2025-26 Season: Draft, Trades, and FA Ideas Thread V1.0

[Merit]

how much potential does this team possess?

cmb
markkanen
ingram
rj
barnes

Screen navigation and rim protection are important. That team would struggle.

I'd personally try IQ / 1st for Reid and Dillingham. Then later on try to flip RJ into a guard like Lamelo.

Poeltl / Mamu
Reid / CMB
Ingram / Walter
Barnes / Shead
Ball / Dillingham

I think that would be a contender.

Reid is an undersized center. We already have Mamu. Scottie doesn’t guard point of attack players like the majority of shifty point guards.

This trade is a no from me.

[Thaddy]

how much potential does this team possess?

cmb
markkanen
ingram
rj
barnes

Screen navigation and rim protection are important. That team would struggle.

I'd personally try IQ / 1st for Reid and Dillingham. Then later on try to flip RJ into a guard like Lamelo.

Poeltl / Mamu
Reid / CMB
Ingram / Walter
Barnes / Shead
Ball / Dillingham

I think that would be a contender.

Reid is an undersized center. We already have Mamu. Scottie doesn’t guard point of attack players like the majority of shifty point guards.

This trade is a no from me.

Reid is a good defensive player too he has been mostly a positive DBPM player. I think he let's us rest Poeltl and have a full 48 minutes of good C play. The additional stretch ability also replaces IQ. It also saves us 10M since we'd get Conley back as a filler. That would be used to get Mamu back here after this season.

Reid / Poeltl
Barnes / Mamu
Ingram / Walter
RJ / Dick
Dillingham / Shead

That would probably be the roster for a few seasons due to cap constraints. The young guys will be up for renewal when Ingram, Poeltl, and the others are finishing up their contracts.

[UnbelievablyRAW]

Screen navigation and rim protection are important. That team would struggle.

I'd personally try IQ / 1st for Reid and Dillingham. Then later on try to flip RJ into a guard like Lamelo.

Poeltl / Mamu
Reid / CMB
Ingram / Walter
Barnes / Shead
Ball / Dillingham

I think that would be a contender.

Reid is an undersized center. We already have Mamu. Scottie doesn’t guard point of attack players like the majority of shifty point guards.

This trade is a no from me.

Reid is a good defensive player too he has been mostly a positive DBPM player. I think he let's us rest Poeltl and have a full 48 minutes of good C play. The additional stretch ability also replaces IQ. It also saves us 10M since we'd get Conley back as a filler. That would be used to get Mamu back here after this season.

Reid / Poeltl
Barnes / Mamu
Ingram / Walter
RJ / Dick
Dillingham / Shead

That would probably be the roster for a few seasons due to cap constraints. The young guys will be up for renewal when Ingram, Poeltl, and the others are finishing up their contracts.

Dillingham not moving me. Don’t like starting someone who is an obvious defensive target who also doesn’t have massive offensive upside to make up for it.

Only guy close in that realm is be comfortable with are Trae/Garland depending on the cost.

[MessiahUjiri]

Reid is an undersized center. We already have Mamu. Scottie doesn’t guard point of attack players like the majority of shifty point guards.

This trade is a no from me.

Reid is a good defensive player too he has been mostly a positive DBPM player. I think he let's us rest Poeltl and have a full 48 minutes of good C play. The additional stretch ability also replaces IQ. It also saves us 10M since we'd get Conley back as a filler. That would be used to get Mamu back here after this season.

Reid / Poeltl
Barnes / Mamu
Ingram / Walter
RJ / Dick
Dillingham / Shead

That would probably be the roster for a few seasons due to cap constraints. The young guys will be up for renewal when Ingram, Poeltl, and the others are finishing up their contracts.

Dillingham not moving me. Don’t like starting someone who is an obvious defensive target who also doesn’t have massive offensive upside to make up for it.

Only guy close in that realm is be comfortable with are Trae/Garland depending on the cost.

