That's what they did before. With the relatively stable cap it killed them. With the cap exploding it will extend the window that this strategy can be effective.
LOLpeople ing because other teams are making moves to improve their roster... no sherlock... you think they gonna just watch Spurs getting better and stand pat ?
we are talking about a 7 time allstar who can easily be a 2nd banana in most teams going to join Lebron and Kyrie
holy
Love already signed deal with Cavs. With Mosgov already in, Verajao contract is expendable.
LMAO if this happens the Cavs could possibly have 5 guys play the allstar game
Tristan Thomas hasn't even signed yet... so I don't see how they are even thinking of getting West.
West doesn't like Lebron. So I would be surprise he goes there. Plus you Thompson, Varajeo, Love and Mosgov all ahead of him. He would instantly be the #2 guy behind Tim for the center spot, which he is strong enough to play. Diaw would be backing up LMA. Adding someone like Scola would be a luxury at that point.
Their roster could potentially look like this...
Kyrie/Dellavedova
Joe Johnson/Shumpert
LeBron/JR Smith
Love/West
Mozgov/Thompson
Sheesh.
David West has strong ties to whoever pays him the most money. He's trying to play himself off as a leader and a guy who's driven to win. Why do people keep buying in to that? He's got some possible value to the Spurs if he takes next to nothing, but other than that, is he an improvement over Jeff Ayres?
Dude, that would be a freaking stacked 10 man rotation
PG Irving/Dellavedova
SG Johnson/Jones
SF James/Shumpert
PF Love/West
C Mozgov/Thompson
And still have Mike Miller for injury insurance.
Well he's a RFA, and him and Lebron have the same agent. There's basically no chance at all that Thompson ends up going anywhere else.
Not sure if serious, he opted out of $12 million.
Crazy that Thompson who'll make close to 20+ will be coming off the bench.
If he can catch a ball, he's an improvement over Jeff.
JR Smith opted out and might want more money than they're willing to offer.
Mosgov, Thompshon, Love, Varajeao....where the is West gonna get minutes tbh?
It pays to have LeBron's agent on LeBron's team when LeBron has Gilbert bent over a barrel.
A ball point pen is an improvement over Jeff Ayres. The corpse of David West is lightyears ahead of Jeff Ayres.. Jeff Ayres dad spends more time with David West than with Jeff Ayres
What?
And he opted out of $12.5 million. The only 3 teams he's been linked to in FA have been Cleveland, SA, and Washington - none of which can offer him anything more than the MLE. You don't think that's a pretty tell-tale sign that he's more interested in winning than money? I mean I still have doubts that he'd be willing to play for the minimum, but it seems pretty clear that winning is the biggest priority for him at this point.
Yep. PG might be a little weak early on as Kyrie's rehab is supposed to last well into the season, and Delly is a bit overrated. But it doesn't matter. LeBron will play point forward. They'll be a freight train come playoff time.
what???
LOL
Varejao would have to be traded for them to land Johnson. I hope like it doesn't happen because how ing stacked will that team be then? But Gilbert made promises to LeBron and he has tons of money from his shady ass mortgages, so I think Cleveland's making that trade.
For West, both the Cavs and the Spurs are good teams. He should instead decide who is the better coach, Pop or LeBron.
Older the berry, the sweeter the juice. So...Pop.
At the same time, LeBron and Varejao are extremely close. I'm holding out hope that he won't OK any deal that involves sending Varejao away, even if it means improving the team. Wishful thinking, but you never know
And btw, to those questioning David West's abilities at this point: I think it's a bit unfair to solely judge him off last season. Paul George was out the entire season. George Hill missed half the season. That Indiana team was hopeless. It's not farfetched to assume he'd play a bit better in a situation much more conducive to success. Look at how much better Pau played in Chicago compared to the season prior in LA.
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