The cavs have expiring contracts on Z ,West and effectively Wally. These become far more valuable as we get to the trade deadline. Do not panic there will be more and better trades out there for the Cavs.(can add Shaq as an expiring if you like also) We are only ten games in.
I realize the Cavs have expiring contracts, but they aren't the only team with them. What will stop team x from outbidding us?
Flamez made a really good point when he brought up Ferry's interest in screwing other teams in the past. Yes, a lot of the players we've received have been for pennies on the dollar. That doesn't mean we can expect EVERY deal to be like that and pass on any deal that has us giving up something worthwhile. It seems like many people around here expect all trades to be like that.
Miami is hoping to land another max free agent along with Wade, and the Bulls are going to be looking to dump someone so that they can land Wade themselves. I can't see the Bulls looking to land anyone of significance. The Heat I suppose could try to land someone in order to keep Wade around.
I just hope Ferry doesn't wait around until the final few hours like it seems like he did this year, even with deals on the table that would have significantly improved our team in early February/late January.
If the first ten games are any indication of where teams are heading, right now you have these teams that have bad records and high payrolls (top 15 payrolls):
Jazz (2nd highest payroll?!)
Wizards
Hornets
Bobcats (may have changed after Jackson trade though)
In addition, the Clips and Grizz always seem to be looking to dump salary.
Miami has a BUNCH of cap space. They won't be able to trade for some 15MM player, but I'm fairly certain they could trade for a contract that's roughly ~7-8MM and still have enough for a max player & Wade. And that's without considering the possibility of them throwing the 2010 dreams out the window if a good enough deal presented itself.
Out of the teams you listed, who do you think would be available in early 2010?
Utah would have Boozer and AK47. Do we really want to go down the Boozer road again (esp when he's unsigned)?
Washington has Butler and maybe Jamison. Wiz fans seem to really miss Jamison and Butler is off to a mediocre start so Butler would probably be available first. If the Cavs won't offer more than Z and West, they will be outbid for Butler.
New Orleans has West and Okafor. Again, if we only offer Z and (Delonte) West for (David) West, other teams would make better offers. Even if we add Hickson other teams would probably still have better offers. Okafor would be a possibility, but his contract is a bit of a red flag (a lot of people here don't seem to like him, but meh).
