Potential Free Agent/Trade/Sign Tracker, '25-'26 Season

[BuddyBuckets]

Not even starters on play in teams let alone deep playoff team

Here I agree id rather just give keon, monk, Carter all the pg minutes. This is an uninspiring list and just takes mins away from good young players.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Kuminga has high upside but so far it’s just that. He’s in that Jalen Green mold of wow athleticism and questionable everything else.

 

[Tetsujin]

Kuminga has high upside but so far it’s just that. He’s in that Jalen Green mold of wow athleticism and questionable everything else.

When he was healthy last year, he was pretty good as essentially the new school version of Carl Landry in the early Splash Brothers days.

 

[Tetsujin]

Please note that apparently trading up to draft Walter Clayton who is definitely a guard when you already have Keyonte George, Collier, Clarkson, and Sexton is completely okay and in fact a genius move.

 

[iowamcnabb]

We probably need to double down on the Monk for Washington trade. That solves a lot of problems for us and as of now PJ is the only one of the 3 Mavs seeking an extension that hasn’t signed one.

Schroder Carter
Lavine Keon
Keegan Clifford
Washington IJ
Sabonis Val

That’s balanced and you can see what you have for one season. If you suck, you walk into a top ten pick in a strong draft next season and you have enough data to make decisions on what you might need moving forward. I didn’t include Deebo here even though it’s possible he is still on the team next season

 

[BuddyBuckets]

Please note that apparently trading up to draft Walter Clayton who is definitely a guard when you already have Keyonte George, Collier, Clarkson, and Sexton is completely okay and in fact a genius move.

There's a strong belief at least one of those guys will be moved. My guess is collier or George. Clarkson is probably a buy out candidate also.

But ill tell you the big difference, all 5 of them combined dont make what lavine does.

Nobody is going to freak out if they let clarkson sit on the bench. Now imagine we told lavine sorry we have keon, Clifford, Carter, monk, find a trade or prepared to sit on the bench lol.

 

[BuddyBuckets]

We probably need to double down on the Monk for Washington trade. That solves a lot of problems for us and as of now PJ is the only one of the 3 Mavs seeking an extension that hasn’t signed one.

Schroder Carter
Lavine Keon
Keegan Clifford
Washington IJ
Sabonis Val

That’s balanced and you can see what you have for one season. If you suck, you walk into a top ten pick in a strong draft next season and you have enough data to make decisions on what you might need moving forward. I didn’t include Deebo here even though it’s possible he is still on the team next season

Id love monk for pj, and Demar for rozier (where rozier doesnt play)

Solves a lot of our problems with those 2 moves and much better balance.

 

[TheMobb]

We probably need to double down on the Monk for Washington trade. That solves a lot of problems for us and as of now PJ is the only one of the 3 Mavs seeking an extension that hasn’t signed one.

Schroder Carter
Lavine Keon
Keegan Clifford
Washington IJ
Sabonis Val

That’s balanced and you can see what you have for one season. If you suck, you walk into a top ten pick in a strong draft next season and you have enough data to make decisions on what you might need moving forward. I didn’t include Deebo here even though it’s possible he is still on the team next season

If Monk is gone I wouldn’t mind keeping DeRozan as a guy to lead the 2nd unit. Then the following year you can buy him out for $10M or keep as an expiring $25M trade chip.

 

[The_Jamal]

When he was healthy last year, he was pretty good as essentially the new school version of Carl Landry in the early Splash Brothers days.

Kuminga would be an interesting swing. He's very much in the RJ mold where he has all the pedigree and tools, but hasn't impacted winning yet.

 

[jiimbob]

Kuminga would be an interesting swing. He's very much in the RJ mold where he has all the pedigree and tools, but hasn't impacted winning yet.

I would take that pitch. Can’t help but think Golden State might not have been the best situation for him.

 

[The_Jamal]

I would take that pitch. Can’t help but think Golden State might not have been the best situation for him.

They could be tempted with a ddr swap too in a s&t.

 

[Makaveli]

Kuminga is definitely a player worth going for. Money wise Lavine would be cost a lot more though so we would have to take on more salary.

Yeah I was looking at that. Not sure how much you can front load a contract. I think 4 years 90 mil and front load 40 of that first year to match lavine. Like I said though not sure if that’s allowed

 

[Makaveli]

They could be tempted with a ddr swap too in a s&t.

Yeah if it could be done for ddr I’d be willing to throw in a future first

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938252080852172852

Hell, if we’re really intent on not rebuilding/clearing house and it’ll make it so we don’t have the money to give Russ the MLE, sure why the hell not?