NBA 2026-27 offseason trades, signings & rumors

[JBcat]

I hope a trade with NOP is still open.  The idea is to trade Paul George and Hauser for some Murphy + Zion or Poole or Murray.  I don't know that NOP would do this.  I would not if I was them.  Maybe they are so ready to be done with Zion they would take back George.  Maybe this trade:

Paul George for Zion + Herb Williams

I think that works.

I hope this as well, but I like Murphy better.

I get it but to make a deal for Zion + Murphy, I believe we would need to send back Hauser also in order to stay under the 1st apron.  That would be fine, but I don't see why NOP would do that.  NOP may not even offer Zion and Herb Williams for Paul George without a pick.  I am trying to be realistic.

Now if it is Paul George + Hauser + the (2) PHI picks for Zion and Murphy, maybe, but I am still not sure why NOP would do this.  NOP probably could have done Brown and Hauser for Zion and Murphy if they wanted.

Definitely the question is why for NO with all the trade ideas.  Need to build one that seems like a win-win.

NO needs to go into full rebuild mode if they are smart as they are stuck in no man?s land. 3 first round picks for Zion and Murphy could be what gets them at least listening. Ideally I?d like to hold onto one of the Philly picks and use 2 of our own first round picks. You need to wait 60 days if you want to include Hauser otherwise ship him out in a separate deal, or just trade George.

[Celtics2021]

Getting out of the tax is easy and will be done at the trade deadline.  They will release Banton before the end of training camp, and then trade one of Walsh, Harper Jr, Scheierman, or Garza at the deadline (whichever is furthest from making the rotation.  At least one of them will be out of the rotation).  And then they will be under the tax, with enough salary space to add one player from the buyout market and another as the 15th man heading into the playoffs.

I mean, sure, they could make a larger move, but it will not be to avoid the tax.  The tax is easy to avoid this year.

They still need to sign Cenac, but if they do that and cut/release Banton, I have them at around $1,200,000 or so over the tax if they start the season based on that.  So yes, they could then trade someone with a contract in the $2.4M to $2.9M range and take nothing back.  That would leave them at 13 roster spots.  Then they play the 10-day contract or end of season contract game like they did last season.  Keeping 13 as long as they can, and only having partial contract values count against the tax.  Not sure I call that easy, but at least workable so long as they can find someone to absorb a contract at the trade deadline.

At this point, I may prefer to trade off Conley over Walsh, Scheierman, Harper, or Garza, but there is plenty of time to sort that out.  Maybe Conley will surprise us.

I have them at $400k over the tax threshold once Banton is released.  Cenac was signed over the weekend, so he is on the books.

Literally they could just release Jordan Walsh, who is not guaranteed, before the full guarantee date in January and replace him with Dillon Mitchell to get under the tax.  That is unlikely, but my point is that it is super easy to get under the tax.  They do not actually need to make a trade to do it.  So while they are unlikely to take on extra salary in a trade this summer, any salary they move off will not be solely for getting out of the tax, because they have an automatic path if they want it.

EDIT:  Just discovered a $1 million typo in my spreadsheet.  Still, it is really easy to move a player at the deadline who makes the minimum.  It only cost cash to get rid of Tillman, and the Celtics received cash for Minott, while Boucher was a future second-rounder for a recent second-rounder on a 2-way in John Tonje.  Minimum salary contracts are very, very movable at the deadline, and the Celtics have many.

[Birdman]

Rui Hachimura is signing with Clippers

[Jiri Welsch]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49288211/sources-demar-derozan-cut-kings-hits-free-agency

DeRozan cut. Would love to have him just because I have always liked him. Probably does not make sense for our roster though.

Would also be cool if he went back to Toronto.

[Vermont Green]

Getting out of the tax is easy and will be done at the trade deadline.  They will release Banton before the end of training camp, and then trade one of Walsh, Harper Jr, Scheierman, or Garza at the deadline (whichever is furthest from making the rotation.  At least one of them will be out of the rotation).  And then they will be under the tax, with enough salary space to add one player from the buyout market and another as the 15th man heading into the playoffs.

I mean, sure, they could make a larger move, but it will not be to avoid the tax.  The tax is easy to avoid this year.

They still need to sign Cenac, but if they do that and cut/release Banton, I have them at around $1,200,000 or so over the tax if they start the season based on that.  So yes, they could then trade someone with a contract in the $2.4M to $2.9M range and take nothing back.  That would leave them at 13 roster spots.  Then they play the 10-day contract or end of season contract game like they did last season.  Keeping 13 as long as they can, and only having partial contract values count against the tax.  Not sure I call that easy, but at least workable so long as they can find someone to absorb a contract at the trade deadline.

At this point, I may prefer to trade off Conley over Walsh, Scheierman, Harper, or Garza, but there is plenty of time to sort that out.  Maybe Conley will surprise us.

I have them at $400k over the tax threshold once Banton is released.  Cenac was signed over the weekend, so he is on the books.

Literally they could just release Jordan Walsh, who is not guaranteed, before the full guarantee date in January and replace him with Dillon Mitchell to get under the tax.  That is unlikely, but my point is that it is super easy to get under the tax.  They do not actually need to make a trade to do it.  So while they are unlikely to take on extra salary in a trade this summer, any salary they move off will not be solely for getting out of the tax, because they have an automatic path if they want it.

EDIT:  Just discovered a $1 million typo in my spreadsheet.  Still, it is really easy to move a player at the deadline who makes the minimum.  It only cost cash to get rid of Tillman, and the Celtics received cash for Minott, while Boucher was a future second-rounder for a recent second-rounder on a 2-way in John Tonje.  Minimum salary contracts are very, very movable at the deadline, and the Celtics have many.

OK, I had missed the Cenac signing.  I plugged that in and I have them at $4.2M over with Banton and $1.4M over without him.  So I think we have the same numbers.  I agree that historically, it has not been that hard to move a min contract at the deadline.  The players that BOS would be looking to move have more value than Tillman.  Walsh, Scheierman, Harper, Garza, these are all potentially useful players.  Conley might be the one who gets moved.  It will be a tricky dance to play the 13 man roster window and all, but I agree, there is a path.