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

[mvossman]

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'm not infatuated with picks, I just don't like the player or the fit. We already have two guys who's best position is probably PF and you are trading for a third.  I don't think its good for Flagg development and I don't think its a good situation to rehab Kuminga value.