Official 2025-2026 Magic Trade ideas thread

[MartinsIzAfraud]

Our 2nd unit now doesn't look that bad if we keep the guys and do AB, Harris, TDS, Isaac and Moe but I would like to trade Isaac and Jett for some upgrades and do AB, upg, TDS, Moe and Goga(or another upg).
Then draft the best fit available between guard and center

Agreed, our as-is bench is enticing.

AB/Jett/TDS is a bench core I get irrationally excited about.

JI/Moe are a great balance.

There are flies in the ointment though. Moe is coming back from injury, JI is a big on offense, Jett sucks, TDS is unproven, and AB needs to take a huge leap to be even average offensively.

The final fly is that Goga is too good to be a third string big.

I'm not really sure what the solution is.

There’s another consolidation trade in works would be my thought. JI and 25 or JI + Jett or Goga + 25 for x player.

That bench above is mediocre AF like you said and Weltman can’t be that dumb to not bring back Moe W. Soooo he’s got to clear a bit more money to make that happen.

Would Brooklyn be interested in JI+ Jett+ 25 for 26&27? Basically a dump of Isaac into space while we get 2 young controllable players. Heavily doubt it sadly both negative assets.

Take Raynaud and Cam Jones 2 more ready made prospects who could play.

[RichCollab]

Our 2nd unit now doesn't look that bad if we keep the guys and do AB, Harris, TDS, Isaac and Moe but I would like to trade Isaac and Jett for some upgrades and do AB, upg, TDS, Moe and Goga(or another upg).
Then draft the best fit available between guard and center

Agreed, our as-is bench is enticing.

AB/Jett/TDS is a bench core I get irrationally excited about.

JI/Moe are a great balance.

There are flies in the ointment though. Moe is coming back from injury, JI is a big on offense, Jett sucks, TDS is unproven, and AB needs to take a huge leap to be even average offensively.

The final fly is that Goga is too good to be a third string big.

I'm not really sure what the solution is.

There’s another consolidation trade in works would be my thought. JI and 25 or JI + Jett or Goga + 25 for x player.

That bench above is mediocre AF like you said and Weltman can’t be that dumb to not bring back Moe W. Soooo he’s got to clear a bit more money to make that happen.

Would Brooklyn be interested in JI+ Jett+ 25 for 26&27? Basically a dump of Isaac into space while we get 2 young controllable players. Heavily doubt it sadly both negative assets.

Take Raynaud and Cam Jones 2 more ready made prospects who could play.

AB
Moe
JI

I don’t think it’s mediocre. It can be improved. I feel like TDS is going to get there as a solid bench player.

Add Vet playmaker/ shooter and I think we are ok.

[Black and Blue]

What's everyone's opinion on Jett + #25 -> C. Whitmore and D. Roddy. Gives us a young player that can grow with the team as a backup SG/SF and Roddy gives us some insurance if we have frontcourt injuries.

Whitemore doesn’t play team ball. I don’t think he fits.

I like Cam a lot and wanted us to draft him…but the Magic clearly do not want him. In today’s presser Weltman made it a point to say how much they built a team of mature, intelligent, strong leaders on his team. My brain immediately went to oh we will never have Ja Morant or Cam Whitmore on this team.

[fendilim]

I don’t really read this thread but did ANYONE even remotely suggested us getting Bane in all the fake trades that you guys do here?

I did. In the fire weltman thread lol

[CocoaFan]

What's everyone's opinion on Jett + #25 -> C. Whitmore and D. Roddy. Gives us a young player that can grow with the team as a backup SG/SF and Roddy gives us some insurance if we have frontcourt injuries.

Whitemore doesn’t play team ball. I don’t think he fits.

I like Cam a lot and wanted us to draft him…but the Magic clearly do not want him. In today’s presser Weltman made it a point to say how much they built a team of mature, intelligent, strong leaders on his team. My brain immediately went to oh we will never have Ja Morant or Cam Whitmore on this team.

Fair enough

[sk8wrulz]

I don’t really read this thread but did ANYONE even remotely suggested us getting Bane in all the fake trades that you guys do here?

I did. In the fire weltman thread lol

what did you propose for our offer? just curious

[Knightro]

I can only see three realistic trades concepts at this point.

1. Pure salary dump

This would be Isaac and/or Jett into someone's TPE or cap space. This would only be done if the Magic absolutely have a MLE signing they can't live without *and* want to retain Moe Wagner on smaller, but still larger than tiny contract

2. Goga alone or Goga + Jett for a player making $9-15M

This would be in lieu of the Magic using their MLE to sign someone and would also probably mean they used the 25th pick on a big.

3. Isaac alone or Isaac + Jett for a player making a $15-20M

This would also be in lieu of the Magic using their MLE to sign someone and would also probably mean they used the 25th pick on a wing/forward.

