Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[omahen]

This says more about the quality of today's FA market.

I'd argue that off this list Wiggins is the only wing/forward who offers more versatily and impact on both ends of the floor than PJW. He's also 3 years older and before extending he exercised his $30.2 million player option, that's 18% of the cap..

Also Wiggins and CJ are the only two players on that list that proved to be legit starter/4th best players on a contender.
JC and Hachi are situational borderline starter on a good team, they are not ideal starters for a legit contender unless team is pretty strong at the other positions; Eason had an amazing stretch of elite shooting this season but in the end he reverted to his career average (35% on 4.6 attempts per 36', slightly worse efficiency and volume than PJ who is a career 35.4% shooter on 5.6 attempts) , also he struggles to stay healthy even more than PJ does (he averaged 9.5 games played per year less than PJ since he joined the league)

While I agree that his value might not be that great, it still higher than multiple 2nds/one swap and cap relief. Mavs have no need to dump future money if the market doesn't offer decent deals for him. Proven starting-caliber forwards don't grow on tree.

Wiggins previous deal was made before the aprons hit. Champagnie is a starter on NBA finals team, posting very similar numbers to PJ. Eason is younger. Dosunmu is probably overpaid based on a couple of awesome playoff games.