12-01-2025, 12:44 PM
The demand for AD may be lukewarm at the moment, but there should be no rush. Give it time. Teams need to have time to play the game of "Wait, what if we got AD to fix our needs" in their own mind. That's when they come and make a serious effort -- using real assets, not scraps and leftovers -- to try to outbid others and get him.
It will happen. It just will take some time. Gotta be patient.
The worst way to do it would be to chase a deal, where they target this team or that. Let the other teams chase. They will self-sort eventually and some serious ones will emerge (those are the ones who will make BIG offers to add an All-Star big who is a great defender). The teams we hear about now are the ones who are hoping to get AD for pennies on the dollar, assuming the Mavs are desperate to move him. If CHI is talking about Giddey and a 1st as part of the package, or some deal like that, THEN it's time to listen.
It will happen. It just will take some time. Gotta be patient.
The worst way to do it would be to chase a deal, where they target this team or that. Let the other teams chase. They will self-sort eventually and some serious ones will emerge (those are the ones who will make BIG offers to add an All-Star big who is a great defender). The teams we hear about now are the ones who are hoping to get AD for pennies on the dollar, assuming the Mavs are desperate to move him. If CHI is talking about Giddey and a 1st as part of the package, or some deal like that, THEN it's time to listen.
* Dumont reportedly "has no problem going into next year with a healthy AD and a healthy Kyrie with Cooper Flagg and seeing what it looks like."
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