Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

I know Donnie made European scouting trendy with the Dirk pick and was more active overseas than many other GMs, but frankly I trust our current Masai/Schmitz braintrust way more overall. They live and breathe overseas scouting. It won't always hit, but there are plenty of reasons to be excited about the guys they have targeted.

Agreed. 

And, it's a different time. The game has become much more normalized across the globe since then, through both the foreign programs improving and the NBA rules changing to make the American game more like the international game. There has also been a lot of "proof of concept" with European players since back then. There are now many more blueprints to follow for both players and teams.