Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

I'm curious your theory on the dollar amount.  Rui got $14mm per year which didn't leave anything extra within the exception for Tarik.  Is the idea that Tarik would have had to settle for the BAE if Rui signed?  But since Rui went elsewhere, we will see Tarik get more than the BAE amount?

I think it might have been either/or. Or, perhaps Dallas didn't get Hachimura because they didn't offer the full MLE, and this was used to get LA up to there? 

It's the timing and the overlap in skill that all fits for me. Ultimately, I'm obviously glad things worked out how they did, whether there's any truth to it or not. I'm team "25 and under" all the way to my core.