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-Anderson Varejao goes on a quest to Phoenix and successfully steals the elixir of everlasting health from the Suns' training staff.

-We trade our 2nd rounders for the 13th pick and Shawn Marion.*

-We trick the Pistons into thinking Gee is the athletic 3-and-D wing they need, and bundle him with the 19th and 13th picks for the 8th pick.*

-We trade the 8th pick and our own top-3 protected 2014 first rounder to the Magic for the 2nd pick.*

-We trade the Memphis and Miami 2015 first rounders to the Nets for the 22nd pick.*

-We convince the Bucks that Ellington is a good, cheap alternative to trying to keep Redick or Ellis. We trade him and the 22nd for the 15th pick.*

-We convince Sacramento that they're going to make huge strides after finally putting the Maloofs behind them, and we give them their future pick back, along with the 15th pick and CJ Miles (he fits the culture you're building perfectly! you'll love him!) for the 7th pick.*

-We trade the 7th pick, our own 2016 first rounder, and half the elixer of everlasting health Andy stole to the Suns for the 5th pick.*

-We draft Noel with the 1st pick, Porter with the 2nd pick, and Oladipo with the 5th pick.

*Add future 2nd rounders if necessary



We have united the chosen starting lineup. An immaculate balance of offense (Irving, then Waiters, then Porter, then Thompson, then Noel in order of effectiveness) and defense (Noel, then Thompson, then Porter, then Waiters, then Irving in order of effectiveness), this is the starting 5 destined to bring a championship to Cleveland through grit, determination, and teamwork. It is the antithesis to the unholy LeBron-centric team of old that was doomed to fail.

Off the bench, we have Victor Oladipo, lockdown defender extraordinaire and perfect offensive roleplayer next to Irving and Waiters, Shawn Marion who carries wisdom from the Heat-slaying 2011 Mavs, and Anderson Varejao, now fully healthy and channeling the spirit of Big Z with his midrange jumpshots.

Our rotation goes

PG: Irving (36) Waiters (12)
SG: Waiters (18) Oladipo (30)
SF: Porter (30) Marion (18)
PF: Thompson (32) Varejao (16)
C: Noel (32) Varejao (16)

With Livingston-Gibson-Walton-Jones-Zeller our awesomely fun-to-watch garbage time crew.


Oh yeah, and the Heat get swept by the Spurs in the NBA finals ;)
 
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1. Draft Nerlens Noel at #1
2. Trade #31, #33 for Shawn Marion, the #13, and the rights to Delonte West
3. Draft Shabazz Muhammad at #13
4. Sign Mo Williams, Greg Oden
5. Re-sign Wayne Ellington, Shaun Livingston

Roster (right before the trade deadline):
Kyrie Irving - Shaun Livingston - Mo Williams
Dion Waiters - Wayne Ellington - Delonte West
Shawn Marion - Shabazz Muhammad - Alonzo Gee
Tristan Thompson - Tyler Zeller - Marreese Speights
Anderson Varejao - Nerlens Noel - Greg Oden

[video=youtube;dzOHq5WbQ8k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzOHq5WbQ8k[/video]
 
draft noel, keep ellington and livingston, have Varejao come back 100%, get a respectable SF through a trade or otherwise (Batum would be nice but his contract is pretty hefty), have Kyrie and Dion develop a solid tandem game over the summer, and have Tristan go work with Hakeem on his post game. hello playoffs!
 
i dont know how to do it, but if you can somehow get noel and oladipo that has gotta be the biggest coup possible.
 
Right now im on the Pekovic and Porter bandwagon. Those moves gives us a complete roster, that is young and should compete. Then use pick 19 and the 2nds to get some good glue guys
 
Right now im on the Pekovic and Porter bandwagon. Those moves gives us a complete roster, that is young and should compete. Then use pick 19 and the 2nds to get some good glue guys
It would be young and compete but I don't want to just compete,I wanna beat the heat....and win a championship
 
1st post Greeting's CAVS fans.

Ok here we go....

Stay at No. 1 and Select Nerlens Noel

No. 13 for Marrion or both second rounders. Take Steven Adams, Shabazz, or Giannis.

