Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Dundalis]

I mean why would there be? Gaff was hurt half the season, PJ looked like garbage, as did Klay. Without the engine that drives the team they had constructed around Luka, the parts don’t work so well together. I do have faith (or blind hope) Kyrie can stay healthy and help build back those guys values, as well as his own.

I think we've been blinded by a coach who is garbage at coaching an NBA offense, to where we think an elite level playmaker is necessary just to have role players playing up to their talent level. It's still an unknown how May will do in the NBA, but I'd bet on him at least attempting to implement an offensive scheme that tries to elevate the role players on the team.

That contract is gonna haunt the team for a while.  Sorry, but it is.  It's gonna be worse when the Mavs suck again this season.  
I'm a realist...not a pessimist.  Mavs addressed their shooting woes by signing a stashed second round pick.
I'm all fine with rebuilding and being bad during it, but being strapped with a Gaff and PJ sucks.  It's not even whether you like them as players...I do, but they just aren't good enough to justify the price.

I think PJ's contract looks much worse coming off the second worst shooting season of his career. It's almost like people have forgotten he's a 35.4% career 3pt shooter on 4.8 attempts which are better marks than one of the shooters we traded for that everyone is happy with in Santi Aldama. PJ has basically only shot below 35% in two seasons of his 7 year career, but you read some posts about him it feels like he's a career 30% 3 point shooter. He's also shot above 37% 3 times, which Aldama hasn't managed once. Not trying to put down Aldama, I like the pickup, but it's interesting how everyone clearly identifies him as a shooter, but are almost treating PJ like he isn't one. Obviously Aldama has a much more multi faceted offensive game than PJ does, and he does shoot more contested shots. But if PJ bounces back shooting wise, which is more likely than not based on his shooting history, not only is his contract absolutely fine for what he does, his trade value shoots back up. I think potentially having a coach who has a semblance of a clue on how to implement an offensive system alone could have positive effects on a number of our role players, beyond the obvious benefits of Kyrie being back.