Am I the only crazy one that thinks this trade helps keep LeBron in Cleveland? Let Thomas walk next summer. Trade Love to free up his money. Hope Nets suck, draft Bagley. Give that Kyrie/IT contract money to Paul George or Westbrook.
Are you kidding? Boston got bent over in that trade. The Cavs made a great move, and have a great chance at the number 1 overall pick in 2018, a move which will do nothing but help keep LaBron in Cleveland.
I don't think the Nets pick will necessarily be a super high pick. It will be a lottery but I think they will be competitive this year.
Am I the only crazy one that thinks this trade helps keep LeBron in Cleveland? Let Thomas walk next summer. Trade Love to free up his money. Hope Nets suck, draft Bagley. Give that Kyrie/IT contract money to Paul George or Westbrook.
Kyrie isn't loyal. He'll walk out on Boston this year. If he's not the hero of the team, he'll start crying. Just watch, Boston fans will love GH and he'll get jealous and leave for the Knicks. Just watch.
Well he's not a free agent this year....
Nets will still be trash next year. Who did they add to get out of the cellar?
Nets will still be trash next year. Who did they add to get out of the cellar?
They actually weren't that bad last year when Lin was healthy. I think DeAngelo Russell will be much better in their system, Crabbe and Carroll are both over paid but both are upgrades over what the Nets had before plus continued growth for Lavert and the East as a whole got weaker.
Agree. Let IT walk next summer and use his money on a high-end free agent (Chris Paul, Russ Westbrook, Paul George). Hope Brooklyn sucks again. Draft high-end rookie prospect (Bagley, Porter, Ayton). Keep LeBron. Win.Cleveland definitely won that trade and I'm not even really a fan of IT.
Should make a trade to get rid of some bad contracts and use the Brooklyn pick as the kicker. Trade JR or Shump for an upgrade at good shooting guard.They still are paying a ton for Shumpert, JR, and Tristan Karsashian Thompson. Hopefully move 2 or all of their contracts too.
Agree. Let IT walk next summer and use his money on a high-end free agent (Chris Paul, Russ Westbrook, Paul George). Hope Brooklyn sucks again. Draft high-end rookie prospect (Bagley, Porter, Ayton). Keep LeBron. Win.
Even after the Kryie/IT contract money is freed up?They aren't going to have any room for a max contract just by letting Thomas walk. They are going to be about $20M over the cap going into next summer with LeBron's cap hold, so they have to move over $40M in contracts to get enough room to sign any high end free agent. And like you posted, most of these contracts (Smith, Shumpert, Thompson, Korver) are guys you're going to have to attach an asset to to get rid of. T
Even after the Kryie/IT contract money is freed up?