Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

At this point I just want some news about either LeBron or Kawhi Leonard. It feels like everything that can happen before those situations are resolved has happened. No idea if the Mavs are directly held up by their situations, but many teams are, and at the very least the Mavs might be held up in the trickle down effect, even with smaller things they're looking at. 

I have no idea what to expect, but it doesn't feel like they're "done" to me. Dan made a great point about a week ago about how we always want them to do more at the end of the summer and we're always slow to recognize that "this is it." I remember all those summers and agree with this sentiment. But, this is a new front office in a unique situation, trying to transition away from a team built around Luka (without Luka, yuck), and like 3 days after he said that, *BANG*...Risacher trade. A trade with an OUTGOING guard, no less. And then there's fact that they have 16 at least partially guaranteed contracts on the books with some of their own free agents still up for grabs to consider. When was the last time we heard anything about Brandon Williams or Dwight Powell? I don't know if they want to bring either of them back (I'd guess not), but they'll both have jobs somewhere, I'd imagine. 

Idk..it just feels like there's at least one more move coming.

There has to be at least one move coming, even if its just buying out Klay.  But I agree.  It seems like there will be something bigger than that.  Maybe one of those consolidation trades for assets Dan was talking about.  Everything else they have done has pointed to rebuild.  That would be the final piece.