Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

I am just glad the LeBron drama has ended. There still is the Clippers and Kawhi problem, that is probably holding up at least some teams. We might start seeing some serious movement now. Minny has a huge hole at big wing with Lakers not far behind. Cleveland is reportedly also interested in Kuminga, although they would imho be better off with Strus, which would likely need to go to get Kuminga. Mavs, Atlanta, Memphis and Lakers (anyone else?) have currently too many players on their rosters.

What's your opinion on this "reported" (lol) interest in Martin by the Lakers. It seems so far-fetched to me I couldn't even bring myself to acknowledge it. I mean, I can see them wanting Martin more than Vanderbilt, but I don't think the Mavericks would like that exchange, and the idea of finding a third team to take Vanderbilt seems silly to me. The Lakers can't afford to pay the draft capital that would require, and even if they could, why would they give that up for Martin? Hopefully, Dallas isn't interested in paying the draft capital price.