Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Scott41theMavs]

I recognize there is plenty of offseason left, but it takes two to tango.  Who knows if the right player is available, and the cost may end up being prohibitive.  Unless they have something lined up (which you would think would have been executed by now) it seems like kind of winging it.  I'm sure there is an element of PTSD here.  So many seasons where we have said this can't be it, and it ends up being it.  I hope to be pleasantly surprised.

Even if they “screw up” the off-season by ending up fielding a team without much creation, for the very reasons you say, who’s to blame for that? Some folks are still ready to lynch then for Morez over Burries, but although the latter might have solved some of the major issues to a small or large degree, they obviously saw some sort of greater star potential or impact in MoJo which merited choosing him over Burries in their frankly expert minds. But the ludicrousness of this setup - trade away all your draft picks to build around your superstar, then trade him away for what amounts to a young marginal rotation player and a couple of draft picks - is not their fault. They have one strategy at their disposal to raise the talent quotient - find diamonds in the rough and turn them into something ranging from rotation players to stars, and then sell very, very high to get the players you will need. It will be a lengthy process. Hard to see how a Kyrie trade at the deadline wouldn’t quintessentially be a part of that given that it would take multiple basketball miracles for them to field a contender while he’s still useful.