Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

Are you arguing that they are not "contenders" or that they will be or should be in full blown long-term rebuilding mode due to the current lack of talent (your opinion) around Flagg?

Is there an in-between somewhere? And that somewhere is where you don't want this team to be?

I am arguing that they are not contenders right now and its hard to see them get to that point in the next couple of years, especially if they don't plan on sacrificing the future to win now (like trading future picks for win now vets, which I don't think they will do).  In my mind the in-between move would be to trade the one player that has significant asset value now and will very likely have much less value (both asset and on court) by the time the contention window opens.  You could trade him for younger player(s), picks or both.  I'm not advocating for a full tear-down given that they don't benefit from losing (and I don't think that is Masai methodology anyways).