Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

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I think Masai is thinking longer term than a lot of folks on this board.  He made it clear in the press conference that building around Flagg is the priority, not winning now.  I will be a little surprised if Kyire is still on this roster after the TDL.

I heard Masai speak of the priority of building around CF. I didn't hear that expressed to the exclusion of winning. (Maybe I missed it.) I did hear him say (multiple times) that they want a Kyrie-Flagg combo. Do we just cherry pick his words to suit what WE want him to be thinking?

IMO he was expressing a desire to build in such a way that they get to the top, but to also start winning this season. (I don't expect them to have a fire sale of good players, for draft picks.)