@ both of you.
I will believe the Cavs will make a deal like that when I see it. I still think you know who is our best chance at reaching the promised land again. To me, it's all about making the team as appealing as possible for 2014. If they can trade for some star talent I'll be happy as hell, that just doesn't happen a lot.
You know what happens less often? The best player in the game joining a team who's been absolutely pathetic for 3-4 straight years, regardless of how much young talent they have. There's nothing wrong with the Cavs demonstrating that they're not one of the worst 2-3 teams year in, year out. If this year we end up a bottom 3 team (just like the past 2 years), and we continue your strategy next year (4 years in a row as one of the worst few teams), it's hard to fathom any good free agent wanting to come here. If we really have THAT great of young talent, we're bound to creep up into the standings a bit this year, and even more next year.
I'm not some karma-loving, unrealistic fan who wants us to fight for the playoffs this year, who is fine with getting say the 12th pick in the draft. But I'm also not (an equally unrealistic) fan who wants us to blow for a 4 years straight (including next year) and just assume we'll luck out with some free agent coming here. That many terrible seasons in a row would tell me that our young talent just isn't that great. Or if somehow it were, we're never gonna be able to keep half a dozen plus young guys once they're off their rookie contracts.
Rather, I want to cheer on my team when it wins, and be thankful that we have so much going for us (a young super star, some other nice young pieces, a ton of draft picks, a ton of cap space flexibility, an owner so willing to spend, and a GM who demonstrates that he wins trades and that he's willing to explore making big moves (we most certainly were exploring the Bynum possibility, and fortunately we declined)).
If we only get a couple more fun wins, but end up with a top 3 chance at a #1 pick, I'll be excited. If we continue to impress and rack up some more wins, and end up with the #8 odds or so at the #1 pick, I'll still be excited. I'll be even more confident in our young guys, and just put my faith into some combination of the lottery gods helping us, Grant and his scouts identifying the best prospect regardless of where we're at (and we tend to pick guys projected at lower picks anyway), and using some assets to move up a few spots if we need to do so to nab the guy we want. Because if we want to be a contender, we can't solely rely on having the best odds at a top pick every year. We need a front office who knows what it's doing, and a bit of luck.