Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Mavs2021]

will Milwaukee help Boston get another title?   I assume this would require draft capital right?  Does this work for Mil?  Seems like they are trading a better player who is similar age for another really good player.   Just feels like they are in a road to mediocre, right?   Maybe they could move Brown somewhere else for more draft capital.  Maybe Portland would be interested for the MIL draft capital back?  I just see very little interest if Brown winds up in MIL

That´s a strong take considering that Boston had the 4th best record with Payton Pritchard as their third best player. Individually only Doncic, SGA and Jokic averaged more PTS + REB+ AST combined and Brown has them all beat on the defensive end. Giannis must be by far the best player in the league considering Brown is just really good.

Though I do agree it does not do much for Milwaukee, since Brown is too old to build around for them. Then Giannis is 12 months away from FA, if he chooses to do so. It´s not just the Mavs that will be sniffing around. Lakers could roll over their cap space, too. Nets, Bulls, Clippers, Heat all have $70M or less committed. 

That puts Milwaukee in a tricky negotiation position with literally all the big boys projecting to have this major cap space capability in 2027. 

I also don´t think it´s a coincidence that this cap space threat exists. The 2027 class potentially includes:

Giannis
Jokic
KAT
Mitchell
MPJ
Davis
Irving
Lavine
Ingram
Randle
Herro
J. Green
Hartenstein
Wiggins
Barrett
D. Murray
Kuzma
Kuminga
Brooks
Monk
Aldama
Marshall
Bitadze
Christie

The old bracket:

(DeRozan)
(Gobert)
(Harden)
(Durant)
(Kawhi)
(LeBron)
(Curry)
(Butler)
(PG13)
(Draymond)

The RFA business:

Wembanyama
Miller
Henderson
Black
Thompson