[thelead]

The real issue is that many of us feel that AB and Jett still are not ready to contribute meaningfully and consistently for a contender. That's a problem when they're eating up ~13 mil of the cap. That and we have one too many bigs making decent money. I'd trade WCJ but finding the right guard/team is hard. We are not in a position to be paying WCJ 20 mil when Goga fits nicely for less than half the cost.

[dsg2021]

Somehow I feel a trade involving Suggs is incoming.

Jeff Weltman called Suggs 2 minutes after the trade to tell him about it, probably before anyone else on the roster. Doesn’t get more obvious than that. Suggs is a core player. Just don’t let him go above 26 MPG, and tell him to play 80-90% of full speed in a lot of these meaningless regular season games, if he somehow can.

[dsg2021]

Some “insider” on Reddit is claiming NAW is already a done deal (MLE)

We can look at this trade as Bane/NAW for x4 FRP/1SWAP

[basketballRob]

NAW was down in Miami with his family last week. I could see Miami offering him the MLE.

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[Knightro]

NAW is a very solid role player. He's basically KCP only at $14M instead of $22M. Durable 3&D guy who doesn't turn it over and can do a tiny bit off secondary playmaking.

He should have no shortage of full MLE suitors.

[RookieStar]

Some “insider” on Reddit is claiming NAW is already a done deal (MLE)

We can look at this trade as Bane/NAW for x4 FRP/1SWAP

Is this reddits very own Magic Confidential?

[thelead]

All these years later and I'm still not a NAW fan. I don't dislike him or anything but I don't think he moves the needle much at all.

I'd rather keep JI. Ty Jerome on the other hand, I would likely punt JI for.

[Skybox]

NAW is a very solid role player. He's basically KCP only at $14M instead of $22M. Durable 3&D guy who doesn't turn it over and can do a tiny bit off secondary playmaking.

He should have no shortage of full MLE suitors.

ORL is suddenly a very attractive gig…and not just for taxes

[RichCollab]

The real issue is that many of us feel that AB and Jett still are not ready to contribute meaningfully and consistently for a contender. That's a problem when they're eating up ~13 mil of the cap. That and we have one too many bigs making decent money. I'd trade WCJ but finding the right guard/team is hard. We are not in a position to be paying WCJ 20 mil when Goga fits nicely for less than half the cost.

AB off the bench is fine. He gave us solid bench minutes in the playoffs. I don’t really see the issue. He needs to take a step but I see it.

Jett on the other hand I don’t see. We need a vet to pair with AB in the other guard spot.

[thelead]

The real issue is that many of us feel that AB and Jett still are not ready to contribute meaningfully and consistently for a contender. That's a problem when they're eating up ~13 mil of the cap. That and we have one too many bigs making decent money. I'd trade WCJ but finding the right guard/team is hard. We are not in a position to be paying WCJ 20 mil when Goga fits nicely for less than half the cost.

AB off the bench is fine. He gave us solid bench minutes in the playoffs. I don’t really see the issue. He needs to take a step but I see it.

Jett on the other hand I don’t see. We need a vet to pair with AB in the other guard spot.

You trust AB to run an offense against OKC in the finals? The bar has been raised.

[dsg2021]

All these years later and I'm still not a NAW fan. I don't dislike him or anything but I don't think he moves the needle much at all.

I'd rather keep JI. Ty Jerome on the other hand, I would likely punt JI for.

I still need to look at NAW more closely. But I remember loving him as a draft prospect and shooter. I just saw him play up to the challenge against OKC. But yeah, I have deep-dived Ty Jerome a little more and would love him for the full MLE also, or a MLE type trade.

No thanks to dumping JI though, if we have to dump I am looking at Jett and Goga, players Mosely stopped trusting in the Playoffs. We have an absurd number of juicy 2nds too.

[RichCollab]

The real issue is that many of us feel that AB and Jett still are not ready to contribute meaningfully and consistently for a contender. That's a problem when they're eating up ~13 mil of the cap. That and we have one too many bigs making decent money. I'd trade WCJ but finding the right guard/team is hard. We are not in a position to be paying WCJ 20 mil when Goga fits nicely for less than half the cost.

AB off the bench is fine. He gave us solid bench minutes in the playoffs. I don’t really see the issue. He needs to take a step but I see it.

Jett on the other hand I don’t see. We need a vet to pair with AB in the other guard spot.

You trust AB to run an offense against OKC in the finals? The bar has been raised.

I trust AB to be a backup guard for our team in the playoffs. Everyone has to grow and show they are ready to face OKC in the finals.

Again, add a solid vet next to AB with playmaking/shooting.

[fendilim]

I don’t really read this thread but did ANYONE even remotely suggested us getting Bane in all the fake trades that you guys do here?

I did. In the fire weltman thread lol

what did you propose for our offer? just curious

Haha non. People were suggesting Ja Morant trade, I said it is unlikely. Bane is more likely a Weltman target.