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

[Dirknows]

You think ATL will simply be dictating terms, don't you? All of your views seem based on whatever makes ATL benefit the most. I just don't see a deal happening like that.

I think the Mavs would have to be somewhat wowed to persuade them to move AD before the summer, if at all, and I really doubt ATL offering a pile of rando junk with almost no value for DAL would do it.

Another thing to consider, the Hawks are not a destination players want to go. They’re not signing any big free agents, and no one is going to go out of their way to request a trade there. Granted AD and Rich are focused on who’s going to give them an extension, but a player like AD even being open to going to Atlanta has never happened to them.