I initially thought that the Wolves wouldn't get a better offer than the Miami pick, Memphis pick, + 2 of Dion/AB/TT for Love, and I thought we could keep Wiggins with Lebron, Love, and Kyrie to create a Big 4. Of course, I'm not a GM, but looking way back at Lebron's letter not mentioning Wiggins, you gotta think this was in the works for a long time, and maybe this thing was finalized by Summer League game 5 where both AB and Wiggins didn't play.
But since we've had a month+ to adjust to this, I'm pretty damn stoked that we have a 6 year championship window with Kyrie on board for this season+5, Lebron seems committed here for the long run and you gotta think he stays at a comparable level for at least 6 more years. Love is only 25 and will be at about his peak 6 years from now. I would find it difficult to add another all-star caliber player to this bunch as Lebron is likely to sign for a new max every 2 years for the rest of his career, and I anticipate Love getting something like a 5 year max deal at the end of this season, but we have all the main pieces at this point.
Add to this TT and Dion who have not hit their potential yet and the fact that Cleveland is now officially an attractive FA destination, see Mike Miller, Marion, and soon to be Ray Allen (I'm not going to jinx anything now), and some assets in the Memphis pick, Haywood contract, and the ability to use the MLE starting next year, and this team could easily get better over the next couple years.
So maybe its not super-out-of-this-world never-going-to-happen dream scenario, but I'll settle for super the runner up scenario which it seems we have.
Its certainly a hell of lot better than wondering how Doug McDermott was going to fit in with Kyrie, Dion, and TT, if could retain Spencer Hawes, if Bennett was going to show some potential, which undrafted summer league/D-leage player was going to earn a roster spot,and how realistic an 8 seed would be - which was pretty much what I was prepared for at the end of last season.
