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As cavs fans, to sleep on the vince signing is dangerous. Vince is a better player right now than hedo. He is an upgrade. They also retained Gortat and upgraded with Bass. This is a better orlando magic team. 2 of our 3 big aquisitions are as old as vince or older. Delonte does match up better on vince, but he didnt do bad on hedo. Rashard is who really killed us, and they still have him to play pf. Its why we got moon, plus shaq helps on dwight.
Overall Orlando got better imo, but the cavs got much better. I am not sure if either team is done. Whate does orlando have left to spend or trade Orlando fans...anything? We still have the bae, ability to use a non bird exception to keep Joe SMith (not that he played against you guys for some unexplained reason) and the ability to pull a s&t with wally for a bad contract but someone that can help (elton brand fits this mold).
We dont have any exceptions, other than an $6.8mil TPE that we got from the Hedo trade(which may or may not be used).
As far as players, we do have JJ Redick & Anthony Johnson to also shop who add up to a sizable $5 mil in expirings.... We also have Gortat who will probably be on the market if we get an offer we just cant refuse.... We're still looking for a 3rd PG to bring in before camp tho. Jason Williams & Carlos Arroyo(we still have his rights, I think) seem to be the names most fans are throwing around, but it's pretty much all speculation at this point. We may just bring a guy in from summer league and call it a day for all we know. But we do have a little flexibility to make moves, if need be.
I expect the east to be very close and exciting next year, and all things considered, I see CLE, ORL, & BOS all having an equally good shot at the #1 seed right now. Im not gonna count either of these teams out, because when healthy all of us are just too deep too talented to not give them a chance... I ultimately think the #1 seed will just come down to what team is more fortunate on injury's front.... but, hopefully that wont have to be a major issue...