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

[Winter]

I really don't get the infatuation with a bunch of picks (especially those people arguing for a bunch of 2026 picks.

There is no value to being bad after this year.  Kuminga as an asset is much more valuable than Portland's middling first (if it stays a first) and another middling first from Chicago.  There is a chance he and Flagg are a really dynamic forward combo for years to come.  Even if you don't like the Kuminga/Flagg combo, I think you try to rehab his value in a new setting, opt him out this summer and sign him to a longer term deal.  Now you have a trade asset that is much more valuable than an extra Chicago pick.

I may end up agreeing with both sides here. I do think Kuminga is more valuable, but his stats are very similar to PJ's. We are trying to fix a crowded front court, and we just traded 1 for 1. But yes, I take that over picks.

I think Coby is fine in that he can play either guard, but I would rather find some way of acquiring a good shooting guard rather than Kuminga.

The trade is not ideal, and I'd rather have a third team involved if we could get a guard.... but I'd probably do this deal rather than keep AD