He won 3 games for the mavericks who should have been tanking…would have been better to just bench him. Mavs could have been higher and might have even finished in Memphis’s place without Middleton

Reminder that after trading Luka for AD, AD played 29 games for the Mavs and then was traded for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Tyus Jones, Marvin Bagley III and some useless picks

Flagg will likely make people forget how historically the Mavs fucked up there. They should’ve been at back a decade minimum

Geez. Somehow I missed that he was traded in the deal for AD. Thought he was still on the Wizards this whole time lol

I’ve never been but doesn’t the DMV area have great barbecue?

Sign and trade has to be at least 3 years. First year is probably the only one that’s guaranteed.

Good vet for AJ and Sarr

Most of the team still on rookie deals. It’s nothing

Signed Jonas to a 3 year deal and eventually traded him

Turning into prime Middleton and single-handedly winning us the 2 games we needed to lose to stay ahead of Memphis in lottery odds smh

I knew I should’ve bought a Middleton jersey 🤦‍♂️

Btw, 35 points is the 7 highest amount of points he’s ever scored in a game btw

Moist Jordan strikes again

Full NFL mode, everything is just an elaborate 1 year contract. 

Wizards GM Will Dawkins on the team’s rebuilding timeline entering the 2026-27 season:

“The Wizards train is starting to leave the station. It’s not full speed ahead, but we do plan to move with a little bit of momentum.”

Probably the most excited I’ve been since John Wall.

East could be wild this year

Idk the east is tough depends on AD health

From a talent standpoint, if (this is a big if) AD and Trae stay healthy and Sarr and Dybansta develop quickly I can also see it.

However, Zach Lowe keeps beating the drum that there are roughly 11 teams in the East that reasonably expect to make the playoffs/play-ins next season. Detroit, Philly, Cleveland, Indiana, Boston, Atlanta, NYK, Orlando, Toronto, Miami, and Charlotte are all teams who will want to be in the playoffs this year.

While I think the Wizards have the talent to have a good year, I think the East is going to be very competitive.

Especially with LeBron joining them /s

It will be hard given how deep the East is now (never thought I’d say that) but if Davis stays healthy they should certainly be in the mix

most obvious 7 seed, i’m so happy

On paper? Yes

But their GM was Presti’s VP

They’ll be good enough to get positive value for all these vets then finish at a firm 8% for a top pick

Before the Kawhi and Brown trade I liked them as a playoff team, if AD got 50-55 games and Trae was a healthy 70 games.

But top 6 in the East is tough. Pretty much every team could be better than last year.

Play-in is probably our ceiling if all goes well. I just want to have some competent play and look competitive at times this year

This isn’t a shocking take imo, they have certified all stars, budding young talent and AJ

Same. I was wondering which team he was being traded to

In the AD trade. Just like that he’s back

AD trade I think?

He was part of the AD trade

He was with us for a few months lol, don’t blame you for not knowing not like either us or the Wizards were doing anything anyways.

Yea I was thinking where was he getting traded to and shams just didn’t complete the transaction

Feels kinda like we’re a stoner in the kitchen throwing a bunch of ingredients together. Could turn out to be great. Could end up being ridiculous. But I got the munchies and I’m excited to find out.

With fish grease

Absolutely. This team is going to be cracked if AD stays healthy.

The AD/Sarr combo is dirty as a big duo. Top of the league level duo at the ⁴⁄₅. Ayton off the bench for make up minutes at center is a worthwhile endeavor.

Say what you want about Trae’s defense but he’s an offensive engine and they have the wing size between George/Dybantsa/Coulibaly to hide him.

If Dybantsa is worthy of a #1 pick then this team could go to the moon fast. Could quickly become a big 4 type of team and they have a pretty deep bench

3 years is the minimum for a sign and trade apparently. Probably not all guaranteed.

Same.. but prob more money+less pressure > more playing time + more pressure + less money lol

I figure Miami isn’t doing shit until LeBron makes a decision also doubt he was gonna get this anywhere else

Great point. I missed that. Now I’m curious. I’m guessing cash or 1 SRP

This created a trade exception, via MavsFilmRoom:

“Mavs now can use their Khris Middleton TPE (\(5.6 mil) to absorb Marcus Sasser (\)5.2 mil) and use their Bi-annual exception to sign Tarik Biberovic. This would preserve their full midlevel exception if they go that route.” Essentially, this is our move to get Sasser.

not even 6mil a year is an overpay?

You apologie to khash rn

That’s barely more than the vet minimum per year lol

Oh yeah 3.6% of the cap is definitely an overpay

He’s a good vet for a young roster. Joe Ingles got $11m two years ago

I thought Miami would be the only team even interested and I was expecting us to give him the minimum.

Nah, dude single handily won the Mavs some games last year

3 years is long as fuck for Khris Middleton man this scares me

It’s a sign and trade, which legally has to be at least 3 years. You’re almost certainly 100% right that the only guaranteed year will be the first one. Pistons have done that with both Duncan and Collins, which is how I know that rule lol

It’s part of the previous arrangement for Aldama.

Was really hoping he’d find his way back to chill in the rebuild

They had the second youngest roster in the NBA last season and got younger.

Lebron loved that 1st Westbrick year so much with all the grandpa’s that he wants to make it again

Top 4 is super optimistic, but I could definitely see a 10th-7th finish if things go right.

most of their starters would have just started high school

Because the rest of our team is a bunch of 19 and 20 year olds

Did the NBA implement a vet cap?

Not really. Consider that max players will make more money in 20 games than Middleton will in 3 years, given that almost everyone never plays the full 82. That’s how ridiculous max contracts have become.