Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[F Gump]

So, what happens in the summer when he opts out and wants a new three year contract for $100mm.  Honest question, because it’s coming.  If there is any potential destination that has cap room (or can get there), the return in any deal plummets.  Or, do we want to add two more years to Kyrie’s current deal?

Haven't we been hearing these doom-and-gloom comments over Kyrie's next contract for TWO times already, and each time it turned out to be total nonsense? In fact, the general consensus each time (after lots of alarming predictions of how Kyrie's deal was about to wreck the Mavs payroll, or force him out of town) was that Kyrie left lots of money on the table. 

If Kyrie is in a place where he wants to be, I don't think future contracts will be a crisis at all.