09-24-2026, 01:34 PM
I think it is fair to assume that other teams/fans are looking at Dallas and contemplating a Kyrie trade, and as such would be one of the biggest names among guards that come available.
From my perspective I focus more on teams becoming desperate to make a move rather than a specific player (recency bias about being sellers of specific players hurts too much to even project that on someone else)
Garland and half of the Clippers might become part of a fire sale, and Portland has an obvious overload in the backcourt. Milwaukee will be interesting to watch in the east if they decide their situation makes more sense as a much reduced spender.
an even more interesting watch are the teams that are having to reduce rosters due to the number of guaranteed contracts. I could see a FO overreact to keeping the wrong player in a roster crunch and jettisoning the memory. Speaking of which does Nico come up among available front office personnel when those vacancies come up??
From my perspective I focus more on teams becoming desperate to make a move rather than a specific player (recency bias about being sellers of specific players hurts too much to even project that on someone else)
Garland and half of the Clippers might become part of a fire sale, and Portland has an obvious overload in the backcourt. Milwaukee will be interesting to watch in the east if they decide their situation makes more sense as a much reduced spender.
an even more interesting watch are the teams that are having to reduce rosters due to the number of guaranteed contracts. I could see a FO overreact to keeping the wrong player in a roster crunch and jettisoning the memory. Speaking of which does Nico come up among available front office personnel when those vacancies come up??