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

[KillerLeft]

Yeah, that is probably too much.  The idea was to get a quality young player for Naji instead of a pick.  That is probably shooting too high, but I would be open to something like that.  This is predicated on getting cap relief somewhere else.  I still think the most reasonable route for that is Gafford and Klay.  Then you pull the trigger on Naji if its something really good.

This is what's got me stuck, I think...

1) We don't even know that salary relief is a primary goal, at the moment. I suppose we'll find out very soon.

2) Your statement that "the most reasonable route for that is Gafford and (Thompson)"...not sure I agree. I get that you're making that statement with the confident feeling that they don't want to give AD away (or maybe even that they can't), but IF salary reduction is a priority, I'm not sure it makes sense to do gymnastics with the good players on fairly valuable deals, rather than focus on doing something with the oft-injured old guy on a max contract. 

I'm so torn, because I'm not nearly as down on AD, the player, as most around here. I think he's quite valuable, in fact. But, I also think things might improve dramatically for this team in some key ways if there was a way of simply erasing his contract from the books, even if you don't get an ounce of value outside of salary relief. I'm sort of simultaneously at both ends of the spectrum with him, I guess.