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

[mvossman]

I think there is a pretty easy path to making this work.  The top nine in the rotation is basically two centers, two SG's and two PG's with Flagg, PJ and Kuminga splitting 96 minutes at the three and four.  Two of the three are on the court at all times.  Nothing we are doing is permanent.  We are tearing down Nico's vision which will take a series of trades.  This is a trade that leads to other trades for me.  

And, there is some chance Kuminga works.  He's had a .370 three point shooting season and a 4.6 WS season and a season where he was +4.2 on court for the season.  He's had three seasons where his TS% was right at .600.  He is athletic, rebounds well and he's only 23.  Somewhere in there might be a useful player.

Kuminga is a career 33% three point shooter on low volume.  He spiked a 37% in his second year (on low volume) but he barely broke 30 the next two seasons.  There is no trend suggesting that is getting better.  He is also a poor mid range shooter.  He does all of this damage at the rim.  I'm sure he could turn out to be a good player, but if I was looking for an example of the kind of player I don't want to put next to Flagg, he would be high on the list.