Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

I don't personally think Aldama's future is as an Avdija-style point forward, but to your point, I do think he's valuable in terms of pulling opposing defenders (bigger ones) out of the paint in a way that literally none of the current Mavs bigs (including forwards) can, and I think his face up offensive skills are surprising. I think he's likely to continue to improve at attacking closeouts, making reads out of the short roll or out of pick and pop, etc. 

I don't think he's a starter, but a very, very useful player to have around.

Just to add to this: this acquisition was the moment I started to be able to see a potential role for Daniel Gafford on this team again. I don't know that things will break the way I'm envisioning, but this is the type of player you need (and the Mavs are picking up several of them at a variety of positions) to make spread pick and roll work.