Maybe there’s a Wolves trade with Conley coming back. I don’t think they’re attaching a 1st to get off IQ though.

[Thaddy]

Reid is a good defensive player too he has been mostly a positive DBPM player. I think he let's us rest Poeltl and have a full 48 minutes of good C play. The additional stretch ability also replaces IQ. It also saves us 10M since we'd get Conley back as a filler. That would be used to get Mamu back here after this season.

Reid / Poeltl
Barnes / Mamu
Ingram / Walter
RJ / Dick
Dillingham / Shead

That would probably be the roster for a few seasons due to cap constraints. The young guys will be up for renewal when Ingram, Poeltl, and the others are finishing up their contracts.

Dillingham not moving me. Don’t like starting someone who is an obvious defensive target who also doesn’t have massive offensive upside to make up for it.

Only guy close in that realm is be comfortable with are Trae/Garland depending on the cost.

Maybe there’s a Wolves trade with Conley coming back. I don’t think they’re attaching a 1st to get off IQ though.

The framework would be Reid, Dillingham and Conley to make the money work. He could be the back up PG for this year but I'd eventually give Dillingham a look. The Wolves aren't the best environment to develop in.

[LoveMyRaps]

Heck, I'd remove the protection or possibly add another future first. Getting rid of Poeltl's contract is a huge plus.

[Godaddycurse]

Heck, I'd remove the protection or possibly add another future first. Getting rid of Poeltl's contract is a huge plus.

You should just be a hawks fan if you like young that much. We would instantly become bottom 5 D

[UnbelievablyRAW]

Heck, I'd remove the protection or possibly add another future first. Getting rid of Poeltl's contract is a huge plus.

I can see them potentially doing this if our picks can be used to also get AD in a subsequent deal

Idk if I’m adding any unprotected pick for Trae who is all but being told he isn’t wanted. He’s definitely not resigning there

[Zeno]

There are many ways to construct a four way trade to make this happen but if you could turn IQ, Gradey and Ochai into Monk, Gafford and Naji Marshall that might be ideal. It would reduce payroll by 1.7 million which would get them out of the tax and balance the team positionally. This assumes that the Kings would value IQ as a point guard option and that Dallas would value Gradey as a prospect and would be saving money in the deal on this year's salary. Perhaps that is too many assumptions and some draft capital would be needed on our end but maybe not more than a 2nd rounder or two?

[Tripod]

Dillingham with sub 4-2-2 and 1 career start, is going to be our starter?

Yeah, no thanks...lol

[bartron_44]

The more I see Mamu and CMB, the more I want those 2 as the guys that start with Barnes, Ingram and Barrett. Something like :

Mamu/Poeltl
CMB/Battle
Barnes/Dick
Ingram/IQ
Barrett/Shead

[Merit]

Screen navigation and rim protection are important. That team would struggle.

I'd personally try IQ / 1st for Reid and Dillingham. Then later on try to flip RJ into a guard like Lamelo.

Poeltl / Mamu
Reid / CMB
Ingram / Walter
Barnes / Shead
Ball / Dillingham

I think that would be a contender.

Reid is an undersized center. We already have Mamu. Scottie doesn’t guard point of attack players like the majority of shifty point guards.

This trade is a no from me.

Reid is a good defensive player too he has been mostly a positive DBPM player. I think he let's us rest Poeltl and have a full 48 minutes of good C play. The additional stretch ability also replaces IQ. It also saves us 10M since we'd get Conley back as a filler. That would be used to get Mamu back here after this season.

Reid / Poeltl
Barnes / Mamu
Ingram / Walter
RJ / Dick
Dillingham / Shead

That would probably be the roster for a few seasons due to cap constraints. The young guys will be up for renewal when Ingram, Poeltl, and the others are finishing up their contracts.

I still prefer other trades. IQ has more value than that in aggregate. He’s necessary if we’re looking at adding a max player. I feel targeting Reid when Giannis is a possibility would absolutely be settling. Also, Dillingham as a starter doesn’t make me feel confident in our point guard rotation at all. This trade doesn’t make us markedly better and in fact would stunt CMB’s growth. For those reasons I’d pass.

