Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[dirkfansince1998]

Your thinking that some have a never-trade-Kyrie sentiment is way off. You want to label it that way, because it's an easy target to claim that others aren't open-minded, but it's not what you claim it is at all.  

The pushback against trading Kyrie is NOT about Kyrie being a fan favorite per se (although he is) nor about a desire to never trade him necessarily, but rather against the idea that the Mavs MUST find a Kyrie trade, and accept "the best offer anyone makes" (whatever that may be), and that Kyrie has only minor value to the Mavs themselves, and that it's kinda now or never. 

In your mind, you assume a value that will go down-down-down. Some of us reject that, with very good reason. 

The reason why I wanted Presti so much is that he clearly understood the fallacy in that now-or-never mentality. The smart GM will wait until the price is right, and when you have a valued asset, the market will come to you. Teams NEED talent, and sometimes need it desperately. Being the one desperate to make a deal (gotta do it now), that's the formula for making a horrible deal (see Harrison, N.). I would hope Masai gets it.

Holding on to a player for too long is also going to result in a horrible deal. That's the Masai special. Bottom line is that mvossman's take when it comes to Kyrie's value is more in line with the one that we are seeing outside the Mavs bubble. He would trade him for what seems to be a realistic offer if we compare it to recent trades (KD, Harden, Kyrie to the Mavs). That's not about making a trade just for the sake of it. That's simply him not being as high on Kyrie as you are.  
If you don't want to trade him that's fine. The Mavs don't have to trade him in the offseason but the decision has to happen sooner than later. Only one more year of team control left.