02-26-2026, 06:22 PM
(02-26-2026, 02:42 PM)F Gump Wrote: 3 The name I have found is Gillespie (PHX) who is a minimum salary player this season (who was 2-way before this season), UFA, who is a PG. He's their B Will or perhaps Nemby, so to speak. With his light resume, I would hope he might be a player who is not highly prioritized there and could be poached from PHX with MLE money. I'm also intrigued by Dosunmu, just traded to Minn, also a UFA, very efficient scoring numbers, but he is a SG type so I'm unsure about his fit with Christie and Klay already here (would there be minutes available).
I do think that the draft results will also impact what they might want to do in free agency, because they need to have available minutes for a top pick and also for anyone they make a significant commitment to as a FA. And there are only so many minutes to give.
Gillespie would be a good target, especially if they don't draft a PG. I'm not sure I would call his resume light though. He has shot 42% from 3 for his career on high volume. He also provides quality playmaking and pesky defense. The Suns can pay him early bird rights which is a little less than the full MLE. I think the Mavs only chance is to offer him the full MLE and they probably won't be the only team to do it.