2017-2018 off-season thread

[FritzLn]

It's fucked up no one else paid him more than the vet min. At least get him off the warriors. He's good in the right environment.

i think the problem is the warriors are the only viable environment for him. any big is a plus on a team that perfectly constructed

 

[Ethan]

Last year was McGee's contract year. He played hard.
It didnt pay off. Lets see if he brings the same hustle this year.

 

[Chris Parker]

Last year was McGee's contract year. He played hard.
It didnt pay off. Lets see if he brings the same hustle this year.

Yeah hope he has a year like JR Smith did after he got paid.

 

[Chris Parker]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...teams-including-cleveland-cavaliers-value-him

"Here's where the deal fell apart, league sources said: Indiana wanted no protections on a future Cavaliers first-round pick. Cleveland balked, insisting the pick have lottery protection -- and Indiana moved on"

I have two reactions
(1) it is ridiculous to worry about a Cavaliers future pick having lottery protections, and CERTAINLY to let a deal fall apart based on that. (By now we've heard a lot of different things on why deal fell apart.)
(2) unless you felt there was a good chance LeBron was leaving, in which case you might want to be very careful with those lottery protections.

Also in story...

"Among rival executives, there's empathy for Irving's trade request. They see shrewdness in the move to beat James out of Cleveland....He can try out a new team for two years and decide to re-sign for a five-year maximum contract -- or walk in free agency in 2019."

 

[Funkmastabuck]

So the Pacers demanded our pick be unprotected, so they moved on to the Thunder deal... which included no pick.

 

[amurderofcrows]

Yeah hope he has a year like JR Smith did after he got paid.

Chris?
Getting "paid" was the LEAST of JR's issues last year.
And I know you know that.

 

[inliner311]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...teams-including-cleveland-cavaliers-value-him

"Here's where the deal fell apart, league sources said: Indiana wanted no protections on a future Cavaliers first-round pick. Cleveland balked, insisting the pick have lottery protection -- and Indiana moved on"

I have two reactions
(1) it is ridiculous to worry about a Cavaliers future pick having lottery protections, and CERTAINLY to let a deal fall apart based on that. (By now we've heard a lot of different things on why deal fell apart.)
(2) unless you felt there was a good chance LeBron was leaving, in which case you might want to be very careful with those lottery protections.

Also in story...

"Among rival executives, there's empathy for Irving's trade request. They see shrewdness in the move to beat James out of Cleveland....He can try out a new team for two years and decide to re-sign for a five-year maximum contract -- or walk in free agency in 2019."

I think the further out a pick is, the more protection a team has to put on it. The pick would most likely have been the 2021 pick. Do we even have a contract for that season on the books? We have no clue what the team will look like in the 2020-2021 season.

 

[MrX]

I think the further out a pick is, the more protection a team has to put on it. The pick would most likely have been the 2021 pick. Do we even have a contract for that season on the books? We have no clue what the team will look like in the 2020-2021 season.

And if it's a strong or weak draft class plus the possibly ending up with some team out there like Boston with are first overall pick.

To many unknowns that far away

 

[bboy]

So the Pacers demanded our pick be unprotected, so they moved on to the Thunder deal... which included no pick.

exactly...thats more BS by the media to paint Cleveland as idiots and in disarray. Don't buy in to it...Pacers blew it plain and simple

 

[FrontPageNews]

exactly...thats more BS by the media to paint Cleveland as idiots and in disarray. Don't buy in to it...Pacers blew it plain and simple

I don't think the media has anything to do with it. I bet they did want a pick. Indy is just retarded.

 

[Raja khan]

So, so far:

Jeff Green
D.Rose
IT
Jae Crowder
And possibly, D.Wade

Are these additions good enough to help the King beat the Warriors?

 

[bleedwineandgold03]

So, so far:

Jeff Green
D.Rose
IT
Jae Crowder
And possibly, D.Wade

Are these additions good enough to help the King beat the Warriors?

I'm so pumped!!!!

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[jvpertz]

Its insane how much deeper we are right now.

And the truly scary thing is that Osman and the Nets pick could EASILY be traded for a high level NBA starter. Im not saying a super star or even a Boogie Cousins but we could very easily get a plus NBA starter caliber player for that package.

So, so far:

Jeff Green
D.Rose
IT
Jae Crowder
And possibly, D.Wade

Are these additions good enough to help the King beat the Warriors?

 

[FrontPageNews]

We're gonna need to make some roster moves. IMO felder Willy t and Calderon are out. And I think the first team willing to take Shump will get him now that we have crowder.

 

[Dshuks]

Its insane how much deeper we are right now.

And the truly scary thing is that Osman and the Nets pick could EASILY be traded for a high level NBA starter. Im not saying a super star or even a Boogie Cousins but we could very easily get a plus NBA starter caliber player for that package.

That would be horrible undersell. Geez people on this site seem so eager to get rid of a potential top 5 pick, for as little a freaking starter caliber player in this post's case crazy .