Official 2025-2026 Magic Trade ideas thread

jezzerinho · Post #1041 » by **jezzerinho** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:51 pm

RichCollab wrote:How do we convert Jett into Gary Trent Jr.?

Crank up the DeLorean and check the flux capacitor.

Viper1500 · Post #1042 » by **Viper1500** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:09 pm

My #1 is LeVert

OrlandoMagic · Post #1043 » by **OrlandoMagic** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:30 pm

Not going to lie. I would do whatever we could for a short one year deal with Ayton. Let him explore free agency again next year. But trade off Carter for a respectable PG and trade of Goga Jett and a future second for a backup SG/SF

YosemiteSam · Post #1044 » by **YosemiteSam** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:33 pm

IMO we cannot come out of this offseason with both Isaac and Goga on the roster together - Now that Isaac has bulked up and is no longer a PF they are redundant with each other and cost too much for 3rd stringers - one of them should be able to get us a useful bench offense guy maybe on a longer contract to "add value" form our end.

I'd also throw in Jett for nothing in the hopes the trading partner can spin it as "getting a recent lotto pick on their rookie contract". Can you imagine if we had just taken Lively instead of Jett? What a colossal screw up that was, and we all said so the moment it happened. Someone should be ceremonially fired for that one as a symbol of how every decision counts when you want to compete for a title....

Orl_Magic · Post #1045 » by **Orl_Magic** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 3:38 pm

Maybe Bane can talk to his old teammatesTyus Jones and Luke Kennard and convince them to join us for cheap

tiderulz · Post #1046 » by **tiderulz** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 4:18 pm

OrlandoMagic wrote:Not going to lie. I would do whatever we could for a short one year deal with Ayton. Let him explore free agency again next year. But trade off Carter for a respectable PG and trade of Goga Jett and a future second for a backup SG/SF

Ill take Goga over Ayton. he is mentally weak. Look at Portland trading for him and then drafting centers in the next 2 drafts.

OrlandoMagic · Post #1047 » by **OrlandoMagic** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 4:38 pm

tiderulz wrote:
OrlandoMagic wrote:Not going to lie. I would do whatever we could for a short one year deal with Ayton. Let him explore free agency again next year. But trade off Carter for a respectable PG and trade of Goga Jett and a future second for a backup SG/SF

Ill take Goga over Ayton. he is mentally weak. Look at Portland trading for him and then drafting centers in the next 2 drafts.

My thought process would just be to rid ourselves of both Carter and Goga while getting some return and using Ayton as a one year rental. Our Center position is literally our 5th option now. So eventually we just need an average center at best for cheap after this coming year.

orlando_joe · Post #1048 » by **orlando_joe** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:00 pm

OrlandoMagic wrote:
tiderulz wrote:
OrlandoMagic wrote:Not going to lie. I would do whatever we could for a short one year deal with Ayton. Let him explore free agency again next year. But trade off Carter for a respectable PG and trade of Goga Jett and a future second for a backup SG/SF

Ill take Goga over Ayton. he is mentally weak. Look at Portland trading for him and then drafting centers in the next 2 drafts.

My thought process would just be to rid ourselves of both Carter and Goga while getting some return and using Ayton as a one year rental. Our Center position is literally our 5th option now. So eventually we just need an average center at best for cheap after this coming year.

other then rookie contracts how much does a average starting center make and who are these players?

drsd · Post #1049 » by **drsd** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:11 pm

RichCollab wrote:How do we convert Jett into Gary Trent Jr.?

At one level it sounds ridiculous. But if the Bucks wants a free player, then a SnT for 5.5M on Trent does exactly this.

One question would be: can Trent get more money elsewhere.

basketballRob · Post #1050 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:36 pm

Weltman is up to something.

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AdamTheGreek · Post #1051 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:47 pm

drsd wrote:
RichCollab wrote:How do we convert Jett into Gary Trent Jr.?

At one level it sounds ridiculous. But if the Bucks wants a free player, then a SnT for 5.5M on Trent does exactly this.

One question would be: can Trent get more money elsewhere.

I think he can get the MLE on a bad team.
On a good team, anything under $8 million is ripping him off.

There are some interesting names becoming available (Fontecchio) or are now free agents (Juzang) that strengthen our list of options.

T-Cat · Post #1052 » by **T-Cat** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:55 pm

basketballRob wrote:Weltman is up to something.

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Why don't we ever hear from Anthony Parker, isn't he our GM? :wink:

basketballRob · Post #1053 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:00 pm

T-Cat wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Weltman is up to something.

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Why don't we ever hear from Anthony Parker, isn't he our GM?

Weltman pretty much runs the show.

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Kent · Post #1054 » by **Kent** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:12 pm

Would we consider trading for Jordan Clarkson?

I would like to keep JI if he can produce like season before last. But if we think he'll continue to regress, a one-year rental/expiring contract of Clarkson for quick offense off the bench (at the expense of defense) isn't the worst idea.

He's also not a black hole when he has the ball.

basketballRob · Post #1055 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:30 pm

Kent wrote:Would we consider trading for Jordan Clarkson?

I would like to keep JI if he can produce like season before last. But if we think he'll continue to regress, a one-year rental/expiring contract of Clarkson for quick offense off the bench (at the expense of defense) isn't the worst idea.

He's also not a black hole when he has the ball.

Utah may waive him if they can't trade him. I don't think they want to take back a few players in a trade because they don't have any roster spots.

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AdamTheGreek · Post #1056 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:36 pm

Kent wrote:Would we consider trading for Jordan Clarkson?

I would like to keep JI if he can produce like season before last. But if we think he'll continue to regress, a one-year rental/expiring contract of Clarkson for quick offense off the bench (at the expense of defense) isn't the worst idea.

He's also not a black hole when he has the ball.

Absolutely not. We dumped Cole not to bring on a similar version of him in Clarkson.

basketballRob · Post #1057 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:36 pm

NAW has been in Miami for a while. It looks like he may have a house down there now. If Miami signs NAW, they may not bring back Duncan Robinson. I'm not really a fan of Duncan.

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Anti Chalmers · Post #1058 » by **Anti Chalmers** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:53 pm

Kent wrote:Would we consider trading for Jordan Clarkson?

I would like to keep JI if he can produce like season before last. But if we think he'll continue to regress, a one-year rental/expiring contract of Clarkson for quick offense off the bench (at the expense of defense) isn't the worst idea.

He's also not a black hole when he has the ball.

He just got bought out. He can be the scorer we need off the bench.

basketballRob · Post #1059 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:59 pm

Anti Chalmers wrote:
Kent wrote:Would we consider trading for Jordan Clarkson?

I would like to keep JI if he can produce like season before last. But if we think he'll continue to regress, a one-year rental/expiring contract of Clarkson for quick offense off the bench (at the expense of defense) isn't the worst idea.

He's also not a black hole when he has the ball.

He just got bought out. He can be the scorer we need off the bench.

For $3 or 4m, he'd be perfect.

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T-Cat · Post #1060 » by **T-Cat** » Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:08 pm

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