Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

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They can take a big swing on a young guy that might have an albatross contract if he doesn't rebound from his poor play last year.

DAL: Braun + '29 FRP
DEN: Thompson

Denver owes a FRP to OKC next year. It's top-5 protected. But once it conveys (we all assume it will), that makes '29 or '30 tradeable. At least that's how I read their future draft pick situation. So, it will have to have some language, if they are to trade a first.

This move saves DEN $4M this year and gets off the long-term Braun money, that they can use to keep Watson?

Here's an old tweet from Mike: https://x.com/Mike_Schmitz/status/152438...93317?s=20

They would have to really like Braun...

I've mentioned Braun here a lot in the past, just for the Ujiri/Nuggets connection.  I kind of like the idea of Braun reclamation project, but it is super dangerous as very few players create the gravity that Joker does so returning back to form is a steeper uphill battle for him.