Wild Speculation

[Triumph36]

What's "leave or bolt"? Is that a scale on how fast he'll leave? :chuckles: "I think Bosh will leave." "Na, you're crazy. He's gonna BOLT!"

haha oops, should proofread more often

 

[MYoung23]

The longer Jamison stays productive and the shorter his contract becomes then the more attractive he becomes.

Sign-and-trades are usually different that contract dumps. Teams look for useful talent in sign-and-trades and the Cavaliers would be in position to actually offer some talent in a sign-and-trade.

 

[Lionheart]

Boner achieved!



Thanks W&G!!!

 

[PIP]

Way too early for this, Wine and Gold...

Please give the other mods a break..:chuckles:

 

[Silky Smooth]

If not Chris Paul I will still be holding out for Iguodala.

 

[Chris]

lol.

Seriously? Come on.

Look, I will say this: I have always doubted that Ferry and especially Gilbert were just throwing in the towel on the Summer of 2010 and going to step by, even if they re sign LeBron, and let everyone else take the headlines and the Cavs do little or nothing. I have no doubt he is going to TRY to do something, and be creative as hell about it. I just don't see anything as feasible.

 

[sam_slam911]

Rudy Gay would be an option, but I'm not sure if he'd accept the role of being a sidekick or not.

And noone knows what Bosh will do this summer, probably not even him. But I guess you can't totally cross him off the possible list.

 

[-Akronite-]

I'd take Chris Paul in an instant and try to take back someone like West or Okafor to save NO money and have some talent for us up front as well. If we take on another bad contract and give up Hickson, Boobie, picks, or whatever we'd be pretty damn near set. Unrealistic, but so is the entire idea of adding Paul.

A big "makes more sense" but you can't say no to pairing two superstars IMO.

 

[Mdog1]

Rudy Gay would be an option, but I'm not sure if he'd accept the role of being a sidekick or not.

And noone knows what Bosh will do this summer, probably not even him. But I guess you can't totally cross him off the possible list.

I think Rudy would be a far more realistic option than Paul. Rudy is a sidekick in Memphis any ways, or at least he will be with Mayo there. I'm not sure that Memphis will really want to re sign him as I have said, it is not because of his game obviously, but Memphis is the smallest market in the NBA and with paying Rudy and Randolph a combined 30 million next year I doubt that they would be able to afford it and in a few years when Gasol and Mayo need their new contracts they would be paying around 40 million for Rudy, Mayo and Gasol, doubt that they want to do that really.

As for paul, I would love to get him as he is by far the best PG in the NBA, but I don't see that as very realistic. IMO Rudy would be an amazing addition, as would Danny granger if at all possible. Nobody on the roster is untouchable except LeBron so any position is up for grabs except the 3 (even though for Granger we would play 2 3s).

 

[Clinton91]

Granger's overrated IMO....

 

[Mdog1]

I'd take Chris Paul in an instant and try to take back someone like West or Okafor to save NO money and have some talent for us up front as well. If we take on another bad contract and give up Hickson, Boobie, picks, or whatever we'd be pretty damn near set. Unrealistic, but so is the entire idea of adding Paul.

A big "makes more sense" but you can't say no to pairing two superstars IMO.

That is actually a good idea. IMO if they are going to trade Paul that definately means they are blowing it up. They wouldn't want Okafor any more then. West is on a great contract so I doubt that they would trade him, but Okafors contract is very very ugly so a trade of Paul and Okarof would make sense to them financially and talent wise to us. Maybe if we took Posey from them as well the deal could get done.

 

[Mdog1]

Granger's overrated IMO....

To me Granger is vastly underrated. He is a good shooter (what we need) and is a DPOY level defender (what we need). He is either the only or one of the only players to increase his scoring average by seven points every year for the first 3 or 4 years of his career. He is a very good player and would be an amazing second fiddle.

 

[JayP146]

It would be best to pair James with a young star big man rather than a PG. If the Cavaliers are willing they would have some attractive sign-and-trade pieces with Jamison, Hickson and Varejao for a big man.

This ... Lebron's such a fantastic ball handler that I'd hate to see his talents go to waste with Paul as our PG (and vice versa) .. an elite big man would be the ideal fit.

But that doesn't necessarily mean I would be opposed to having Chris Paul ...

 

[Triumph36]

The longer Jamison stays productive and the shorter his contract becomes then the more attractive he becomes.

Sign-and-trades are usually different that contract dumps. Teams look for useful talent in sign-and-trades and the Cavaliers would be in position to actually offer some talent in a sign-and-trade.

His value will increase, but only slightly - certainly not enough to be involved in a trade for any star type player.

If a team trades a star (let alone a superstar) for Jamison, that will just lengthen their time on the "treadmill of mediocrity," as you put it. They look for useful talent...not 34-year-old-with-two-years-left talent.

I think Rudy would be a far more realistic option than Paul. Rudy is a sidekick in Memphis any ways, or at least he will be with Mayo there. I'm not sure that Memphis will really want to re sign him as I have said, it is not because of his game obviously, but Memphis is the smallest market in the NBA and with paying Rudy and Randolph a combined 30 million next year I doubt that they would be able to afford it and in a few years when Gasol and Mayo need their new contracts they would be paying around 40 million for Rudy, Mayo and Gasol, doubt that they want to do that really.

As for paul, I would love to get him as he is by far the best PG in the NBA, but I don't see that as very realistic. IMO Rudy would be an amazing addition, as would Danny granger if at all possible. Nobody on the roster is untouchable except LeBron so any position is up for grabs except the 3 (even though for Granger we would play 2 3s).

lol, Indiana wouldn't trade Granger for Al Jefferson....Granger isn't coming here.

Like I said, I think Gay is the dark horse and the most likely possibility. He's still not all that likely...and we don't even know if the Cavs are interested in him.....but he's a hell of a lot more attainable than the superstars for what we have to offer. I'm pretty sure he'd be fine with the sidekick role if he was getting max money and playing on one of the few elite teams in the league.

Mo/Gay/LBJ/Jamison/Shaq with Boobie, Varejao, Z, Green, and two of AP/Delonte/Moon coming off the bench? Yes, please. Even include Green if necessary.

This ... Lebron's such a fantastic ball handler that I'd hate to see his talents go to waste with Paul as our PG (and vice versa) .. an elite big man would be the ideal fit.

But that doesn't necessarily mean I would be opposed to having Chris Paul ...

We don't have close to enough pieces to get the "ideal fit," though. Sure, I'd love to get Howard here.....he's the ideal fit. But it's not possible, and there aren't tons of big men available for what we can offer without blowing up the team.

 

[sam_slam911]

Rudy Gay has all the talent on the world but he has shown he doesn't want to share the spotlight with Mayo, so you can't say for sure he'd share it with LeBron, even though I think they're pretty close buddies. Also is amazingly inconsistent in his defensive effort, takes alot of bad shots and doesn't pass very much.

Would still love the Cavs to get him, he has the talent to be at the top of the league, bit you'd have to how he irons out all those issues on a contender.