Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[DanSchwartzgan]

The Heat want him for Jovic or a buyout, and they don't have the picks to dump Jovic's contract. 

The Lakers may be able to scrounge up enough value to dump Vanderbilt on a 3rd team, but they would have nothing meaningful left to send back to Dallas. Otherwise you're looking at 2/3 of Hardy, Knecht, Laravia. That only makes the roster crunch worse.

Surely Knecht would be attractive to a third team.  So all Dallas has to deal with is Hardy.

Buying out Hardy is much more beneficial than buying out Klay.  That additional space under the tax could be meaningful if the right opportunity were to arise.