Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[DanSchwartzgan]

I do think Cason Wallace is someone to watch.  Not for a trade, but he deserves and wants a bigger role.   I think it will work out, but that will be another big salary soon.   

Much of the analysis on OKC focuses on what they can do to get through the summer.  Wallace happens to be a topic of conversation because he’s extension eligible.  But, he’s not the only mouth that needs to be fed.  They have so many PG/SG types coming up for deals in the next two years and they can’t keep all of them.  

FG just outlined what needs to be done just to survive the summer.  Part of it includes potentially walking away from IH and K. Williams.  That leaves Holgren, Sorber and Jaylin as the only 4/5’s on the roster besides what you might draft at 12.  This is part of why PJ might make sense there.  Holgren, Jaylin and two rookies isn’t nearly enough up front for a team with Championship aspirations.

But, what happens when you pay Wallace $18-$20mm (Dyson got $25mm).  Next summer Mitchell, McCain, Topic and Wiggins are extension eligible among guards plus Jaylin Williams (not to mention Caruso who was integral to what they did during the playoffs).  Teams don’t plan one year at a time and OKC has to convert some of their riches at guard into taller and cost controlled players.