[YogurtProducer]

Sheesh. The IQ trades here are downright horrible

[Tripod]

The more I see Mamu and CMB, the more I want those 2 as the guys that start with Barnes, Ingram and Barrett. Something like :

Mamu/Poeltl
CMB/Battle
Barnes/Dick
Ingram/IQ
Barrett/Shead

Walter is going to play and deserves to based on his play lately.

[Rapsobsessed7]

With the Trae rumors. Wonder if the hawks do

Quickly
Dick
Ochai
Poeltl
1st

For

Trae
Okongwu

We get out of tax, get our long term answer at C and the Hawks get a bunch of pieces. When seeing things like Cj for Trae. Something like this makes more sense to me.

Trae / Shead
Barrett / Walter
Ingram / Battle
Scottie / CMB
Okongwu / Mamu

I love that team and bench unit. Probably wouldn’t be able to get Okongwu but I love the end result.

[YogurtProducer]

With the Trae rumors. Wonder if the hawks do

Quickly
Dick
Ochai
Poeltl
1st

For

Trae
Okongwu

We get out of tax, get our long term answer at C and the Hawks get a bunch of pieces. When seeing things like Cj for Trae. Something like this makes more sense to me.

Trae / Shead
Barrett / Walter
Ingram / Battle
Scottie / CMB
Okongwu / Mamu

I love that team and bench unit. Probably wouldn’t be able to get Okongwu but I love the end result.

If we do any trade with ATL I wanna get Krejci. Snagging a 48% 3 point guy locked up for $2-3M for 3 years would be very nice to have.

[Tripod]

With the Trae rumors. Wonder if the hawks do

Quickly
Dick
Ochai
Poeltl
1st

For

Trae
Okongwu

We get out of tax, get our long term answer at C and the Hawks get a bunch of pieces. When seeing things like Cj for Trae. Something like this makes more sense to me.

Trae / Shead
Barrett / Walter
Ingram / Battle
Scottie / CMB
Okongwu / Mamu

I love that team and bench unit. Probably wouldn’t be able to get Okongwu but I love the end result.

If we do any trade with ATL I wanna get Krejci. Snagging a 48% 3 point guy locked up for $2-3M for 3 years would be very nice to have.

We have a 50% 3 point guy sub 2 million, and won't play him...lol

[YogurtProducer]

With the Trae rumors. Wonder if the hawks do

Quickly
Dick
Ochai
Poeltl
1st

For

Trae
Okongwu

We get out of tax, get our long term answer at C and the Hawks get a bunch of pieces. When seeing things like Cj for Trae. Something like this makes more sense to me.

Trae / Shead
Barrett / Walter
Ingram / Battle
Scottie / CMB
Okongwu / Mamu

I love that team and bench unit. Probably wouldn’t be able to get Okongwu but I love the end result.

If we do any trade with ATL I wanna get Krejci. Snagging a 48% 3 point guy locked up for $2-3M for 3 years would be very nice to have.

We have a 50% 3 point guy sub 2 million, and won't play him...lol

Can never have to much shooting.

[Tripod]

If we do any trade with ATL I wanna get Krejci. Snagging a 48% 3 point guy locked up for $2-3M for 3 years would be very nice to have.

We have a 50% 3 point guy sub 2 million, and won't play him...lol

Can never have to much shooting.

Fwiw, I agree with you.

[Mr Swagtastic]

Dillingham with sub 4-2-2 and 1 career start, is going to be our starter?

Yeah, no thanks...lol

That's what I thought as well, Dillingham is in Minnesotas dog house, team lost faith in him and so did the coaching staff. Bones Hyland is getting more PT then your 8th overall pick that's the red flag that should scream out don't trade for him that plus his awful metrics. Naz Reid is a not a upgrade here not to the point we move a legit starting PG for a 3rd string one. Some of these deals are just downright awful