No.19 select Sergey Karasev

Buy into 2nd round for 2 young bench players amongst Glen Rice, Mike Muscala, Nate Wolters, or C.J. Leslie.

12-13 million in cap space for Nikola Pekovic
 
1st post Greeting's CAVS fans.

Ok here we go....

Stay at No. 1 and Select Nerlens Noel

No. 13 for Marrion or both second rounders. Take Steven Adams, Shabazz, or Giannis.

No.19 select Sergey Karasev

Buy into 2nd round for 2 young bench players amongst Glen Rice, Mike Muscala, Nate Wolters, or C.J. Leslie.

12-13 million in cap space for Nikola Pekovic

Bringing five rookies into camp would be beyond stupid at this point in our rebuild. Two at max.

Welcome to the site! :D
 
Bringing five rookies into camp would be beyond stupid at this point in our rebuild. Two at max.

Welcome to the site! :D

Giannis is easily the highest up side over seas stash able player in the draft JMHO.

The farm league needs some players with high ceiling opposed to the "Can they make an an nba roster types".

Besides who ignores players with definitive NBA shooting skill because they are rookies that's even more myopically stupid.

Thanx for the welcome! lol
 
Giannis is easily the highest up side over seas stash able player in the draft JMHO.

The farm league needs some players with high ceiling opposed to the "Can they make an an nba roster types".

Besides who ignores players with definitive NBA shooting skill because they are rookies that's even more myopically stupid.

Thanx for the welcome! lol

I'm in the boat of people that want to trade #19, #31, and #33 to try to move a second pick up into the lottery.
 
Bringing five rookies into camp would be beyond stupid at this point in our rebuild. Two at max.

Welcome to the site! :D

I think both Giannis and Karasev might spend more time overseas.

I am not convinced that the Cavs will spend all of their first-round picks on players who won't contribute much (or nothing at all) for much of 2013-2014. Although personally, I wouldn't mind it at all if the Cavs picked a talented foreign player regardless of where they expect to play in 2013-2014.

So keep posting, 2nd2non.
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I'm in the boat of people that want to trade #19, #31, and #33 to try to move a second pick up into the lottery.



That could also allow us to acquire premier potential/skill which based on grants track record should turn out fine.

I really would rather trade assets this year for next year so we can levy a deal that should'nt and can not be refused.
 
I think both Giannis and Karasev might spend more time overseas in any scenario that involves the Cavs picking Noel.

I am not convinced that the Cavs will spend all of their first-round picks on players who won't contribute much (or nothing at all) for much of 2013-2014. Although personally, I wouldn't mind it at all if the Cavs picked a talented foreign player regardless of where they expect to play in 2013-2014.

So keep posting, 2nd2non. :chuckles:

I know Giannis would take a bit of time overseas, but a few of the (limited) things I have read on Karasev said he is "NBA" ready. Gonna guess that's incorrect.
 
I know Giannis would take a bit of time overseas, but a few of the (limited) things I have read on Karasev said he is "NBA" ready. Gonna guess that's incorrect.

I think it's far more likely that Karasev would play in the NBA next year than Giannis (highly doubt that). Karasev is 19 now. Not sure about his other options overseas. And I do agree with you that having 5 rookies is beyond unlikely.

I would love if a promising foreign prospect fell to the Cavs, and they decided to draft him and be patient about it. I'm not sure they will be that patient.
 
Giannis & Karasev would be good young players with determinable skills to fit with in the 2nd team and likely the 1st team.

Giannis isn't 3D ready but his skill set appears he can at least penetrate and dish to K2, Dion aka Da Beast Waiters, or Tyler for buckets.

They all are going to learn how to play sound defense from scratch so I see athleticism (lateral quickness) ,work ethic, & belief in the system as the determining factor on who would go or stay.

Karsev is what we hoped Omri would be....he will be lethal on the break for spot up-s and nasty in the half court sniping for K2, Dion, or Giannis. The fact he can also distribute while being the most seasoned Pro of this draft class is just iceing.

Having proper athleticism, defensive presence, & intimidation from Center allows us to not be so forced into overreaching at SF.

Shooting range + accuracy & defensive ability are the traits we lack at SF right now.
 

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