Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Smitty]

It tells me it is going to really important for PJ and Gafford to get off to good starts.   I think both are good players.  Both had off years last year.   It seems outside of a handful of guys these type of players are getting squeezed.  Both in years and total salary.   

While good players, I don't think many teams are hot and heavy paying a good center pair 18 million or paying PJ who will have a 22 million payday in the future.

I don't see the correlation. Neither PJ or Gafford are inefficient chuckers, undersized scoring guards, or one-way players. Those are the guys that really got squeezed this offseason. I think the two-way Wings and shot blocking Bigs market is still in demand.

I do agree that they need to be healthy and productive this season, or it will start to look like an overpay/bad contract.