Paul
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I think it's a matter of getting out of the mindset that you have to have someone as good as Tristan as the replacement. There's no logical reason that his replacement has to be as good or better than him. We're talking about our first big man off the bench, not our top big man.I think the entire discussion is fascinating though. I would love someone to lay out a plan to replace Tristan on this Cavs team with the limited assets and cap space they have.
If Gilbert wants to pay through the nose for all his players then that is fine, he can give tristan his 100 mil and Mozgov his hundred mil and then allocate the 6 mil or so to get JR back or find someone roughly as good (Crawford), but I don't think we're going to be treating our expenses in such a cavalier fashion.
That means that we probably have to choose between TT or Mozgov or maybe we keep TT and Mozgov but have to use a vet minimum guy as our backup swingman. If Windy is right about TT getting a 100 mil deal, then IMO Mozgov will command the same or more. Delly is also probably going to want 3 to 5 mil per year with all that extra cap space floating out there.
You're saying that TT could end up becoming our starting center, with Mozgov leaving, but we already tried that last year and it worked so poorly that Griffin was willing to overpay to land Mozgov to solve the issue. Mozgov pairs really well with K Love and helps mask his defensive deficiencies.
Overall, it's a really messy situation and none of us knows how it will play out. Are you still willing to claim that there's zero chance that TT plays for the QO this year?