Okay, now how about a realistic trade proposal?Trading Shump for Rudy Gay, like I suggested in the opening post to the thread?
Any of these trades are long shots of course but we have to occupy ourselves somehow during the off season.
Okay, now how about a realistic trade proposal?
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Where did I say that?If you think a Rudy Gay trade is unworthy of discussion
If you think a Rudy Gay trade is unworthy of discussion you should either A) get off the Rudy Gay trade thread, or B) make yourself useful in other ways by posting softcore gay porn, as everyone else is doing.
This logic makes zero sense as it's almost 100% certain their scoring averages will drop across the board. It's also impossible to base matchups on what happened in the Finals last year. They added a major piece and we have yet to see how it changes their paying style both offensively and defensively, as well as their team chemistry.Yeah, I can see that being a problem. Love would have to slide to center, LeBron to PF, and TT would come off the floor. I'm okay with that if, again, LeBron and Kevin could be a consistent post presence.
But we're not out-scoring Golden State with or without Kevin Love in the lineup. Last regular season, Curry/Thompson/Iguodala/KD/Green combined for 101.4 ppg on their respective teams. Kyrie/JR/LeBron/Kevin/TT combined for 81.1 ppg. So we can't really think that way.
This logic makes zero sense as it's almost 100% certain their scoring averages will drop across the board.
Guess I hit a nerve... but no I don't want McRae or dunleavy guarding curry for even 8 minutes in the finals. If that's our best option then be prepared to watch curry heat up like a microwave. I wasn't saying Gay would be terrible. Just that you have to think of implications of trading our only 2 backup pg for a forward. And that wasn't my only complaint. What about next summer when gay is wanting 15-20 mill a year? Not everyone on this roster can be making 15+ million not even Gilbert can sustain that.
Well the Cavs should have re-signed Delly, I don't disagree there. I just don't see how those 8 minutes against Curry is more important than finding a guy to defend Durant for 40.
Again, we don't want LeBron having to guard Durant. This is not a good idea. It's not that LeBron can't, it's just asking a lot out of him at 32 years old. LeBron after all is the most important player. What is best for him is best for the team.
I like having him on Green. I would stick to that. It turned the entire series around for us.
Again, I don't think it's a terrible trade. I see the logic (though he wouldn't be playing 40 minutes) But there's a lot of question marks. You are trading a younger player on a decent contract for an older player on a expiring contract. You Still haven't answered what cavs would do next summer when he is asking for 15-20 million a year. Because assuming jr gets close to 15. That would be the highest paid NBA player ever plus 2 max players and 3 players making 15 million+. No owner let alone in a small market can afford to pay those kind of numbers.
That's talking 130 mill for 6 players... not including fryes 7 million and dunleavys 5. And the other 6 players... your talking paying more than the nets a couple of years ago. Meaybe that's fine with Gilbert but I would rather see if shump pans out.
First, our future is now. Our focus should be on winning this year and staking our claim to being one of the all-time great teams. Second, Shump already makes $10 million. So you're talking an extra 5-7 million a year. plus whatever tax implications. With all the money being spent on this team already, letting an extra $5-7 million a year be the difference between a championship and being an also-ran, success or failure, would be foolish. Not that Rudy Gay guarantees us a championship or anything, but I think for the next year or two it's pretty clear he gives us a significantly better shot.