Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Mavs2021]

I think it´s time for the new season and since I have been on the "let´s wait and see what we got" bandwagon. 

Let´s start with a "teardown" version.




Trade 1:

Irving for Kuzma + Portis + #10 pick

 
Trade 2:

Gafford + Thompson for Cam Johnson + Valanciunas + Nuggets #26 pick + 1st round pick swap right with Nuggets in #2028


Trade 3:

TPE for Caruso + #12 pick

Trade 4:

#12 + #30 + remove 1/2 protection from Mavs 2027 pick for # 14 + #18

So we end up with

#8 pick
#10 pick
#14 pick
#18 pick
#26 pick



Using the updated https://www.rookiescale.com/2026-consensus-board/

I pick

#8 Mikael Brown Jr. (I have so many picks now, that I´ll take the upside risk as long as the prognosis isn´t too bad.)
#10 Brayden Burries (Between Ament, Lendebourg and Mara the probability that the Bulls would take a PF/C ain´t that bad.)
#14 Hannes Steinbach (I think he has deceptive prime Dirk athleticism, he runs the floor fast and hard.)
#18 Christian Anderson (Between Brown, Burries and Anderson I am stacked at guard now)
#26 Isaiah Evans (so let´s take another shooter)
#47 Trevon Brazile (elite athletic stats)

Remaining vets: Washington, Marshall, Johnson, Martin, Kuzma, Portis, Caruso. Only Washington and Caruso go beyond 2028.

Future rotation:

Brown (20)/ Anderson (20)
Burries (21) / Christie (23)
Flagg (20) / Evans (20)
Steinbach (20) /
Lively (22) / Brazile (23) /

Important to note that the Mavs will have +$50M of pure capspace from 2027/2028 moving forward, which also means $100M under the 1st apron.

If all goes reasonably well, in two years this Mavs team could be the current Spurs.