Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Smitty]

@JakeLFischer
The Orlando Magic have waived Jonathan Isaac, according to league sources.

[Smitty]

Deandre Ayton is expected to pick up his player option and return to the Lakers, per @basketballtalk

[SleepingHero]

@JakeLFischer
The Orlando Magic have waived Jonathan Isaac, according to league sources.

He must be totally cooked.

One of the best defenders ever to grace an NBA court. Unfortunately was never healthy.

[SleepingHero]

۟ (@MavsPlsWin)
Free agents who fit the Mavs according to @BobbyMarks42

List includes:

- Keon Ellis
- Collin Sexton
- Dean Wade
- John Collins
- Quentin Grimes
- Robert Williams III
- Kelly Olynyk
- Quinten Post

[Winter]

He must be totally cooked.

One of the best defenders ever to grace an NBA court. Unfortunately was never healthy.

Wow. Every year since his big 2020 injury, he has been progressively worse statistically. He can't shoot well or even hit FTs.

He's only 28 years old.

[loki]

۟ (@MavsPlsWin)
Free agents who fit the Mavs according to @BobbyMarks42

List includes:

- Keon Ellis
- Collin Sexton
- Dean Wade
- John Collins
- Quentin Grimes
- Robert Williams III
- Kelly Olynyk
- Quinten Post

Bummer. If Ellis were half as good as his reputation he might be interesting, but he was pretty unplayable in the playoffs for Cleveland. I wonder if Grimes would actually entertain returning to Dallas now that some house cleaning has been done.

[dirkfansince1998]

۟ (@MavsPlsWin)
Free agents who fit the Mavs according to @BobbyMarks42

List includes:

- Keon Ellis
- Collin Sexton
- Dean Wade
- John Collins
- Quentin Grimes
- Robert Williams III
- Kelly Olynyk
- Quinten Post

He should tell us what exactly the Mavs need. Based on this list a good fit on the Mavs could be any given player type. But I am pretty sure that's not the case. We don't know what exactly Ujiri and May are going to do but based on the draft we can at least assume that positional size is a priority.

[Smitty]

He should tell us what exactly the Mavs need. Based on this list a good fit on the Mavs could be any given player type. But I am pretty sure that's not the case. We don't know what exactly Ujiri and May are going to do but based on the draft we can at least assume that positional size is a priority.

Agree! Full stop.

Could it be possible that the draft is where that’s the case? As in, he values that above all else with young prospects, that require tons of projection. 
Maybe free agency and player acquisition via trades it isn’t mandatory? Just trying to think outside the box a little… 

As it stands, there isn’t a PG type available that fits that description anyway. So, if they were to sign one, it could just be because that’s what was available at the time and we can’t make anything of it, or there could be something to what I’m thinking through.

I guess we’ll find out soon enough… How much say does Schmitz get in all this?!

[cow]

- Denver would prefer to trade Cam Johnson or Christian Braun over Aaron Gordon or Jamal Murray

Nailed it.

[Smitty]

Nailed it.

This is still possible before July 1…

I was looking into Denver and their situation earlier and found a unique way to make a deal on or before draft night by using the AD TPE this league year. Of course, the opinions on the players can be different, but a framework for an interesting deal involving the TPE and a poison pill contract (Braun) that works, thought I'd share....

DEN: Klay Thompson, Caleb Martin, TPE
DAL: Cam Johnson, Christian Braun, FRP Swaps

This saves the Nuggets ~$20M next year and gives them two useful players, with room to pay Watson (RFA). The Mavs would have to like Braun!! A buy-low candidate?

I get it... Braun had a really down year and is owed 5 years $125M. It's probably not a move I'd make, but I thought it was an interesting trade when you consider the use of the TPE & PPP.


*The Mavs AD TPE is $20,830,154, and Cam's salary this season is $21,057,065... BUT the Mavs are below A1, so they get a $250K buffer, which allows them to absorb Cam by just $23,089 this league year. Not possible July 1, of course, when his salary jumps to $23M (expiring).

[Scott41theMavs]

This is still possible before July 1…

I was looking into Denver and their situation earlier and found a unique way to make a deal on or before draft night by using the AD TPE this league year. Of course, the opinions on the players can be different, but a framework for an interesting deal involving the TPE and a poison pill contract (Braun) that works, thought I'd share....

DEN: Klay Thompson, Caleb Martin, TPE
DAL: Cam Johnson, Christian Braun, FRP Swaps

This saves the Nuggets ~$20M next year and gives them two useful players, with room to pay Watson (RFA). The Mavs would have to like Braun!! A buy-low candidate?

I get it... Braun had a really down year and is owed 5 years $125M. It's probably not a move I'd make, but I thought it was an interesting trade when you consider the use of the TPE & PPP.


*The Mavs AD TPE is $20,830,154, and Cam's salary this season is $21,057,065... BUT the Mavs are below A1, so they get a $250K buffer, which allows them to absorb Cam by just $23,089 this league year. Not possible July 1, of course, when his salary jumps to $23M (expiring).

