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Almost any halfway decent player we sign this offseason from our current roster becomes very tradeable within 1-2 years simply based on how their contracts will look in comparison to the ones that get signed in the following two offseasons in which the cap rises 20+ million two consecutive years.

Every player of our own that we re-sign, becomes an opportunity to either help our team win or to be a tradeable asset for us t bring in new talent/chemistry to the roster.

Each player of our own we let walk for nothing becomes a total waste given our inability to use the FA market beyond the taxpayer MLE.

People arguing that re-signing our own guys and pumping the payroll up to this huge level simply do not understand the CBA, the ramifications of where the salary cap is heading, and the Cavs positioning in that new dynamic. Retaining all own guys gives us more flexibility in the coming years with our roster, not less.

It's harsh to say, but it is true and in almost every thread you see a ton of posters who are operating with logic based on the 2010-2014 NBA climate in which the salary cap only rose 6 million dollars total over 5 years, instead of the salary cap climate we are heading to in which the salary cap jumps 41+ million in just two seasons.
 
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brownsbuck6 said:
Am I the only one massively annoyed at pointless debate about something that will NEVER happen (letting TT walk)? Especially in a thread it doesn't belong?
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Same here. It seems like almost every thread is full of all these off-the-wall things that will never happen. Love may leave, LeBron might go play for the globetrotters, we're letting TT walk....etc. etc. etc.

Being dramatic, but you know what I mean. Pretty sure they're all coming back.
 
Dunleavy looked great against us and his stats have been excellent for a bench player the last couple of years -- deadeye jump shooter, somewhat above average defender who can guard 2-3 positions. But man, it makes me nervous to pull in 35 year olds, you never know when they will transform into a walking zombie.
 
We shouldn't let TT walk but I would sure love it if he would develop some kind of offensive game beyond the occasional P&R dunk. It was painful watching a GS team that topped out at 6'7 dare TT to score and watching him fail to take the burden off Lebron.
 
cavsfever said:
Dunleavy looked great against us and his stats have been excellent for a bench player the last couple of years -- deadeye jump shooter, somewhat above average defender who can guard 2-3 positions. But man, it makes me nervous to pull in 35 year olds, you never know when they will transform into a walking zombie.
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I ultimately don't think Dunleavy will come here but it's never a bad thing to have 2-3 vets at the end of your bench who, in worst case scenario, can give you five minutes during the playoffs (see Mike Miller in the finals). Now, I don't think Dunleavy is as decayed as Miller or Marion are/were, and if he is willing to come here for the mini MLE then we should seriously consider it.
 
In a free market, Lebron would make $70 million a year and TT $10 million. So you pay TT an extra $5 million to keep Lebron happy. Small price really.

I get the constraints with the cap, but as is, it's Dan's money and I'm sure he enjoyed his franchise appreciating half a billion dollars. I don't love the control Lebron exerts on coaching staff and GM, but unless he does something crazy like insisting we dump Love in a sign and trade for Wade, you just have to deal with it.

Even though we ended up with old corpses, those corpses actually took less money than others were offering to come to Cleveland. Miller left quite a few $ on the table. It worked in Miami, but his boys have grown a bit old now. But TT is the only one that he's leaned on mgmt to overpay. The others, even though they didn't work out, have been lured from the bargain bin.
 
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Said in the Bulls game thread that Mike Dunleavy would be perfect... He doesn't defend like Battier, but is just so damn solid...

Like Ariza (LeBron's on court soul mate) --- Dunleavy is a guy LeBron needs on his squad at least once in his career.
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So accurate with Ariza; he and Danny Green are the epitome of perfect 3&D fits next to LeBron.
 
nikolajz1 said:
I dont think we qualifying offered TT, which is baffling.
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Well we would need to, otherwise he wouldn’t be a restricted free agent.

Given that we wouldn’t let Tristan be an unrestricted free agent, I’m sure the QO was offered but just not reported.

Same would go for Shumpert and Dellavedova, I would imagine. A team rarely ever *doesn’t* extend the qualifying offer... that only happens when a team has zero interest in retaining the player, or if the QO is well over the worth of the player. (I call it the Anthony Bennett case)
 
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For every player we lose to FA doe we get another MLE?
 
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