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Report: #5, Favors, Burks for Cavs' #1 pick

Yay or Nay?

  • Yay

    Votes: 68 56.7%

  • Nay

    Votes: 52 43.3%
  • Total voters
    120
default said:
Burks is good, but Favors would be harder to replace.
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Agreed. Unless we wanted to overpay in FA we'd probably have to wait until the 2015 draft for a long-term replacement big. Kanter, Gobert, Tomic and [filler] would have to do the trick next season.
 
Given a choice between the two, I prefer the Burke + #5 for #2 rumor (Wiggins/Jabari) to Favors + #5 + [filler] for #1.
 
Hantlers said:
Burks is just another guy in the league. Including him isn't a big deal.
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Kid's special. Not many with his combination of speed, leaping ability, ballhandling, and magical finishing ability. I'm not sure what clicked with him this year between being worse than he's ever been and then suddenly being better than he's ever been, but I think he's the best piece the Jazz have right now (which isn't necessarily saying much). He also has the best body language of anyone of the original "Core 4".
 
Core4 said:
Sounds good. I think the "right" to match an offer definitely has value. And if the agent can somehow get another team to offer a ridiculous amount....well, that's the chance you took when making the deal. The only restriction I would put on that is the team making the trade cannot then sign that same player to an offer sheet during free agency.
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Yes.
 
Hantlers said:
Burks is just another guy in the league. Including him isn't a big deal.
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Disagree... top 15 PER for shooting guard last year and is only 22. Had a miserable start last year and was great after the all-star break. He's going to score 20 per this season... unless he's on the Cavs.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Disagree... top 15 PER for shooting guard last year and is only 22. Had a miserable start last year and was great after the all-star break. He's going to score 20 per this season... unless he's on the Cavs.
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I love Burks but....


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I support the sentiment that Burks was underutilized in Moron's offense, and that we haven't seen all he can do.

Having said that, I also support trading him if it means getting Andrew Wiggins.
 
Nice to see the burks love
 
You want to give them Dwight Howard light (But better shooter) and Dwayne Wade light (but longer) + potentially another All-Star Player to Draft Poor Mans Melo, just because he is mormon ? (Jabari Parker)

Draft Marcus Smart, keep your roster together and let them build some chemistry. At todays Spurs, their was no Superstar or MAIN-MAN in this team. So stop the **** crying.
 
I'd prefer the W's 2017 pick sent instead of Burks. I agree that he could be a reliable 17+ppg scorer in this league in the very near future.

I'd also imagine the W's pick will likely be solidly in the 20's. It has the cache of being called a non-protected, and it's a gamble, but one I'd take to have our wings be Wiggins, Hayward and Burks.

I'd personally have no issue taking on Asik either to fill the gap left by Favors. Now I'm rambling...
 
What about this three-way trade with the Kings who are exploring options to trade the 8th pick? The Cavs take Wiggins at #1, Embiid slips to us at #5 where we take him and the following trade kicks in.

Cavs get 5th pick (Embiid), 8th pick (Vonleh, Randle, or Gordon may be there), 2017 GS pick

Kings get Kanter, 2015 protected (top 7) 1st from us

Jazz get 1st pick, Jack, Terry, Landry, Thompson



In essence, the Cavs get the guy they really want in Embiid but Vonleh (or Gordon or Randle) as well who he'd fit well with imo and who could act as insurance in case Embiid is plagued with these injuries. To nab those two guys and the GS pick and dump Jack is just too much to turn down if I'm the Cavs.

The Kings get Kanter (who Cousins had raved about), a projected high 1st from us, and dump about 18M in salary which was their goal in trading the 8th pick. Heck, to get Kanter and a 2015 1st back may feel great to them in the process.

The Jazz get Wiggins without giving up Favors or Burks and keep their future 1sts protected. We additionally get the vet leadership we could use.


Which of those teams doesn't do that deal?
 
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