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

[cow]

I would prefer to keep it in the trade, but if it came down to whether or not the Spurs say no including it, I would axe it from the deal to make it happen. 

I don't value AD that much. He's a fantastic player. He is a good player. He isn't going to take this team anywhere. Harper's upside and age makes his pairing with Flagg almost too good to be true. Their games work off each other, with Harper being a primary offensive initiator with Coop filling everything else. 

And of course, the idea that the Mavs will have theoretical space in 2028 with those two (and maybe another high draft pick this year) makes it all the more enticing.

That's mostly where I am at too.  Hopefully the Harper/Flagg combo would be at a point in 2030 where that pick would be in the 20s.