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

[mvossman]

Ivey could be interesting as a reclamation project, but I think you would only want him on a short term bargain contract. 

I'll throw an idea out there if they go the opposite route and draft a guard. Gafford to Atlanta for Corey Kispert. That gives you a much better shooting SF next to Flagg on a sub-MLE contract for the next 3 years. It would allow Naji to function as Flagg's backup so you can keep the ball in his hands a bit more when he's out there.

I would want to target a 3&D player with that trade.  Kispert is not a plus defender.  I would prefer to overpay a little bit (from a cap perspective) to get a high level 3&D player.  That is one of the advantages of the AD trade is that is an option we can take if it makes sense.