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

[JamesConway912]

I think Marshall has been great recently.  I will be really surprised if he is moved this year, but he does have some questions moving forward.   His next contract and lack of perimeter shooting are big questions.   For me a question that sort of goes hand and hand with those are how does he fit in in a lower usage role?  Fact is, the last two years where he has played his best it has been in a heavy usage role.   With a team at full health or a better team, he would be in a substantially lower usage role.  How does he fit in that role and does he want it?   Ideally it is as a heavy bench role.   I can see him being a key cog in one of the leaders of the second unit.   Maybe 25 minutes a night.    I just wonder if that is the best for him or if he wants that role.

Marshall is roughly 100 games away from his next and potentially last big NBA contract. He has been great but getting value for him needs to be priority nr 1 right now. Hes a 14ppg wing who can defend and handle the ball a bit. 

He‘d be a fool to not go to the highest bidding team the second he hits UFA in July 2027. Chances that he will stick around here are slim so it’s time to cash in for DAL.