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

[mvossman]

Seems pretty optimistic to lump Cisse into the building block bucket.  Even Lively is hard to count on as a core piece as his health is always a concern.  Coop is a future MVP candidate and Max and Nembhard seem like good role players, but your list is why I think this team is 3 or 4 years away from being a contender again, not 1 or 2 years.  That's why I'm in the tear it down and start over camp.  I don't think there's a competitive window available on Kyrie or ADs timeline, so accumulating as much draft capital as you can in the near term is important.

I agree with all of this but I would not put Nembhard in the same category as Max.  Max is developing into a quality starter.  I don't think Nembhard has that kind of ceiling.