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

[Smitty]

My sincere belief is that the Mavs (or, to be specific, Dumont) are expecting X-Y-Z for AD or else they just won't deal.

This is where I continue to agree with you. The recent MacMahon article/report was very telling. The Stein stuff has let us know they haven't received anywhere close to a deal that would meet this criteria. It's why a Davis deal this TDL is unlikely to happen in the end. Most of us post fantasy trades showing what WE would be willing to do, and we take the other teams needs/wants into account for the most part. BUT what WE think doesn't matter. It seems reasonable to assume Dumont is perfectly fine 'paying up' to see Davis-Flagg-Kyrie next year, unless he gets something he finds agreeable.