Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

I guarantee you one thing, they´ll trade Gafford/Washington/Martin for an expiring guard at some point. At this point I´m 99% convinced that their Plan A is Giannis or Jokic with Luka in 2028. And if it does not work the falllback will be continue youth development and go after guys like Herro, Barrett, Watson, Maturin etc. next summer.

Giannis 60M
Kyrie 27M (75/3 restructured)
Flagg 15M
Christie 12M
Marshall 12M
Risacher or Aldama 12M
Lively 10m (QO)
Johnson 7M
Sasser 3M
Biberovic 3M
DeLarrea 3M
Cisse 3M
Ishchenko 3M
Minimum contract 3M
169M

Cap 174M - 3M (dead money) = 171M

Lavine 16M (MLE)

Irving/DeLarrea/Sasser
Lavine/Christie/Ishchenko
Flagg/Risacher/Biberovic
Johnson/Marshall/Minimum
Giannis/Lively/Cisse

I think your confidence on either of those things being the case is way too high, especially plan A.