I've seen several articles about how everyone besides Flagg should be traded or available. Im a big fan of Lively, I want them to hang onto him.

I wonder if some of these teams like OKC that have a slew of first rd picks they don't need "now" would want to start rolling those out to future picks. If nothing else, they give a 2026 first and get back a 2028 first. Something similar to that…

You can do that but it's usually expensive. Minnesota needed a pick on 2024 and traded a 2030 unprotected swap and 2031 unprotected 1st to get it.

Spurs and OKC are trying to acquire lots of swaps as well, so they can move down easily. Spurs have 5 swaps available in the next 6 drafts and the strongest protection is top-1

MUCH more from Dirk Nowitzki's nearly two-minute answer on the firing of Nico Harrison:

"Well, I think there's just too many distractions, too much going on to keep going this way. This move should have probably happened this summer honestly. I didn't want this negative energy… https://t.co/uxvL3UMJCK

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) November 15, 2025