Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Tyler]

For whatever reason I can't get into the Discord. It tries to get me to prove I'm me, but then the verification link, over and over again is bad.

Anyway, the guys over there are saying, generally speaking, that if the Mavs do a deal that puts us at 15 guys on roster and want to sign Cisse to the full roster (they are presuming Gafford is gone, which would make Cisse sine qua non rather than redundant), the Mavs should cut Nembhard and keep Klay at least until the deadline instead of waiving him. Uh, how about neither? Surely there is a team *now* who would accept Klay in trade for a second or two. We have acquired a bunch of shooters (presuming our moves actually end up happening...), but are currently relying on Sasser (hopefully) and Sergio to backup the "non-PG" Kyrie. That's a little thin for a platoon, whereas it works more or less with Nembhard in there. Priorities.

Since I wrote that, I can clear it up. 

I'm totally on board with that! Trading Klay for something of value makes total sense. I just pointed out that if they need an extra roster spot for a guy like Cisse, I think Dallas would be more likely to waive Nemby than Klay. Klay's expiring is valuable enough (even for a deal exactly like you suggest) to not waste before you explore all trade options. Teams normally don't give up on that before the TDL.