Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Meaning no disrespect, I'm curious about this. I was pretty vocal about moving at least (any) two of those three over the summer for this exact reason, in part. And, not for air - I never once suggested they should be given away, I was hoping they'd be used at least semi-productively. 

You were...pretty hard on me for those takes, I seem to remember. What has changed your mind?

good question.  I said that about Gafford.  I was hoping this team would at least be competitive.  As such, Gafford has/had a clear role as a starting center with Lively hurt.

I already have a sense of despair about this team.  They are going to be really really bad.  I do not want to see Gafford, PJ, and Naji taking up minutes on a terrible team.

I am probably overreacting to one game. I just have a hard time seeing any of those 3 raising their trade value. Their trade values might actually keep going down being exposed playing on this unbalanced roster with a lack of playmakers. This summer I was hoping and praying they could put up some empty stats and raise their trade value. Honestly more worried about being stuck with PJ Washington than Gafford or Naji. The "unbalanced roster" is basically having him on the roster. At least Gafford isnt blocking anyone, unless you view Cisse as a dude. PJ Washington is blocking Flagg from getting minutes at the 4.

I dont remember the exact Gafford trade(s) I was hard on you about. If you wanted to trade Gafford for Risacher or Mathurin, that's still gross. Those guys are worse than "air" or "nothing" IMO.

[Chicagojk]

I am going to give 25ish games before making firm conclusions. They don’t appear ready to win a lot of games now. One of the things May was really good at in college was identifying talent, developing that talent and putting them in the best position for success. Maybe it doesn’t translate to the nba, but I think I look forward to see who are the players he puts the most effort into.

The china trip was probably good for team bonding, but it probably would have been best served staying I. The USA to really get quality court time. The bonding could pay off in time, but they didn’t appear to be very connected to each other in preseason and the first game.

[Winter]

Teams this young don't have playoff caliber won-loss records.

I won't be that critical of this team. They will still need to shake the roster a little in the near future, but that should be expected.