Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Smitty]

Good point. 

If you look at alternatives that involving Klay for Jovic, I think Jovic makes much more sense in Portland than PJ does.  I get that we want to build out a 25-and-under team with the addition of a young guard, but if you look at Portland's depth chart, Gafford makes zero sense for them.  What would work is sending Jovic and Caleb Martin for Jrue.  It gives them a bench unit of Scoot, Sharpe, Martin, Jovic and Robert Williams.

Meanwhile Jrue preserves out 2028 cap flexibility and gives us another winning veteran who can give Larry more time to develop before being thrown to the wolves.

Perfectly acceptable version also. For the visual:

DAL: Holiday (+$7.3M)
POR: Jovic, Martin (-$8.6M)
MIA: Klay (+$1.3M)

Mavs stay ~$2.2M below the A1 hardcap. Get down to 15 players:

Kyrie | Sergio | Sasser
Jrue | Max | ZR
Flagg | Naji | Tarik
PJW | Morez | Aldama
Gafford | Lively | Cisse

It makes them better this year. I guess it depends on how you view the POR guards. My version was the younger, expensive guy. A lot like the Mathurin mold. Yours is the vet, plug n play guy. Both are worth talking about. Then there’s still Scoot…