Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Mavs2021]

I struggle to keep buying into any Gafford rumor at this point. Atlanta (and Indiana before) have been linked for a while now and nothing ever materializes.

With the Lively news in mind it makes a trade even less likely.

But I am more curious to see what they intend to do with Marshall. I hope it does not end with him walking in UFA next summer.

I don´t even think the Hawks are looking for a big man as much as they are looking for a solution to their Risacher problem, which is that he´s getting paid like a #1 pick, expects to get played like a #1 pick, is extension eligible, played 23 minutes in the play-offs and they just traded for Wiggins. Do they prefer a big as a return? Probably, but mainly they want it known that they are open for business, which automatically leads to Risacher and Kuminga.