Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

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To expand on this:

Let's use De Larrea as an example. I am super excited about him, but have no clue what the Mavs' plan for his rookie year is. Do they plan for him to the 14th man, almost never play and basically red shirt? Do they plan to force him into the rotation from day 1, but use him more as an off-ball spacer, secondary creator, side pick and roll, second action of the possession type of dude to get his feet wet? Or, are they hoping against hope that he can be THE backup PG and can run the offense for 15-20 minutes each night? I have no idea, but...

I have a tentative feeling that we're going to be treated to basketball that's actually fun to watch this year, and I'm excited.

Yea, it's all very confusing to me how this is going to work.  I said the same things about De Larrea's role in the summer league thread. Fans usually have a good idea of what the rotation might look like.  I like the coach and maybe he's capable enough to install a ball movement style of play where you're not dependent on specific playmakers.

The only thing is I am getting deja vu about the PG thing.  We had people talking last summer about hey Dangelo Russell can be pretty good, and Exum is pretty good, and Brandon Williams might give you something.  And then it turned out that no all the people with major concerns were right and we were severely lacking at PG.  Now it's the same thing with De Larrea, Nembhard, and Sasser.  De Larrea is 18.  Nembhard is undersized.  Sasser I don't even know.  To be honest, I am still skeptical this set of players will work.  If they don't make any major trades, I'm thinking another majorly developmental season.