Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

I don’t know.  If you believe he had any influence on the outgoing AD trade (that created all of the flexibility we are currently enjoying), then this is just phase two of the Nico purge.  It creates all sorts of flexibility next summer and going forward and Masai can then start to invest in his ‘keepers’ instead of the best he could find on the discard pile of Memphis, Detroit and Atlanta.

I can see the argument for clearing out the vets to bring back draft capital and make room for the kids, but I would be surprised if free agency is a big part of his plans.  That market is getting more and more limited as extensions become more the norm and in all his years in both Denver and Toronto he has never signed a significant free agent.  He will still be limited in assets and will likely need to continue dumpster diving for the foreseeable future.