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

[F Gump]

Whether AD is traded or not, I hope they are patient and don't settle.  I am not really worried about this team winning many games.  Even the games they won, I didn't feel like they were a much better team or a better team at all than the other team.   

I do hope that the AD at PF is over now.    He is a center moving forward.   I think you can bring Lively off the bench due to his injury problems.    You can make that work for a bit.

I agree 100%. The priority is maximizing the team's future. Whether they lose games this year is not a biggie. Keep AD sitting so he heals fully, even if it causes Ls for the time being.

As the Mavs injury list keeps filling up, it's easy to wonder about all the bad luck. But I will say again that this is the methodology a team uses to keep a team with talent from winning, to facilitate a tank. Sit your stars, be "forced" to develop raw talent, and win a game here and there to keep the team and fans engaged if you can.