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

[loki]

That's a shame... because Buzelis could help the Mavs put out a long but talented lineup for the 2026 season and beyond. Especially if the Mavs hold on to Lively.

• G: (Kingston Flemings 6'4" or Mikel Brown Jr 6'5")
  
• G: (Christie 6'6", Johnson 6'5")
  
• F: (Flagg 6'9")
  
• F: (Buzelis 6'10")
  
• C: (Lively 7'1", Gafford 6'11", Bagley 6'11")
  

I'd keep trying to make a 'Buzelis for PJW' trade happen if I were the Mavs.

Sub Peyton Watson for Buzelis and you might be able to pull that lineup off. Send PJ to Chicago or Detroit into their cap space for draft picks. Then send Naji+picks to Denver for a Watson sign and trade. That gives the Nuggets a cheap rotation SF without having to pay an absurd luxury tax bill.