the best pick asset in Atlanta’s arsenal besides the 26 NOP pick.

He also wanted to get Dallas under the tax, so he put D’Lo in the outgoing.  I get that Atlanta would then be in the tax if that happened, but they are the ones getting the star player.  That leaves Dallas a little over $2 million away from getting under the tax.  The plan from there would be to buy out KP at a discount so he could get picked up by a contender.  That might solve both the tax issue and the Nembhard issue.    

I know many have talked themselves into Risacher and he looks good in your starting five above (so will our own 2026 pick).  But, I see some hints of positive things in Newell’s advanced stats that I don’t see in ZR.