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2026 NBA Trade Discussion Thread

tksavis said:
I'd love to see a trade with Houston where we Send Svi and they send back Eason. Svi has played well enough to show he has some value, and he's a shooter and decent playmaker, which Houston needs more of. He's also on a cost controlled contract for 2 more years after this one. Houston isn't going to be able to afford the offer that Eason will be able to get in free agency this summer. Maybe we'd need to sweeten the deal with a couple of seconds. I'd even throw in Brice if that's what it took to get Eason.
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I like Eason but he is a 4 who can play a little 3. So it would mean a lot of guys are not in the future plans.
 
Tax Trade Handbook, Part 1:

Phoenix Suns
Amount over Tax: $-255,632
Tradeable 1RP: 0 outright + 3 swaps + 0 protected
Tradeable 2RP: 2

Salaries to dump
Nick Richards: 1/$5M

Potential trades
Nick Richards for Kevin Love: PHX ducks the tax, Love gets to go to a winning team with nice weather. Jazz can keep Richards, flip him, or waive him.
Nick Richards for Svi Mykhailuk: Same, but with Svi.

Denver Nuggets
Amount over Tax: $-402,059
Tradeable 1RP: 0 outright + 2 swap + 0 protected
Tradeable 2RP: 1

Salaries to dump
Zeke Nnaji: 3/$24M
Daron Holmes: $3.3M + $5.5M

Potential trades
Brice Sensabaugh for Daron Holmes - This trade gets DEN under the tax, and Brice is potentially a nice shooter to have next to Jokic. This trade is less likely due to Jokic injury, but he may be back before deadline.
Zeke Nnaji for nothing - DEN doesn't have enough incentive to make it worth it for UTA.

Toronto Raptors
Amount over Tax: $-2,158,181
Tradeable 1RP: 4 outright + 3 swaps + 0 protected
Tradeable 2RP: 6

Salaries to dump
Ochai Agbaji: 1/$6.4M
Gradey Dick: $4.9M + $7.1M

Potential trades
Brice Sensabaugh for Ochai Agbaji: TOR ducks tax
Brice Sensabaugh for Gradey Dick: See above
Svi Mykhailuk for Ochai Agbaji: See above
Svi Mykhailuk for Gradey Dick: See above

Orlando Magic
Amount over Tax: $-5,576,232
Tradeable 1RP: 1 outright + 3 swaps + 0 protected
Tradeable 2RP: 11

Salaries to dump
Jon Issac - 4/$59M (Bunch of non guaranteed stuff build in based on games played)

Potential trades
Jon Issac for Brice Sensbaugh OR Kevin Love OR Georges Niang OR Kyle Anderson OR Svi Mykhailuk - Any of these trades get them under tax.

Los Angeles Clippers
Amount over Tax: $-6,772,024
Tradeable 1RP: 2 outright + 3 swaps + 0 protected
Tradeable 2RP: 3

Salaries to dump
Bogdon Bogdanovic - 1/$16 (Team option)
Brook Lopez- 1/$8.8M (Team option)
Bradley Beal - 2/$11M
Chris Paul - 1/$2.3M

Potential trades
Brad Beal for Svi Mykhailuk - Doesn't get them under tax, but saves them $$$.

Los Angeles Clippers
Amount over Tax: $-6,772,024
Tradeable 1RP: 2 outright + 3 swaps + 0 protected
Tradeable 2RP: 3

Salaries to dump
Bogdon Bogdanovic - 1/$16 (Team option)
Brook Lopez- 1/$8.8M (Team option)
Bradley Beal - 2/$11M
Chris Paul - 1/$2.3M

Potential trades
Brad Beal for Svi Mykhailuk - Doesn't get them under tax, but saves them $$$.


Teams for Part 2: HOU, LAL, PHI, BOS
 
There's not going to be an easy solution to fix our defense....but maybe our identity can just be having a lot of size and rim protection. JJJ may not be at DPOY level anymore (if he even deserved it), but you'd have to think that between he and Kessler we can be at least average and let our offense carry us.
 
KqWIN said:
There's not going to be an easy solution to fix our defense....but maybe our identity can just be having a lot of size and rim protection. JJJ may not be at DPOY level anymore (if he even deserved it), but you'd have to think that between he and Kessler we can be at least average and let our offense carry us.
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I mean, how would we get JJJ while keeping Kessler? That's A LOT of money as I assume the Lakers are going to offer Kessler a very big number this offseason. I think we would have to trade our pick this year or Ace for JJJ as well (probably Ace preferably as Ace's fit with Lauri-JJJ-Kessler kind of sucks)
 
HadAnEffectHere said:
I mean, how would we get JJJ while keeping Kessler? That's A LOT of money as I assume the Lakers are going to offer Kessler a very big number this offseason. I think we would have to trade our pick this year or Ace for JJJ as well (probably Ace preferably as Ace's fit with Lauri-JJJ-Kessler kind of sucks)
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It's a good point. Money issues won't start until Key's money kicks in. Took a quick look into this and it looks doable but very tight. If we trade for a bigger salary it does probably mean Kessler is gone at some point. A more realistic JJJ scenario would have us with a cheaper C. If the Jazz had locked up Kessler to a descending contract, they'd be in a much stronger position to trade for another high salary guy.
 
NUMBERICA said:
And keeping Lauri? Or trading Lauri for JJJ?

(This Lauri is a 3 charade has to stop whenever it is we get serious.)
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It's not a perfect fit, but JJJ is like an infinitely better fit than some of the other names mentioned like Sabonis, Zion, Trae, other unwanted PG etc. I think Lauri is better on defense being a secondary big than chasing wings, but ultimately don't think it matters too much.
 
As far as trades that could happen this deadline, I'm looking at Jon Issac as a high potential trade candidate. The only problem there is that he cuts into next year's cap space which the Jazz supposedly have big plans for. If you trade for him and waive right away it's $8M on the books for next year. Keep him and his GP goes over 52 and it's $14M.

For this reason, I think it's less likely that he goes directly to us. But I think he will get traded and we might be involved in a musical of chairs contract situation like previous deadlines. Issac has got to be moved somewhere though.
 
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