2014 Free Agency Period: News and Discussion

[Cavatt]

Maybe: but Tristan doesn't do that well on Centers in terms of defense (at least by the limited defensive stats we have)
His OPP PER against PF was 16
His OPP PER against C was 22!
His OPP PER was also 22 two years ago.

With how fragile AV and even Love have been I'd be worried about depending on Tristan to be an adequate backup let alone starting C. We fooled a couple of teams with the Tristan starting at C gimmick a few years back when he put probably the best string of games in his career but teams appear to have a film now and have gameplanned better.

Well, all I have to say about this is that no one is good at C unless they get some experience at it. It's a very difficult, physical position. Andre Drummond, who is the Guy everyone wishes we had, has played more games at Center than Tristan and has an Opp PER of 19.4. 22.1 the year before. Not a helluva lot better. Tristan did have 2.6 blks per 48 as a center compared to 1.7 at pf, so there is that.

Something was going on with Tristan's D last year. Maybe the losing finally got to him, or he was trying too hard on offense or something. He posted an opp PER of 13.2 in 2011-2012, so I think he was getting burned more on Mike B's help schemes than he was when he was playing strong individual D in previous years. I am pretty sure this was one of the reasons that Griff said he needed to go back and work on his D, rebounding, and general work around the rim.

Center is not a position that you play casually. In 2009, when Wallace was hurt, and Z was tired as hell with a hurting back, they played AV against Howard in overtime in the playoffs. It was a blood bath. Howard just destroyed him. Av plays him pretty well these days instead of fouling him over and over and giving u and 1's. You have to game plan and have experience to play against centers.

So I am not saying TT is going to be great out of the gate, but he has a chance here, and I think he is big enough to play center now. He has a good NBA body, and a lot of us suspect he is closer to 6'10" than 6'9" when he came in as a rookie.

 

[Cavatt]

wut

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Yeah how could we possibly get him? Trade Kyrie for him and Plumlee? lol

 

[CavsHomer]

wut

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Lol!!
Let's get Oden as well so we have LeBron, mini-LeBron and Grandpa-LeBron on our roster.

No but just hypothetically:
Would you trade Dion in a sign and trade for Bledsoe?
I would do it in a heart beat, tbh.

 

[blivv]

No way contracts for dion and bledsoe match up. Can't get done imo.

Only way is for him to sign one-year deal and join us next year as an UFA

 

[CavsHomer]

No way contracts for dion and bledsoe match up. Can't get done imo.

Only way is for him to sign one-year deal and join us next year as an UFA

I mean if you include Haywoods contract of course.

 

[blivv]

I mean if you include Haywoods contract of course.

Issue is Haywood's contract is only 2 mil against the cap this year, 10 next year

 

[CavsHomer]

Issue is Haywood's contract is only 2 mil against the cap this year, 10 next year

Oh ok. Then we trade for him next year, I guess.

 

[iamacavalier]

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Lol!!
Let's get Oden as well so we have LeBron, mini-LeBron and Grandpa-LeBron on our roster.

No but just hypothetically:
Would you trade Dion in a sign and trade for Bledsoe?
I would do it in a heart beat, tbh.

No way. He is a point guard. Why would Cavs need anotherpoint guard to go next to Irving? Let alone one that thinks hes worth the max. I would say he and waiters are close in talent and Dion is at least 4 inches taller and several million cheaper.... And a position we actually need.

 

[upper lip]

Lol!!
Let's get Oden as well so we have LeBron, mini-LeBron and Grandpa-LeBron on our roster.

No but just hypothetically:
Would you trade Dion in a sign and trade for Bledsoe?
I would do it in a heart beat, tbh.

Kyrie, Bledsoe, lebron, love, Andy would HAVE to be the best staring line up of all time, yes? I'm getting real excited just thinking of the hypothetical. Man, if we can pull that off...

 

[shoes22]

Kyrie, Bledsoe, lebron, love, Andy would HAVE to be the best staring line up of all time, yes? I'm getting real excited just thinking of the hypothetical. Man, if we can pull that off...

I actually prefer Dion on this team over Bledsoe.

 

[upper lip]

I actually prefer Dion on this team over Bledsoe.

I love me some dion, but if swap him for Bledsoe in a heartbeat.. I'm sure everyone working in a nba front office would too

 

[shoes22]

I love me some dion, but if swap him for Bledsoe in a heartbeat.. I'm sure everyone working in a nba front office would too

Not when your team already has 3 max level guys and you have to manage a salary cap, you wouldn't.

 

[col63onel]

We can still do a sign and trade for Bledsoe. However, he'd have to take a lot less than he could get as an UFA next year and I have a hard time seeing Phoenix and the Cavs agreeing on compensation.

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

i'd rather just keep dion

 

[upper lip]

Not when your team already has 3 max level guys and you have to manage a salary cap, you wouldn't.

You can go over cap with your own players.. We'd own bled does bird rights for next season and money's not an object for deep pockets dan