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

[F Gump]

This is a totally different situation - the Mavs are selling, not buying.

I would hope they are going to be trading and building, not selling.

I'm not in favor of the approach of having a "sale of any and all more experienced talent" in order to end up with a mid FRP or two, and a lot of air (aka cap space). Players with talent are way hard to replace. Fit is also hard. 

Part of the problem is that the goal is a big winner with CF and another player or 2, but it doesn't happen quite like that. When you tear down your talent base, it usually takes FOREVER to find and reacquire the talent again. These teams who have been built and are now emerging, consider how long it's been since they were last contenders. And the Mavs don't have a route to HIGH picks by tanking year after year, so it's most likely a lot of Justin Anderson-Josh Green-Jalen Hardy type of stuff getting drafted to be the answer.

I have no hesitation to trade AD, but not just to get rid of him and recoup some scraps, which is what I feel like most are proposing. 

But imo there's a bigger thing that's getting offbase. I think all of this is premature, as they need to START by getting an expert GM to handle the road ahead. It's that cart-horse thing.