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Season snapshot
Struggling regular season results · mixed competitive timelineDAL finished 26-56 (0.317) with 0 playoff game(s). Its governed core had 11 players and a rotation-weighted age of 26.7. The team had 4 critical/structural basketball problem(s), 0 future pick-control row(s), and 27.3% future core salary schedule coverage. This describes the planning position; it does not recommend a direction.
Record
26-56
Playoff games
0
Playoff wins
0
Core age
26.7
Primary creator
Cooper Flagg
Current decision lanes
Transactions, injuries, rumors and staff changes are separate evidence lanes — never merged.19transactions0injuries2rumors4staff changes
TransactionJett Howardtwo way signingJul 20, 2026Completed
Signed from Orlando to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
TransactionTyler Smithwaiver exitJul 20, 2026Completed
Two-way contract waived. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Transaction
Injuries & availability
Governed medical episodes — evidence about players, separate from team decisions.| Player | Injury | Body part | Out | Returned | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | left hand ligament damage | hand | Jan 8, 2026 → open | not recorded | — |
| Anthony Davis | minor groin strain | groin | Dec 25, 2025 → open | not recorded | — |
| Cooper Flagg | back contusion | back | Dec 21, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 |
Last observed season rotation
Players with actual NBA minutes for the latest eligible season; not a complete current registration ledger.| Player | Role | Strongest functions | Minutes | On/Off | Stab. RAPM | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cooper Flagg | — | — | 2,299 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
 Max Christie | — | — | 2,199 | — | — |
On/Off and stabilized RAPM are separate impact lanes on a per-100 scale — never combined into one grade. A dash means evidence is unavailable, not zero.
23 of 23 — complete
Basketball functions
Eleven separate function readings — need, coverage and redundancy stay apart; no team score.CreationStructural roster need
Functional Shortage · led by Ryan Nembhard, then Ryan Nembhard
Full reading
DAL 2025-26 Creation: production percentile 16.7; largest contributor Cooper Flagg (28.4% of above-replacement production); structural_shortage.
Defensive event creationMonitor Not Priority
Middle Tier Distributed · led by Caleb Martin, then Brandon Williams
Full reading
DAL 2025-26 Defensive event creation: production percentile 41.7; largest contributor Cooper Flagg (21.0% of above-replacement production); monitor_not_priority.
Shot creation
Team performance and shot-creation architecture.DAL ranked 2 of 30 in self-created shot share (51.9%), 25 of 30 in self-created eFG, and 25 of 30 in assisted eFG. Primary creator: Cooper Flagg. Team-level creator attribution: 90.8%. Creation profile: self creation heavy; dependency: distributed creation; shotmaking: weak in both modes.
Self-created FGA share
51.9%
Self-created eFG
48.0%
Assisted eFG
57.2%
Cooper Flagg share
23.9%
Contracts & cap
Selected player charges under the serving definition — not full cap legality.SupportedSecond Apron Restricted Threshold State
Selected player charges
$240.2M
Share of cap
155%
Tax line
$52.3M over
First apron
$44.2M over
Second apron
$32.4M over
DAL 2025-26 carried $240,193,607 of selected player charges (155.3% of the cap), placing it in at or above second apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was interior_finish at 21.8% of the cap; highest measured need was event_creation. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.
Future core salary schedule
Upcoming decisions
Governed contract events ahead — dates carry their honest quality.Caleb Martinplayer option decisionJun 29, 2027reported $9.37M
Caleb Martin has a reported player option for the 2028 season at a reported $9,371,351. Player controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Max Christieplayer option decisionJun 29, 2027reported $8.86M
Max Christie has a reported player option for the 2028 season at a reported $8,857,143. Player controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Anthony Davisplayer option decisionJun 29, 2027reported $66.8M
Anthony Davis has a reported player option for the 2028 season at a reported $66,821,676. Player controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Naji Marshallcontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Naji Marshall has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Future assets
Draft-control coverage: abstain no future pick control rows. Partial coverage renders as partial — never as a zero-asset team.No accepted future asset-control rows are governed for this team yet. Asset-control coverage is known to be partial league-wide — this is missing evidence, not an empty cupboard.
Organization
Basketball authority and staff context — descriptive, never a grade.No governed authority-regime rows are knowable for this team at this as-of moment.
CoverageResolved
withheld: falseresolved team: true
Supporting relations (7)
- gb_state.frontend_team_season_overview_v
- gb_state.team_functional_coverage_v
- gb_state.frontend_team_roster_card_v
- gb_state.team_asset_control_timeline_v
- gb_state.team_roster_decision_calendar_event_v
- gb_organization.role_tenure_assertion
- gb_state.nba_team_decision_feed_at
