{"id":351665,"date":"2026-06-08T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351665\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:08:19","slug":"trade-talk-a-potential-swap-with-the-sacramento-kings-to-move-up-in-the-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351665\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Talk: A potential swap with the Sacramento Kings to move up in the NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> will be earnestly rebuilding their team around Cooper Flagg<\/a> this offseason. Big changes are already underway following the hiring of Masai Ujiri and Mike Schmitz (as President and GM, respectively) and the departure of Jason Kidd. With the NBA season officially no more than five games from being over at this point, it\u2019s time to start looking at what Dallas can do to reshape their team going into the 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n

In staff discussions at Mavs Moneyball, we often prognosticate on various trade scenarios, leaving nothing off the table of possibilities. So long as the trade would actually work in reality, we entertain it. Wanting to bring these ideas and discussions to a wider audience, I\u2019ve elected myself curator of the crazy (but far more often, thoughtful) trade ideas that frequently fly about our internal discussions. With that, I welcome you to a new series \u2013 Trade Talk.<\/p>\n

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The parameters are simple. The trade proposal must go through a legitimate trade machine, such as that found on Spotrac.com<\/a>, and must actually work in reality under NBA trade rules. There will be no trading Mark Cuban for the ghost of Wilt Chamberlain. I\u2019ll select some of the trade proposals we bandy about and we\u2019ll debate the value of each. First up is MMB\u2019s Jack Nowicki\u2019s proposed trade with the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n

The trade proposal<\/p>\n

The Mavericks use their traded player exception (TPE) to take on Malik Monk. Their reward for this service is a swap of Dallas\u2019 #9 pick for Sacramento\u2019s #7 pick in the 2026 draft. Sacramento also gets some cash considerations for their part.<\/p>\n

\"\"The discussion<\/p>\n

Mike: This is an interesting one, because it seems so rare that TPEs are actually ever used. Getting a player that scored 12.5 points per game and knocked down nearly 40% of his threes last season, without giving up any player assets doesn\u2019t sound like a bad exchange. That said, the real value in this trade you\u2019ve proposed seems to lie elsewhere, yes?<\/p>\n

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Jack: Absolutely. While Monk could be a useful player next season, the real prize is moving from pick #9 to pick #7. The purpose for this small trade-up is if the Mavericks fall head-over-heels for a guard who is unlikely to fall to their current pick. Obviously, we don\u2019t know who this could be, but knowing Ujiri, it would not surprise me if he loves Keaton Wagler<\/a> and Mikel Brown Jr. For the Kings, they sit in a unenviable situation where they are simultaneously very expensive and years away from contention.\u00a0Trading Monk allows the Kings to duck the luxury-tax and build future cap flexibility. The issue with trading Monk is that the Kings will be hesitant to part with any future draft assets, meaning they have few ways of getting out of his money \u2013 that\u2019s where this trade-down becomes a solution. If the Kings aren\u2019t sold on the options at #7, this trade gives them the flexibility they require while keeping a pick within the top-10. This move highlights how the TPE could become very valuable and why the Mavericks should get creative this offseason.<\/p>\n

Mike: I agree that the key to this is who is still standing when the #7 pick comes up. Monk would cost Dallas $20 million this year, then $21 million the following year in the likely event he picks up his player option. At that point, he may add value as an expiring contract in a future trade, but he comes at a relatively steep price until then. I like how the Anthony Davis<\/a> trade gave the Mavs better cap flexibility, so I\u2019m hopeful they\u2019ll utilize it in the most favorable way.
If Dallas really does their homework and knows for sure \u201ctheir guy\u201d is gone when the #9 pick is selected, then I\u2019d be more inclined to do this trade. I think Dallas really needs to nail their first pick in this draft and the shift of two spots that you\u2019ve proposed could certainly help them do that.<\/p>\n

Jack: One other thing to highlight is that Monk is not an outright negative player. He has major flaws, but would bring a spark of ball-handling and shooting off the bench that could be very useful for this team. He also can be an effective offensive player whether he has the ball or not, meaning he could play next to another guard.<\/p>\n

Mike: True. That could come in handy in a number of ways. He\u2019s arguably an upgrade over both Brandon Williams and Ryan Nembhard<\/a>, and could take some load off Kyrie Irving<\/a> as he\u2019s working his way back into the swing of things. Monk might not be the best or cheapest guard option, but well said \u2013 he\u2019s certainly serviceable and his 40% three point shooting would be huge for the Mavs.<\/p>\n

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Sound off in the comments section below with your thoughts on this proposal as constructed, or perhaps how it could be altered or abandoned altogether.<\/p>\n

I invite you to follow me @_80MPH<\/a> on X, and check back often at Mavs Moneyball<\/a> for all the latest on the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks will be earnestly rebuilding their team around Cooper Flagg this offseason. Big changes are already…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[42739,1184,42740,7015,12167,7000,138290,33233,7004,143767,143766,129,143768,121,123,128,122,36603],"class_list":["post-351665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-anthony-davis","tag-ca","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-getty-images","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-keaton-wagler","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-malik-monk","tag-mavs-moneyball","tag-mike-schmitz","tag-nba","tag-ryan-nembhard","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramento-news","tag-the-mavericks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}