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

[mvossman]

Don’t get this trade Gafford thing, if we trade AD Gafford is our only legitimate center with Lively out. Only trade Naji if you plan on keeping PJ in the summer. Obviously this is all dependent on the offers we get, but we can’t tear the team down to the studs cuz this draft is the last one we control our own pick. Need to keep some competitive players around.

Gafford is much more effective if he has a high level P&R partner, and he doesn't have one right now.  He apparently still has value, but if he goes an entire season like this I'm not sure how much of that value he will keep.  If they actually manage to trade AD and Gafford, then you play a lot of small ball with PJ at the 5 and run.  It's not a recipe to win a lot of games, but it should still be fun.  

As for next season, you still have Lively as your starting center, so I wouldn't call it tearing down to the studs.  Given Lively health concerns, you are going to need some depth, but you should have plenty of options to handle that.  I don't see Gafford as a long term fit here, especially if they don't get an elite P&R PG.