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

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The "future" in the NBA is more season to season than anything else. Maybe you can stretch it to a 2-year outlook. I'm saying AD is absolutely on the roster next year if the return is something like bad contracts from Toronto and a FRP or two in the 2030's. I have no desire to make my team worse next season.

I get that the extension talks are tied into this also, but the Mavs don't have to do anything about that this summer. I make Davis show that he can stay healthier and be the best player on a good team all year. The "trade value" and "extension price" will work itself out then.

OKC may change this viewpoint, but it certainly feels like the NBA is moving into a 3 year window type thing with teams.    Gone may be the days where you have 3 guys for 10 plus years.  We will see.   

If we are lucky to have Flagg here for 15 years and he is good, we may have 4 different cores over that time period.