Trae Young, Luka Doncic and 2025 NBA Regrets

Merlin sees the NBA auditing 2025 with a list of each franchise's biggest regret, from trades and free agent gambles to draft slips and season ending injuries. Highlights include Atlanta dragging its Trae Young divorce while being "more open to trading [Young] away than they have ever been", Dallas botching the Luka swap, and Indiana losing Tyrese Haliburton after holding a two games to one lead in the Finals. These errors reshaped rosters and futures. Merlin warns a pattern emerges: delayed decisions cost leverage, shiny splashes drain draft currency, and injuries rewrite blueprints. Quotes like JJ Redick saying "We do not care enough right now" expose morale cracking under thin construction. Expect deadline fire sales and frantic patch work as teams try to reverse 2025.