Non-Varejao Trade Ideas

[Dr. Gymbo]

Here's my idea. It uses pieces are parts of various rumors that I think made sense for this team.

Trade with Golden State and San Antonio
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine/?tradeId=adgvfrb

Cleveland trades: Luke Walton, Omri Casspi, Marreese Speights, and 2013 second (ORL)
Cleveland obtains: Richard Jefferson, Matt Bonner, DeJuan Blair, 2015 first (GSW)*, and 2014 first (SAS)**

Golden State trades: Richard Jefferson, Jeremy Tyler, and 2015 first*
Golden State obtains: Luke Walton, Omri Casspi, and 2013 second (ORL via CLE)

San Antonio trades: Matt Bonner, DeJuan Blair, and 2014 first**
San Antonio obtains: Marreese Speights and Jeremy Tyler

*GSW 2015 first: Identical to to the pick conditions placed on the previous deal with MEM:

Golden State's own first round draft pick to Cleveland in the first available draft which will occur 2 years after GSW satisfies their obligations to send a future first round draft pick to Utah via Brooklyn. This pick is (top-1-5 & 15-30 protected in 2015, top-1-5 & 15-30 protected in 2016, top-5 protected in 2017, top-5 protected in 2018 and unprotected in the 2019 Draft)

**SAS 2014 first: Top-20 protected in 2014 and 2015, Top-14 protected in 2016 and 2017, Top-10 protected in 2018, and Top-3 protected in 2019. If the pick has not been conveyed by 2019, Cleveland may swap its least favorable first round pick with San Antonio.

This move saves Golden State a considerable amount of money not only for this year, but also for next year as well. This eases tax implications first of all for this year. But also, keep in mind that Stephen Curry's contract extension is going to kick in next year. The value of it is less than $10M which means that the savings by clearing Jefferson next year should keep Golden State just above the tax (depending on where the salary cap is). Since GSW does not own a first or second this year and are going to be tax conscientious, I added a Cavs' second round pick this year to make things a bit more fair.

San Antonio has been trying to trade Blair for awhile now. I feel like Speights could be a really good rotation big for Pop and give them much more overall production compared to Matt Bonner. I feel like a protected pick and potential rotation big that we could evaluate is fair for what's likely to be a SAS rental. Bonner is good for his sharpshooting and could be a nice punch off of the bench and could fit in certain situations alongside the bigs we have (AV and TT). It's also nice that his deal is partially guaranteed this summer so we could cut him if needbe.

In both situations, it involves the Cavs flipping assets (expiring contracts, decent players like Speights, and low pick) into continued asset collection. I feel like the protections on the picks are fair relative to what each team's situation is. The Cavs are actually saving Golden State more money than they did for Memphis, so I feel like the protections on a future pick should be comparable. These protected picks may not seem like much now, but I guarantee they'll be important 4-5 years from now when the team should be contending.

[petes999]

If new tax go into effect in 2013, shouldn't we expect more return for saving a team more money??? The power of being under cap.

[mcfly]

Anyone interested in Jeff Green yet?

[RTrees]

We have Gee who seems really similar to Green already. Their numbers aren't much different, but if he comes at low price he would be a small upgrade.

[mcfly]

I guess you could call Green a rich man's Gee. Green has been putting up some nice numbers this month:

15.3ppg (51.2%/41.4%/86.3%)
4.1rpg
2.0apg

[rabman_gold]

He's not someone who will come for a cheap price, but he will shore up the forward spots, as he not only has shown the ability to play small forward, but has the needed length to deal with some power forwards too. Gee can then slide over to the swing man positions. But it's probably not considered much for the Cavs and will only be a last resort.

Translation: Nothing to see here.