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

[KillerLeft]

On no corner of the Internet have I seen anyone even speculate ADs trade value is what Mavs fans have suggested we need to hold out for. There’s no reporting Atlanta even offered Risacher and a 1st and the Mavs were holding out for more.

Agree with the first part. Our hopes were never going to be fully realized. 

But, I HAVE seen reporting that ATL had decided they'd include Riscaher after initially refusing. I do think there was groundwork for a deal laid between the teams in an unofficial discussion sense. The only thing I think Stein has 100% right is that there probably wasn't an official offer made because they hadn't moved Trae Young yet. I know he said in that video they weren't willing to part with Risacher, but almost every other source contradicts that, really. I think that either some of Stein's info is out of date, or he's trying to mitigate fan outrage over the situation.