So like I said we will never have a big name free agent come here! We have R.O.Y and core of young guys with idk 25 mill in cap space and no one will come here but foreign bums....You know it and I know it..We are building good young talent but wont matter unless we get lucky like okc.
If Kyrie Irving refuses to fully commit to Cleveland then yes, you are correct.
I believe Kyrie will be different and will actively recruit free agents when the time is right.
Take a look at this year's free agent crop.
Deron Williams, Steve Nash, and Jason Kidd are all point guards, which the Cavaliers don't need.
Eric Gordon and Roy Hibbert are commanding max contracts, each of which would be risky to hand out for different reasons.
Who's left?
Brook Lopez, Nic Batum, Ersan Ilyasova, Ray Allen, O.J. Mayo, Kris Humphries, Chris Kaman, etc
Allen will be retired by the time we're contending again, so cross him off. The Nets aren't expected to let go of Lopez. The Blazers are reportedly matching any offers for Batum. Humphries is redundant for this team...you could probably say the same for Kaman. The Cavs have interest in Ilyasova, but how high do you go for a stretch 4?
Want to empty the bank account for Mayo?
The Cavaliers are playing this smart unlike Phoenix, who is spending to spend.
The 2013 Free Agent Class has some interesting names: Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Andrew Bynum, Al Jefferson, James Harden, Josh Smith, Steph Curry, Tyreke Evans, and Serge Ibaka.
I've always liked Jefferson and would be interested in him should the Cavaliers trade Varejao, but other than that I don't see the Cavaliers nabbing any of these players.
2014 is where it will get interesting. Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Danny Granger, Luol Deng, Paul Pierce, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bogut are all unrestricted free agents. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Chris Bosh, Rudy Gay and Zach Randolph have either a player option or early termination option, which means they can opt-out and become unrestricted free agents as well.
That group alone (14 players) has a combined 13 championships and 76 All-Star appearances.
Rodney Stuckey, Jason Richardson, Rip Hamilton, Thabo Sefolosha, Caron Butler, Andrea Bargnani, and Marcin Gortat will also be free agents.
By the summer of 2014, if all goes according to plan, Kyrie Irving will have established himself as a top five NBA player and full-fledged superstar. Tristan Thompson will have developed his post moves and added a mid-range game. Dion Waiters will have established himself as Kyrie's "Robin", averaging 20+ PPG. They'll also have added some good young players between now and then with two (possibly three) 1st Round picks and two 2nd Round picks in 2013 and one (possibly two) 1st Round pick(s) and two 2nd Round picks in 2014.
The Cavaliers, likely coming off of their first (or possibly even second) playoff performance, will have a strong young nucleus and will be looking to add one more major piece to complete the puzzle, in a summer that might be one of the best free agent classes in NBA history.
