Banana Boat Safari

[FrontPageNews]

SAS was just on the radio saying CP3 wanted to go to the Cavs ...Houston was his second choice...said Clips and Cavs couldn't get anything done ..fwiw

Lmao the king of all bullshit

 

[sleepmaster]

SAS was just on the radio saying CP3 wanted to go to the Cavs ...Houston was his second choice...said Clips and Cavs couldn't get anything done ..fwiw

Paul could be our backup point guard in a few years.

 

[fan0283]

I'm not sure what cavs fans want whoever the GM will be to do with this roster. You have one trade asset is Love who no one seems to want, you have a bunch of guys with no value becuase of there play or salary, you have no picks to give up and you are so far over the cap that you literally can do nothing. So besides waiting on vet min guys to come knocking, we have our team, we have our coach, sit back and enjoy the summer.

We want our FO and Lebron to build a time machine so they can undo some of those contracts we warned would hinder us down the line.

Right now our last option might be to enter the season with the same roster and let these guys regain some value and become tradeable.

 

[gourimoko]

Lmao the king of all bullshit

I think SAS is telling the truth actually...

Dunno if you saw Aldridge's report, but.. the Clips declined to offer CP3 a max deal. So, I can understand if they said "find another team and we'll try to make it work," and he came back with "Cleveland, Houston, San Antonio."

 

[LeeBuckeye]

NBA money is getting too wild. Honestly wouldn't want to pay CP3 45 million dollars in his 5th year at 37 (obviously not a fit for us anyway). I'm thinking the Spurs felt the same way...

 

[I'mWithDan]

So to sum up our off-season...

We have a 19/11 All-Star PF who no one wants

We had an All-Star PG wanting to come here when we don't need one

Sounds about right with how the last 11 months have unfolded

Players who have come on the market and expressed interest we don't really need and the ones we do we don't have assets or a GM to create some in separate moves

 

[iWx]

View: https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/880164438216757248

 

[MarkPriceFan]

View: https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/880164438216757248

TT/Shump/Jefferson for Melo/O'Quinn.

 

[LennoxLewis]

TT/Shump/Jefferson for Melo/O'Quinn.

Where do we sign?

 

[TitleTown]

TT/Shump/Jefferson for Melo/O'Quinn.

Melo has more value than that. I'd love to get him for scraps, but I don't see why they'd want Shump back in NYC.

 

[inliner311]

Melo has more value than that. I'd love to get him for scraps, but I don't see why they'd want Shump back in NYC.

I don't think it's about gaining assets at this point for the Knicks. Melo will keep saying he wants a buyout and he has the leverage. He can relent say trade me to the Cavs but I will only waive my no trade if it's just a salary dump. Steve a Smith said Melo doesn't want a team to weaken themselves trading for him.

 

[gourimoko]

Melo has more value than that. I'd love to get him for scraps, but I don't see why they'd want Shump back in NYC.

They actually wouldn't get Shump or RJ back.. They'd likely end up with just Frye + $10 TPE..

Deal would be structured as:

Knicks get:
RJ (instant buyout)
Frye (negotiated buyout)
$10M TPE
$3M cash considerations

Cavs get:
Melo

Wolves (or any team below the cap):
Shumpert -> $10M TPE

In this scenario, Knicks move out $54M in salary, pay only $5M (on a 50% Frye buyout), hold $10M in dead cap for a year, and get a $10M TPE. By the next season, their books are clear.

It's a very clean transaction for the Knicks.

 

[FrontPageNews]

They actually wouldn't get Shump or RJ back.. They'd likely end up with just Frye + $10 TPE..

Deal would be structured as:

Knicks get:
RJ (instant buyout)
Frye (negotiated buyout)
$10M TPE
$3M cash considerations

Cavs get:
Melo

Wolves (or any team below the cap):
Shumpert -> $10M TPE

In this scenario, Knicks move out $54M in salary, pay only $5M (on a 50% Frye buyout), hold $10M in dead cap for a year, and get a $10M TPE. By the next season, their books are clear.

It's a very clean transaction for the Knicks.

Can't combine TPE with players and we don't have cash to spend this year.

 

[gourimoko]

Can't combine TPE with players

You're not combining the TPE with anyone. The Cavs aren't sending a TPE to the Knicks; TPE's aren't conveyed in that manner. A TPE is generated from the non-simultaneous transaction of the Cavs sending Shump to the Knicks who then immediately send him to the Wolves who, being under the cap, don't send salary back.

Cavs have $19M in outgoing salaries, $24M in incoming salaries, this is legal under the CBA. Knicks salary goes down; which means it's legal from their perspective. Wolves (or third team) would be under the cap sufficiently to absorb Shump.

and we don't have cash to spend this year.

This trade happens in the 2017-18 season; Cavs cash resets.

It's a perfectly legal trade.

 

[MarkyCavs88]

View: https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/880413746287575040