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Final thought: I think as long as LeBron, Kyrie, and Love are here, the offense will always be able to be championship level.

So when addressing what additions and improvements can we make to the roster going forward, a main question will linger. Can this player make an impact defensively to or above the expectations of the position they play.

So, if we add another PG(remember Delly can also play SG in some lineups), can he defend at a high level off the dribble.

If we add another wing player, is he versatile, can he defend multiple positions, is his footspeed good, can he close out quickly on three point shooters, can he deny a guy off the dribble

If we add another center, can he block shots, use verticality well, deny post position well, box out well, and make defensive rotations correctly.

Not that specific offensive skills should be ignored, but I just think ultimately they will look for players who at a baseline are athletic and can defend tenaciously.
 
As much as I agree with you in theory, @gourimoko, that we should explore all options with TT, I just don't see a deal that actually works.

His value comes as a high level bench guy on a winning team, and those kinds of teams are only looking to add value, not trade it away.

I don't want to overpay him either, but that's not really my call to make. If Gilbert is willing to pay up this summer for all the guys, then who of us really cares?

The last point that I would make is that you seem to want to trade him to get other pieces that can help, but TT is helping us win right now before our very eyes. That last series is a hell of a lot closer, if not over, if we don't have TT working his ass off all game long.

As much as I used to scoff at the Rodman comparisons, the guy really is starting to reach those levels.
 
Much prefer to have Love over LMA, but both would blow my mind. Then again, the rumours of Boogie being available have le way more interested due to his age (compared to Aldridge). Just don't think we have enough ammo to get a player of this caliber. If we could though, man that would be so amazing.
 
Much prefer to have Love over LMA, but both would blow my mind. Then again, the rumours of Boogie being available have le way more interested due to his age (compared to Aldridge). Just don't think we have enough ammo to get a player of this caliber. If we could though, man that would be so amazing.

I don't think Boogie is a possibility... We don't have the assets to get a trade like that done.

The only reason I continue to mention Aldridge is because he's stated that Cleveland is his #1 destination. When has that ever happened?

We do have the assets to get a trade like that done, because S&T deals in the new CBA are almost never equal in value.

I don't see Portland saying "he can walk to a conference team in the Spurs," over "let's trade him for assets to Cleveland." And the dichotomy exists because of Aldridge's own demands to play with LeBron and Kyrie. It isn't a case of other teams being able to outbid us.

Aldridge says Cleveland in S&T or Spurs in free agency, Portland chooses Cleveland in almost any reasonable scenario.

The only real question here, which is really an unknown to me, is whether or not Aldridge and Love would have any desire to play alongside one another with Aldridge playing a majority of his minutes at the 5.

I suspect, honestly, that this isn't the case.
 
I don't think we could S&T. It locks us in to being just above the tax line, and with Love and TT getting mew contracts, it would be too much. Maybe if we let TT walk, and let JR walk, then we could keep Love.

Center at this point is the name of a position, nothing more. There's so few guys who would be considered a C now a days, that a tall PF can get away with playing C, or a short big guy like Perk.
 
I don't think we could S&T. It locks us in to being just above the tax line, and with Love and TT getting mew contracts, it would be too much. Maybe if we let TT walk, and let JR walk, then we could keep Love.

Mdog, we went over this in detail in this thread and in several others.

We can sign-and-trade Aldridge (or any max player), but it would definitely require Varejao being waived or traded and Tristan+Haywood moving out with whatever was coming in.

The only requirement is that we end up below $84.9M in salary.

Center at this point is the name of a position, nothing more. There's so few guys who would be considered a C now a days, that a tall PF can get away with playing C, or a short big guy like Perk.

I do think there's a difference between center and power-forward; just look at Kevin Love as a primary example. Aldridge, however, plays center just fine.
 
Mdog, we went over this in detail in this thread and in several others.

We can sign-and-trade Aldridge (or any max player), but it would definitely require Varejao being waived or traded and Tristan+Haywood moving out with whatever was coming in.

The only requirement is that we end up below $84.9M in salary.



I do think there's a difference between center and power-forward; just look at Kevin Love as a primary example. Aldridge, however, plays center just fine.
That's not really a good thing. Losing two bigs (well 3 if you count Haywood, I don't) that can perform at a high level for one that performs at a very high level, is not a good trade off imo.

If we could let JR walk instead of Andy, then it would be much better.

Shump, Haywood, and filler. I would do that personally.

Edit: Much more interested in another Blazer. Batuum would be a great addition for us, and it wouldn't cost us half of our big ken.
 
That's not really a good thing. Losing two bigs (well 3 if you count Haywood, I don't) that can perform at a high level for one that performs at a very high level, is not a good trade off imo.

If we could let JR walk instead of Andy, then it would be much better.

Shump, Haywood, and filler. I would do that personally.

Edit: Much more interested in another Blazer. Batuum would be a great addition for us, and it wouldn't cost us half of our big ken.

I don't think the Aldridge is likely, but we aren't seriously still counting Varejao as a big who can perform at a high level, are we? There is absolutely no reason at this point to think he can last even half of a season. You have to enter next season assuming he won't be healthy.
 
Wow... This just corroborates exactly what I mentioned in my post in the free agency thread when it comes to the ignorance of people with credentials to print to the masses.

Cleveland almost certainly will be above the cap apron this offseason with Loves cap hold bring 125% higher than his last years salary. The Cavs would have to renounce Love as a free agent to get under the apron, then not only is Love gone, but the Csvs could no longer use his salary to match in trade so the need to gut the roster another 15-20 million would then exist . Horrific thought/scenario not even worth the thought. If Aldridge were under contract and not a free agent then yes, theoretically the Cavs could swap Love and Aldridge's salaries. But since he's a free agent, the Cavs will not be able to acquire any potential free agent no matter that the cost because the only avenue capable if them in doing so is via sign and trade, an option there's 99.9% change of them not having. You can't subtract a player's salary your gonna include in a deal before the deals made, that's why there's cap holds.
 
I wish. I have a feeling he will go to the Spurs though.

I will probably get crucified for this, but I'd much rather pay Lamarcus 17 mil over TT. Just saying...

You and me both.
 

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