enchilada_style
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George may end up in a ****** situation again next season if Lebron ends up leaving.
George may end up in a ****** situation again next season if Lebron ends up leaving.
I really think Hood and Favors for either TT or JR and the Brooklyn pick makes a lot of sense.
I don't want JR Smith, but he is only due $14.7 for next year and that's it because 2019-20 is non-guaranteed. I bet the Cavs do this deal in a heartbeat after the Hill trade:
Favors and Hood for JR Smith, Osman and the Brooklyn pick.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ycevg5wp
In all likelihood, the trade saves Cleveland money this year and next year. Hood is better than JR Smith and Favors can be very helpful for their post. In two trades, they would have added a PG/SG, a SG/SF and a PF/C who all help their matchups against Golden State. They aren't going to be able to find any other deal where they dump JR and add two useful players.
I don't want JR Smith, but he is only due $14.7 for next year and that's it because 2019-20 is non-guaranteed. I bet the Cavs do this deal in a heartbeat after the Hill trade:
Favors and Hood for JR Smith, Osman and the Brooklyn pick.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ycevg5wp
In all likelihood, the trade saves Cleveland money this year and next year. Hood is better than JR Smith and Favors can be very helpful for their post. In two trades, they would have added a PG/SG, a SG/SF and a PF/C who all help their matchups against Golden State. They aren't going to be able to find any other deal where they dump JR and add two useful players.
I imagine JR would be pretty salty if that trade happened lol.
I bet we could trade JR Smith to the Bucks for Teletovic and Dellie. Or maybe to the Lakers for Deng and a future 1st. Or to Portland in a salary dump deal to get them under the luxury. Or to Washington for Mahinmi and a 1st.
In today's NBA, high draft picks are the most precious of assets. Cleveland isn't moving Brooklyn's pick for anything short of Steph Curry or James Harden; in other words, it ain't going to happen, or it is highly unlikely to happen. Why would the Cavs give up their draft pick for a free agent and a restricted free agent, neither of which is a true game changer for them in terms of winning a title in the next year or so? Honestly, if THIS is what Utah offered for the Brooklyn pick, one can well imagine the loud, boisterous guffaws coming out the the Cav's FO.
To save (a lot of) money and get significantly better.Honestly, I wonder whether people proposing some of these deals ever ask themselves why other team would ever want to make the proposed deal.
when he gets back there's a much bigger chance it's a top ten pick. You do realise they've been way better when Dinwiddie in their PG ?that brooklyn pick isnt even gona be a top 10 when deangelo gets back.
They like players who can shoot in Europe as well.Yes, I hope Ricky will be unmovable from the bench. He needs to go back to Europe to finish his career.
Agree but I'd also be fine watching Jerebko, Sef, and/or Neto gone as well. I like some of those players but at this point it isn't working, non of those guys are long term guys.I hope DL goes all in and we see Favors, Hood, Burks, Johnson and Rubio all moved. Bring back picks and young players that compliment Gobert, Mitchell and Exum. It appears the FO is wanting to build around those 3. Cool, ok. Then let's do it, all in.
Honestly I hate saying stuff like this....But I'm still paying any attention to this season because the deadline is still coming. If nothing happens I'll probably be mostly done for the year. If Rubio is still here after the deadline...Then I'll have a lot less interest then I've had since the Corbin Debacle.I've been trying to say that deals are probably less likely to happen than they appear (at least the plethora of them). People diving in head first because Tony Jones or someone else says something and everyone thinks it's obvious we're making a move with our guys. I think we'll be singing a different tune after the deadline, rationalizing and saying things like "it's just so hard to move guys during the season in today's NBA" and other feel-good statements.
We may have one move, and I'm hoping like hell it's Mirotic, but I again wouldn't be surprised by a move out of left field of Jerebko for a second round pick.
I'm not sure a team should or can be built around a guy like Gobert. He is far too reliant on his teammates to create all of his offense. Defensively he's obviously a star.I don’t like the idea of trading guys just to get rid of them. What’s the point of trading expiring contracts for expiring contracts? That’s just moving pieces around a game board without any plan for how to win.
I’d rather see the organization pivot to reboot around Rudy Gobert. For me, that means chasing a starting 4 and a new wing to team up with Gobert/Mitchell, while figuring out how to move on from the 4 guys that fit the least - Favors, Burks, Rubio & JJ - and (hopefully) get some value out of their contracts in the process.