Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Smitty]

From the OP, Trade #3 had me go down a rabbit hole. I know it's been mentioned a lot here, most recently by Dan, but I went through all the players '26-'27 salaries from $10M to $20,830,154 (TPE-AD) and jotted down some somewhat realistic TPE type trades with those players and the teams current draft picks this year:

Kuzma $20,345,152. MIL has #10.

Caruso $19,550,160 $20,998,320 $22,446,480. OKC has #12 & 17.

Poeltl $19,500,000 $27,300,000 $29,484,000 $27,300,000. TOR has #19.

Strus $16,660,836. CLE has #29.

D. Robinson $15,992,957 $15,151,222. DET has #21.

LeVert $14,809,200. DET has #21.

Schroder $14,809,200  $15,514,400. CLE has #29.

Josh Green $14,679,012. CHA has #14 & 18.

G. Williams $14,265,750. CHA has #14 & 18.

Z. Risacher $13,826,040 $17,434,637. ATL has #23.

Moody $12,500,000 $13,425,925. GSW has #11.


Some of these are expiring and I don't know the financial situation of every team off the top of my head, so hard to know the motivation for any of these kinds of deals. Plus, any salary that fits in the NTMLE can be done with teams that have that exception. At first glance, the ones that stand out are:

Caruso for #17
Poeltl for #19, plus a future pick?
One of the CLE guys for #29
One of the DET guys for #21
One of the CHA guys for #18