Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

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Given the reasonable speculation on the 3-to-5-team trade, tho, that seems to have “BE PREPARED FOR MATHURIN MEDIOCRITY” written all over it. Edit: Though, to be fair, if we sign and trade for him, obviously it will be because M&M see something in him that most of us plebes don’t.

Maybe I should mention that I don't see the speculation on there being a 3-to-5-team trade as being something that would land Mathurin (or anyone being discussed). Instead I think (a) the 3-to-5-team trade would just be a morphing of the trades to bring Aldama and Sasser, and (b) if there is any addition in it that pertains to the Mavs, I believe it would be the addition of an OUTGOING player to someone, which would then allow the Mavs to retain their TPE and/or BAE for possible use elsewhere. 

Outside the discussions here, I've seen nothing to indicate any particular Mav interest in Mathurin. To me, he's just a fill-in-the-blank answer to who else is out there that the Mavs might have the ammo to get.