In NBA 2K26, you generally can’t tell your coach to trade away a teammate in MyCAREER the way some players expect. The trade flow is usually about requesting a move for your own player or, later on, suggesting trade targets through career features, not forcing your team to dump someone specific.

What to do

  • For your own trade: use the MyCAREER trade/request option once it unlocks, which appears to be tied to finishing the first NBA season and entering the offseason.
  • For a new teammate: look for the Suggest Trade Targets / Influence Trades feature in Career Features after you complete the required quests and reach the second season.
  • For a teammate you dislike: there does not seem to be a direct “trade this player” command in MyCAREER, so the closest workaround is influencing roster upgrades rather than naming a player to be removed.

Fast path

  1. Play through your first season.
  2. Get to the offseason.
  3. Finish the offseason transition.
  4. Check Career Features for trade-related options once they unlock.
  5. Use Suggest Trade Targets if your goal is to bring in help.

Important catch

A few sources say you cannot request a trade mid-season , and one notes you may need to wait until after your first season before the option appears. Another guide says trade influence is available in the second season after specific quests, so the exact unlock point may depend on your progress path.

TL;DR

You usually can’t directly ask the coach to trade a teammate in NBA 2K26 MyCAREER. The game is more likely to let you request your own trade or suggest trade targets later in your career.