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Looks like he learned his lesson. The last letter was one of the dumbest PR moves I've ever seen in sports.
NBA: Summer 2018 Off Season Thread
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Yeah. And it cost him, too. If he hadn't been such a **** the first time Lebron left maybe he would've signed a long term deal when he came back instead of the series of one year deals that really limited Cleveland's ability to build anything remotely sustainable.
To get as many years of prime Lebron as the Cavs got and only have one championship to show for it is a failure. And that ultimately falls on Gilbert as the team owner.
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I agree. I don't think it's a secret that Lebron didn't like Gilbert, and never fully forgave him for the first letter. I'm sure he takes a fair amount of satisfaction in the way this all played out. Without Lebron, Cleveland is a dumpster fire of team. The owe their championship almost entirely to him. Gilbert gets very little credit for it as an owner. His stint with the Cavs was on his terms, and he left on his terms.
Looking at the Cavs roster and salaries, it's going to be hard to get out from a lot of these deals. Love, Hill, Thompson, Smith all have contracts that I don't see how you move those. Korver you can move. Keep Hood, take a look at him as a primary scoring option, see what Nance and Osman turn into in the next year. Get Sexton a ton of reps. Not easy to see a good route to competing in the next two years, mainly just have to hope for more lottery luck.
Sure, but KCP is represented by Klutch Sports and JJ isn't. There is a reason KCP got 18 last year from the Lakers too in a poor market. Honestly KCP isn't the shooter of JJ but a viable 3 pt threat and much better defensively, the cost seems appropriate.
FYI - LeBron's ghost owner of Kluch for those who are unaware.
Redick made a big deal about being able to live in Brooklyn and commute to Philly last year, don't think he wants to move out West.
As soon as LeBron retires whatever entity owns Klutch is going to pay him an insane amount of money because LeBron runs that company as much as Rich Paul. Rich Paul wouldn't be Rich Paul without LeBron.
Love leaving next off season is the best case scenario for the Cavs, but I'm not sure he's going to turn down a $25M option for a lukewarm at best market for him.
The Cav's should be going all in in a rebuild though there already whispers that Gilbert still wants to win. Love still has trade value, they could get a return for him and under the tax. I could see the 76er's, Blazers, Nuggets and Mav's having interest.
They play it out with the team they have the next two years.
See if they can make the playoffs and/or do something in the weak East.
After that, start over from literal scratch.
They got a MASSIVE tank coming.
The Blazers would probably take him but you aren't getting McCollum or Lillard for him, it would probably be Evan Turner's contract plus filler that you get in return. I don't really see the 76ers or Nuggets wanting him though.
"a source told Sporting News that Bosh could petition the league again for a return to action, arguing that advances in blood-thinning medication make him less likely to have an on-court problem and that he’s willing to accept responsibility for any such incidents."
"On-court problem" "such incidents", that's some really light language to say that he could possibly die on the court.
