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Pre injury thought it was a no brained but post injury? Makes me think he's going to LAL now
I doubt he will get a max contract offer after this past year but could be a nice consolation prize if we strike out on LMA or Gasol.The Cleveland Cavaliers have repeatedly said they plan on re-signing Kevin Love this offseason.
But executives around the NBA predict the Cavaliers will eventually agree upon a sign-and-trade involving Love. The Cavaliers would be able to recoup rotation players and picks by dealing Love, while also making their big man rotation make more sense.
For Love to be worthy of a max contract, Love needs to be a higher usage player as he was with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
“LeBron (James) needs to have the ball so much for you to be as good as you can be, and you need to be very selective about the guys who get to have it when he doesn’t,” David Griffin said. “You cannot have too much ball dominance around him.”
The Cavaliers are fairly certain to keep Tristan Thompson over Love given the fact that Thompson has the same agent as James.
His defense is questionable but I am sure he can learn a few things from Tim. If we can get another solid rim protector of maybe Ibaka caliber then thats a pretty solid front court with Kawhi.
Pre injury thought it was a no brained but post injury? Makes me think he's going to LAL now
If he's willing to take what's left ($15-17 Million), I'd totally go after him. The Spurs main goal as it pertains for free agency is for them to get the best outside talent while keeping as much of their inside talent as possible. Love and the core is much better than LMA or Gasol with core guys missing.
Cavs should have just kept Wiggins.
most likely will have to do a sign and trade involving splitter.
doubt he fits in here
Duncan shots outside love shots outside
Cavs don't need Splitter, they've got plenty of depth in the bigs. What they need is Danny Green. Love opting out or doing a sign and trade concerns me as that may allow them to get the cash to get Green outright.
Can you do a "double" sign and trade? They sign Love, we sign Danny and trade them?
Love, or Aldridge for that matter, would be the #1 option on offense instantly. That's not an issue.
green to cavs might push them over the top imo
irving d is not the greatest but green would help that imo
No, the Cavs won't have the cap space for Danny. They could only offer the MLE, and Danny will get far more than that.
Agreed.
No to most of that. The Cavs are potentially over the tax next season even if they lose Love for nothing. They aren't S&Ting for Green. Also, they have only one PF under team control if Love leaves. They may not need Splitter, but they would be able to use Diaw.
They've got Mozgov, Andy Verajo (I'm too lazy to look up spelling.) and Tristan Thompson is a LeBron favorite, he'll be back. My point is Splitter does nothing for them. Maybe Diaw does help, but a strong defensive wing to cover for Kyrie is probably their top need.
You're right on the Cavs being over even if they lose Love for nothing. I was wondering aloud if a sign and trade for Love with another team might allow them to get some cap relief somehow. I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of it.
Spurs will make a phone call but that's about it. I'd be shocked if he ended up visiting.
I'll take him next to Timmy, it
Not shocked. Dude was never happy there to begin with..
They can only free up about $10 million in capspace if Love opts out, assuming they're signing Thompson (a lock with LeBron's agent), assuming JR Smith is smart enough to stick with his player option, and assuming they tell Dellavedova and Shumpert to walk.
I can't say I'd be that happy trading for Love after seeing what he looks like with lower usage. I'd rather just pray Splitter can have one more healthy playoffs like 2014 and add some bench depth at the 3 and 2.
Love would kill in the pick n roll or pick n pop shooting jumpers or passing on some hi lo action with Duncan of his man stepped up to defend. Plus he can rebound
Love is so bad on D.
Old Tony and Love on the floor together is a scary thought.
Love would be perfect for Spurs offense, tho.
Individually bad defenders can still play good team defense.
I read that JR might opt out and look for more. Looking at next year, they have:
$21.6 James
15.9 Irving
9.6 Varajao
6.8 Thompson (QO)
5.0 Mozgov
1.1 Dellavedova (QO)
0.8 Harris
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$60.8 subtotal plus holds for six roster spots puts them around $63.8 million. That assumes JR and Mike Miller both don't opt-in. I imagine Miller will at the very least. With a cap just over $67 million, they almost certainly will operate over the cap and just have the MLE.
Haywood's contract would allow them to do a sign-and-trade for almost anybody given it's non-guaranteed pre-8/1. That's their ace in the hole - $10.5mm outgoing contract.
Love is going to LA
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