I thought TPEs couldn’t be aggregated with other stuff. If you do it as two separate deals, does the league allow that?

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Bobby Marks explained that Jaylen Brown’s trade value has gone down and reported what an analyst told him. He said, “I had one, not an executive, but an analytics guy saying, ‘Yeah, we view them as like the seventh best player on a team. Brown started crashing out after reading Marks’ comment. He said, “Analytics nowadays used to discredit and control narratives – Roll the ball out none of these guys better than me on both ends who does he work for.” Marks then pointed out that he would want the Celtics star on his team, and that he doesn’t prefer analytics. He also added that Brown would surely help any team in the league win a championship, citing his impactful winning record in the last four years ((191-80 in the last 4 years). Brown then posted on X, “Nobody has won more combined regular-season and playoff games since I entered the league 10 years ago,” before claiming that analytics are ‘ruining’ hoops right now. He also asked Marks to state his source and identify the analyst who made the comment.

[SleepingHero]

Bobby Marks explained that Jaylen Brown’s trade value has gone down and reported what an analyst told him. He said, “I had one, not an executive, but an analytics guy saying, ‘Yeah, we view them as like the seventh best player on a team.”

"GM trying to trade for NBA All-star says player is not that great" 


Seems like the GM's are trying to lower the value to get Boston to budge, but we all know Brad isn't going to.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Michael Scotto: The Orlando Magic has waived Jonathan Isaac, league sources told @hoopshype. The former sixth overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft averaged 6.8 points and 4.5 rebounds in seven seasons with the Magic. Jonathan Isaac was guaranteed $8 million of his $14.5 million salary for the 2026-27 season. The following two seasons on his deal were non-guaranteed. The 28-year-old, 6-foot-10 forward now becomes an unrestricted free agent. With the move, the Magic give themselves some financial flexibility by creating more space below the second apron and lowering their projected luxury payment from roughly $16.5 million down to around $10 million for the upcoming season. The franchise is expected to pay luxury tax for the first time in over a decade. While Isaac could still re-sign with Orlando, he will also be allowed to negotiate with all other clubs as a free agent starting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Teams may begin signing free agents to contracts at 12:01 p.m. on July 6.

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[HoosierDaddyKid]

Kyle Filipowski will wear #2 for the Jazz after giving up #22 to Darryn Peterson.

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[HoosierDaddyKid]

Sources say Moritz Wagner projects to have multiple suitors in free agency and a willingness to play elsewhere even though his brother Franz obviously remains a Magic cornerstone.

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[HoosierDaddyKid]

Brooklyn keeps coming up as a likely suitor, too, for the Lakers' Rui Hachimura, league sources say. The Nets and Spurs are two teams we've heard have interest in adding Hachimura's services, while the Spurs are also faced with resolving Harrison Barnes' future as the veteran forward heads to unrestricted free agency.

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[HoosierDaddyKid]

Jeremias Engelmann: Interesting wrinkle of the LaMelo trade: According to an analysis I'm running for a future article, LaMelo Ball ranked second in the NBA (behind Jokic) in raising his teammates TS% Expect everyone on the Hornets to shoot a little worse next season, and the Wolves to shoot better

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[dirkfansince1998]

Brooklyn keeps coming up as a likely suitor, too, for the Lakers' Rui Hachimura, league sources say. The Nets and Spurs are two teams we've heard have interest in adding Hachimura's services, while the Spurs are also faced with resolving Harrison Barnes' future as the veteran forward heads to unrestricted free agency.

marcstein.substack.com

Feels like the plan powder era Mavs rumors. Linked to any given free agent because agents want to use the threat of a Mavs offer in negotiations with the prefered destination.

[cow]

This is still possible before July 1…

I was looking into Denver and their situation earlier and found a unique way to make a deal on or before draft night by using the AD TPE this league year. Of course, the opinions on the players can be different, but a framework for an interesting deal involving the TPE and a poison pill contract (Braun) that works, thought I'd share....

DEN: Klay Thompson, Caleb Martin, TPE
DAL: Cam Johnson, Christian Braun, FRP Swaps

This saves the Nuggets ~$20M next year and gives them two useful players, with room to pay Watson (RFA). The Mavs would have to like Braun!! A buy-low candidate?

I get it... Braun had a really down year and is owed 5 years $125M. It's probably not a move I'd make, but I thought it was an interesting trade when you consider the use of the TPE & PPP.


*The Mavs AD TPE is $20,830,154, and Cam's salary this season is $21,057,065... BUT the Mavs are below A1, so they get a $250K buffer, which allows them to absorb Cam by just $23,089 this league year. Not possible July 1, of course, when his salary jumps to $23M (expiring).

I think I'd shoot for PJW if I were Denver and I ask for some draft capital if I were Dallas.