Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[Chicagojk]

Over/Under on D'Lo being Nico's only move?

They need to add another guard.  No way you can go into a season with Dlo and Williams as your only guards.  Although, I said the same thing last trade deadline.

I expect they find a way to bring in a miminum guy at some point.

[SwisherPrice]

Nuggets and Rockets are going all in + OKC as the defending champs to deal with. If things go south early in the season for the Mavs with injuries then I'm all for a tank in 2026! Let's get "lucky" in the lottery one more time  

[KillerLeft]

Honestly seeing all these teams loading up on size, I am more disincentivized now more than ever shipping out Gafford. Mavs have to stay big.

I am unswayed. I think the Boston model from last season (playing style wise, if not salary structure wise) is still much closer to what I'd prefer as a direction.

[cow]

Ok, but trade who? To where? For what? 

I'd be looking for Gafford trades, obvs, having said that 100 times. But barring that, I'm not sure what's out there. 

Side note: why is every one of your posts full of snark and antagonizing energy? I feel like I bend over backwards to be nice and respectful to you (because I like and respect you). Should I just give up?

I wasn't asking for specifics, just an over/under.  Capitalizing words in a response for emphasis and being definitive is kind of aggressive, so I just clarified.  You can read into my posts however you like, I can't change your perspective.  There is only one person here I don't really care for and you aren't it.  If you should give up is a question you need to ask yourself.

[Ghost of Podkolzin]

@ShamsCharania
Free agent center Clint Capela has agreed to a three-year, $21.5 million deal with the Houston Rockets, sources tell ESPN. Major frontcourt addition – and return to Houston for Capela.

Makes me wonder if they're going to move KD's buddy Adams.  4 Cs on the roster: Senguin, Adams, Capella, and Landale.

[KillerLeft]

I wasn't asking for specifics, just an over/under.  Capitalizing words for emphasis is kind of aggressive, so I just clarified.  You can read into my posts however you like, I can't change your perspective.  There is only one person here I don't really care for and you aren't it.  If you should give up is a question you need to ask yourself.

Ok, man. Have it your way!

[cow]

Makes me wonder if they're going to move KD's buddy Adams.  4 Cs on the roster: Senguin, Adams, Capella, and Landale.

They just extended Adams though which would be odd, but maybe they had something lined up.

Ok, man. Have it your way!

Not sure what my way is, but whatever floats your boat.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

[Amick] By the way, the Bruce Brown reunion is, per sources, on a vet minimum deal. The Nuggets' new front office of Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace is putting in work today...

[SleepingHero]

I am unswayed. I think the Boston model from last season (playing style wise, if not salary structure wise) is still much closer to what I'd prefer as a direction.

But are there any teams even remotely close to emulating such a model? Boston arguably had 5 all-star caliber players in their starting lineup. That's almost impossible to just create.

Right now looking out at the NBA landscape, there are a lot of teams with a lot of size. Mavs need to match that size. And they are one of the few teams uniquely made to dominate with size. 

I think only Houston, Spurs, and Denver can match their size right now.

[SleepingHero]

Theo pinson (@tpinsonn)
Bron leaving LA

[mvossman]

They need to add another guard.  No way you can go into a season with Dlo and Williams as your only guards.  Although, I said the same thing last trade deadline.

I expect they find a way to bring in a miminum guy at some point.

It seems like we have been saying this every year for a while, and they continue to go into every season with limited playmaking depth.

[SleepingHero]

"I don't mean this to be controversial, it’s just true. This is the beginning of the end with the Lakers for LeBron James."

- @WindhorstESPN

[SleepingHero]

Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth)
I heard earlier today about 2/$29M for Caris LeVert with the Pistons. I also heard the framework for Nickeil Alexander-Walker with the Hawks is expected to be like 4/$60M.

[KillerLeft]

But are there any teams even remotely close to emulating such a model? 

I'd argue that changing Gafford out for a guard who can handle the ball and defend POA would make their roster balance quite similar to that Boston team's.

[mvossman]

But are there any teams even remotely close to emulating such a model? Boston arguably had 5 all-star caliber players in their starting lineup. That's almost impossible to just create.

Right now looking out at the NBA landscape, there are a lot of teams with a lot of size. Mavs need to match that size. And they are one of the few teams uniquely made to dominate with size. 

I think only Houston, Spurs, and Denver can match their size right now.

It's not just Boston.  Look at the two teams that went to the finals this year.  Seems like size plays well in regular season, but space is more important in the playoffs.

[cow]

[Amick] By the way, the Bruce Brown reunion is, per sources, on a vet minimum deal. The Nuggets' new front office of Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace is putting in work today...

Really like these move too.  Watching MPJ in the playoffs was painful.  I know he was injured, but that's often the case.  Johnson has his own issues there as well, but he gives you more playing hurt than MPJ would.

[SleepingHero]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Free agent center Brook Lopez has agreed to a two-year, $18 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN. Clippers and Lopez's agents at Wasserman negotiate a new deal for the 2021 Bucks champion to exit Milwaukee and land in Los Angeles.

[SleepingHero]

Brett Siegel (@BrettSiegelNBA)
The Lakers were widely viewed as the front runners for Brook Lopez.

With Deandre Ayton becoming a free agent, it's the Clippers who get Lopez.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

"I don't mean this to be controversial, it’s just true. This is the beginning of the end with the Lakers for LeBron James."

- @WindhorstESPN

oooh spicy

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

[Charania] Free agent center Brook Lopez has agreed to a two-year, $18 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN. Clippers and Lopez's agents at Wasserman negotiate a new deal for the 2021 Bucks champion to exit Milwaukee and land in Los Angeles.