Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Dirknows]

Whether he does or doesn't care, I'd personally try to put off paying tax one more year, at least. As long as possible. Just for the strategy of it, not to save real life money. 

I guess my thinking is that looking around, I'm not sure I see a free agent left worth offering the full MLE, except for maybe Mathurin, who nobody around here seems to want, so...how about not using it, then, and you just stay opportunistic with the big TPE between now and the deadline, with the flexibility to afford using it if/when the right opportunity comes up?

Seems like they’re keeping the TPE for a potential Kyrie trade, I can’t think of any other use for it. For the MLE, if they could get Mathurin I’d probably pull the trigger. Adding as much young talent as possible should be the goal. And at the MLE it would be a good contract. Skeptical he doesn’t get more but doesn’t appear the Clips are all that eager to keep him.