2026-27 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

is danny ainge still the jazz gm? i thought it was his son.

anyway, whichever ainge it is, no, i don't expect them to let him walk in RFA. the only RFAs i can remember walking were grossly overpaid, intentionally (chandler parsons, omer aski, jeremy lin, etc.), and pretty much every team that got them was upset they "won" in the end. i do think you can get RFAs in S&T, though.

as for murphy, i heard somewhere that boston has interest, has multiple firsts to spend, and has a TE that could fit his entire salary. between gs pursuing him with all they have and that, i'm not sure we can get into the murphy bidding, tbh.

(edit: missed svtzr's post--i'd consider reaves for that, and NO might, too)

now, herb and missi? i think we can get into that. we've been over that a bunch, and if we were operating over the cap, i would definitely be down with a vando/knecht for herb/missi swap. if NO wants a pick this year (as reported), i'd give the #25 to make that deal work. if they want a future pick, i actually may want something else back. we'd be buying herb at his nadir, with a big salary jump incoming.

i'd be open to expanding the deal to include opted-in ayton for bey, though: vando/ayton/knecht/#25/top 10 protected future first for herb/missi/bey.

 

A potential rotation could be:

Q1
Luka, AR, Trey, Bron, Kessler
7:00: Luka, AR, Smart, Portis, Kessler
5:00: Luka, Smart, Trey, Portis, Hayes
2:00: Luka, THJ, Thybulle, Bron, Hayes

Q2
AR, Trey, Thybulle, Bron, Kessler
7:00: Luka, THJ, Trey, Portis, Hayes
5:00: Luka, Smart, Thybulle, Portis, Hayes
3:00: Luka, AR, Smart, Bron, Kessler

Minutes adjust in Q3/4 to something around:

Luka (35), AR (35), Trey (32), Bron (30), Kessler (30), Smart (25), Portis (20), Hayes (16), Thybulle (16), THJ (10)

3rd string: Thiero, Jake/vet min, Fontecchio/vet min, Love, Bronny

We would be a REALLY good team and I'd be hella excited for the season. We could sustain some injuries too as Trey/Bron could take expanded roles and we would have Thiero and a couple potentially playable guys seeing no minutes.

It may be far fetched but I'd try to push for it or anything similar anyway I can.

I really think we can get 2 starter level players if we are aggressive and play our cards right

 

I Like the addition of Trey, Thybulle and Portis but i think Walker is to difficult to be had. Will drain assets. Ayton, Hayes rookie and keep trucking.

 

Thats a no brainer. Hell yeah. But i dont think you can get all that. A swap of Austin for Trey is an even Swap already then you have to factor in contract. Trey makes 28 Austin projected mmmm maybe 37mil. I have a hard time seeing NO doing that unless they have plans to swing him. It dont seems like a trade like that would benefit NO.

 

Lol @ Austin = Trey. Every day the bar here gets lower and lower.