Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

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I'm not sure a player shooting under 30% from 3 works really well next to Flagg.  I don't want to read too much into lineup numbers in a lost season, but Flagg/Naji were -8.6 net rating together and both were significantly better when the other was off the court.

They had good chemistry and played well off of each other, knew how to feed the hot hand to keep each other rolling.  The eye test is more important to me than metrics in a 26 win season.  And I'm not picking on you here and no disrespect to Dirk/Luka, but I'm a little exhausted about reading fit next to Flagg.  The wonderful thing about Flagg being a two way player is that he should be able to compliment anyone more easily than our previous foundational pieces that both had defensive issues.  Ideally Naji is spending more time on the court without Flagg than with him, but I do think they've shown they can play well together.