Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

@ShamsCharania
Porzingis is on a trade-flexible contract for $20 million this season and a small partial next year, serving as essentially an expiring deal that the Warriors can utilize, potentially with their pool of assets. He first revealed his POTS diagnosis last year and has had ups and and downs with the issue. If there is no breakthrough in recovery, stepping away from basketball -- for good -- is possible.

Ok...that's better. I didn't know about the partial guarantee next season. 

Still, though. This has to be so deflating for folks hoping to make Curry's last couple of seasons matter.

[KillerLeft]

I'm probably traumatized by KP's tenure here, well, we probably all are, but I can't wrap my head around the contracts he continued to get after the deal he signed with us ran out.  Even when he is healthy, I get irrationally angry watching him play basketball.

Yeah, agreed. He had that ONE season that was fairly effective in a reduced role (contributing to routing the Mavs in the Finals, ironically), but I don't get it, either. He honestly hasn't been a very good player since the injuries started in NY. I was surprised he got that deal this summer even when I thought there was a chance he'd play.

[SkenfromLMF]

Caleb Martin for KP, make it happen!!

[Chicagojk]

Caleb Martin for KP, make it happen!!

Would you trade Gafford or PJ for him?

[KillerLeft]

Would you trade Gafford or PJ for him?

If I get one of those bad ass, coveted GS future 1sts, YES!!!

But GS won't cough one up to fix their next couple of seasons, I don't think. They've made that pretty clear. 

So, if it's just to use KP's shorter deal to get off of one of those contracts...nah. I think the Mavs can do better.

[Smitty]

@TheSteinLine
Walter Clayton Jr. is scheduled to clear waivers today at 5 PM ET.

Teams interested in Clayton — barring an unexpected claim on his $4.2 million salary for 2026-27 — project 2025’s No. 18 overall pick to join Dallas on a two-way pact after clearing.

[SkenfromLMF]

I could be convinced to do Martin and Lively for him and a pick swap. I wouldn't LIKE it, but I could understand the thinking.
Reduce future commitment and run a flyer at Dallas being better than GS in a given year.
The biggest part for me is that it could open a roster slot if we had a target player we really liked.

[KillerLeft]

I could be convinced to do Martin and Lively for him and a pick swap. I wouldn't LIKE it, but I could understand the thinking.
Reduce future commitment and run a flyer at Dallas being better than GS in a given year.
The biggest part for me is that it could open a roster slot if we had a target player we really liked.

I'd probably consider something like that, too, but I'd want the pick straight up. Honestly, there's not much I wouldn't do to get my hands on one of those GS 1sts.

[SkenfromLMF]

Honestly, there's not much I wouldn't do to get my hands on one of those GS 1sts.

I hear you, BUT does it have to be straight up???
Nah man we just need to leverage a pick swap against the San Antonio or OKC pick swaps we have outstanding.

[KillerLeft]

I hear you, BUT does it have to be straight up???
Nah man we just need to leverage a pick swap against the San Antonio or OKC pick swaps we have outstanding.

For me, yes. In that specific version of the idea, at least. 

I get that The GS draft position is the biggest prize, but I ALSO want as much draft capital as I can get, even the less valuable ones matter to me. 

In a version that cleans a bigger, long term deal off the books I could be talked into a swap, maybe. 

At the end of the day, I just have the sense that GS has already decided not to jeopardize those picks for any reason at all. They've faced public criticism for not using them to improve the team for the past few years and never budge. They've had much better opportunities to use them on actual good, difference making players and not pulled the trigger, so I doubt changing Porzingis into something usable in the short term is going to see very enticing to them, personally. I think it's more likely they just look at Steph and say "sorry, my guy - we tried."

[Smitty]

@ShamsCharania
Guard Walter Clayton Jr. has agreed on a two-way NBA deal with the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell ESPN.

[Scott41theMavs]

@ShamsCharania
Guard Walter Clayton Jr. has agreed on a two-way NBA deal with the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell ESPN.

Well done, M&M!!