Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

I listened to their Minnesota preview yesterday.  They referred to Kyrie as the dream fit, but expensive.  In terms of an improvement plan, they, like everyone else, would propose moving on from Randall as the best path forward.  But, they said they can’t find any place where he fits.  They’d be happy if they could just get Minnesota a couple of rotation players for him, but struggled to find that spot.  Sorry, but there is no way you do a Minnesota deal for Kyrie where Randall is in it. 

Their other thought was to move on from Gobert.  They think he has tremendous value.  They thought Charlotte might offer 14, 18 and the expiring contracts of Green and Williams and thought it might take one more pick.  They thought an Atlanta deal might include #8, Risacher and Kuminga.

I think you could start to put together the basics of a three-team trade with either of those scenarios.  The prize in either deal would be either #8 from Atlanta or the Dallas 2027 and maybe one of the 2026 picks from Charlotte (giving up both and a future pick seemed unrealistic to me).  The Atlanta deal would be pretty straight-forward…Gobert to Atl, Kyrie to Minnesota and the Atlanta stuff to Dallas.  In a Charlotte deal, Green can go to Minnesota and DiVincenzo can sit out the season on the Dallas bench for a year.  I don’t love the idea of Grant Williams coming back here, but I do love the idea of 14 or 18 plus getting control of our 2027 pick again. Minnesota would have to send out a smaller salary like Shannon to take back both Kyrie and Green.

I am struggling to believe Gobert has that much value.  If he does, sign me up!