Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[DanSchwartzgan]

PJW for Wallace+Wiggins adds payroll (+$3.2M) for the Thunder. That feels like the opposite of what they'll want to do this offseason, no?

I know there would be more than just that move for them (mandatory to be a legal trade), but I still don't see the angle there... unless I'm missing something?

That was just a trade-match suggestion.  If 17 were added, it helps, but then you have to replace some of these guys in a 2/1 or 3/1 with minimum contracts.  The thing about PJ is he can play the three when JWill misses time.  He can also help as the small-ball 5 when they have injuries there (and they are likely to get thinner there as FG has outlined).  

There are other ways to skin the cat, but Dallas is light on guards and OKC is light up front.  They are trying to win championships today and we are trying to rebuild a roster.  It feels like a good fit.  

I could see putting 9 into the deal and taking on 12 & 17, which helps financially ($7mm vs $10.6 for 12 and 17 combined).  I could also see putting the Laker’s 2029 in a deal (instead of 9) if we got 12/17 and Wallace.  You are right that we won’t likely solve all of OKC’s issues in one deal (though we do have a nice TPE that could help).  But, we probably can’t make it worse in any deal we might do.