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Meaningless poll, but lets play....where will the pick end up after the lottery?

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shoes22 said:
Who wants to make a bet with me that the Brooklyn pick will end up top 4? I’m pretty damn confident in it.
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If Lin really did blow out an ACL, it's a lock. (thats what it seems like..)
 
In some other years, might push this thread to Around the NBA.

This year, I wonder if it should be stickied. :chuckle:

The Nets are just terrible, but there is a very competitive race to the bottom. So many horrible teams.
 
wuck said:
In some other years, might push this thread to Around the NBA.

This year, I wonder if it should be stickied. :chuckle:

The Nets are just terrible, but there is a very competitive race to the bottom. So many horrible teams.
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I vote sticky to be honest, this thread will be popping until we trade the pick to Nawleans for Boogie, whom lost tonight to Memphis.
 
wuck said:
In some other years, might push this thread to Around the NBA.

This year, I wonder if it should be stickied. :chuckle:

The Nets are just terrible, but there is a very competitive race to the bottom. So many horrible teams.
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It's a part of our team, of our future, of our trade possibilities, of the trade that rocked our summer.

Definitely belongs in CavsTalk as much as a Jose Calderon or Channing Frye thread
 
Real Deal said:
I vote sticky to be honest, this thread will be popping until we trade the pick to Nawleans for Boogie, whom lost tonight to Memphis.
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I have a strong feeling that a perfect storm of scenarios and matching up as an ideal partner potentially with the Pelicans could net us Boogie by this deadline, and not have to give up the Brooklyn pick.

First off, Boogie holds all the cards. If he absolutely, without question wanted to play for the Cavs by this deadline, he eliminates ALL of the Pelicans leverage which will lower his value similar to what we saw with Paul George and Jimmy Butler.

Look how cheap the Pelicans got him and he still had a year left on his deal. If he went public and demanded a trade to Cleveland and the Cavs only with assurances they are the only team he'd sign with Long term without testing free agency....he's a Cav virtual lock. If boogie wants to be a Cav, he all but certain will be and can/will facilitate it. Think about it, not only is his value low in the first place because he's a pending free agent, if he comes out and says the Cavs are where he wants to go, he essentially kills ANY value the Pelicans will try and search for in return, as no team will give up any bonafide future assets for a few month rental.

Not only will matching up the 125% outgoing in salary needed to make a deal for Cousins be done in an instance with Channing Frye and Shumpert headed to the Pelicans... Shumpert actually holds REAL value in the Pelicans organization and will be values as a future piece, not just salary fill.

Along with these two, I just don't see anything realistically that can be offered better than Frye Shumpert and our own 1st rounder in '18, not Brooklyn's by any team in the league for a 2 month rental. Ask the Bulls/Pacers.

Cedi Osman is another piece that could sweeten the deal. This aquisitiom wold put Loce back to his power forward position and ring Crowder off the bench as probably the best 6th man in the league. If the Cavs wanted to keep Love at the 5 and come off the bench, about w 1% of happening, then Thompson would head a package and I can assure everyone no package anywhere else would match that.

The person that holds thebiggesr card in all this is Lebron. The Brooklyn pick and its inherent value is for a Anthony Davis type acquisition, a player with years of control left on his deal.

If you can land Anthony Davis, you ship the pick yesterday but that's not happening. And I happen to agree with the front office philosophy in holding on to the asset without a Lebron long term commitment. That's not coming by this year's deadline either so not only do I not think there's a superstar type player gonna be available as a fit for this cream come deadline which created the value in the picks first place, the Cavs need to hold the pick for Lebron leavings insurance.

Boogie Cousins could be the perfect storm perfect scenario for the Cavs if he wants out come deadline. Again I think he comes cheaper than the Brooklyn pick, and he's a monster talent who gives Golden State monster matchup Problems down low, but even Lebron has called Cousins the best big in the NBA. To get him and STILL keep the Brooklyn pick to be able to add a Donsic/Bagley/Portertype talent on top of it... Man look out. Sky is the limit.

A 10 man rotation after a Boogie acquisition:

PG: Isaiah Thomas/Derrick Rose
SG: Dwyane Wade/JR Smith
SF: Lebron James/Jae Crowder
PF: Kevin Love/Jeff Green
C: Boogie Cousins/Tristan Thompson

Korver and Calderon too
 
Forget Boogie. If New Orleans truly falls apart and Brooklyn is the worst team in the league again then the trade is Love and the Brooklyn pick for AD
 
The race to the bottom of the East is the only suspense left in the conference now Boston look like they are an also ran
 
The pick was already hands off to me prior to the season.

Now with Lin looking like he’s done, I’m only trading that pick for someone Anthony Davis.

That Nets team is awful and Lin was their only respectable NBA player. In terms of pick value, it just went through the roof.

So in the 1st two days of the NBA season, Hayward suffers the season ender and Lin goes out making the Brooklyn pick even more valuable. Someone go find Bill Simmons and make sure he’s still alive.
 
I'mWithDan said:
Now with Lin looking like he’s done, I’m only trading that pick for someone Anthony Davis.
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Yeah of course, the Pels will trade away a 24 year old once-in-a-generation player who's under contract till 2021...
 
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