Addressing the hole at center

[Bohemond]

http://www.sportando.com/m/en/usa/nba/145960/miroslav-raduljica-returning-to-the-nba.html

Dorsey will likely be released from the Rockets when they pick up Smith. Not exactly the big man we are looking for but a big man none the less. Ofcourse they may release newly acquired shved.

 

[iamacavalier]

the rules for a disabled player exception (from the coon faq)

• The team may sign a free agent for one season only, for 50% of the disabled player's salary or the amount of the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception, whichever is less.
• The team may trade for a player in the last season of his contract only (including any option years)4, who is making no more than 50% plus $100,000 of the disabled player's salary, or the amount of the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception plus $100,000, whichever is less.
• The team may claim a player on waivers who is in the last season of his contract only (including any option years), who is making no more than 50% of the disabled player's salary, or the amount of the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level exception, whichever is less.

Note: we can only acquire 1 player with the exception.

So we can sign one player for up to 4.85 million or trade for one player making up to 5.4 million on the last year of their contract. We also have the 5.3 million traded player exception we can use in a trade.

Can you combine those? And typically how long does it take for the league to accept one of these? I feel like I remember them dreading their feet on it.

 

[Ohio]

Ideas Not Involving Trades

Jermaine O'Neal, free agent.

Andray Blatche, currently playing in China. Can we get him out of his contract to come here?

Emeka Okafor, he is a free agent, right? Is he 100% healthy yet?

 

[Triumph36]

Ideas Not Involving Trades

Jermaine O'Neal, free agent.

Andray Blatche, currently playing in China. Can we get him out of his contract to come here?

Emeka Okafor, he is a free agent, right? Is he 100% healthy yet?

mavs and woyas assuredly have a big advantage with jon. especially the mavs because they can offer him damn near everything - minutes, familiarity with rondo & carlisle, the opportunity to play at home, and contention.

blatche sucks. if a big man in his 20s has to resort to china, that does not say many good things about him.

okafor is supposed to return mid-season, and according to stein a bunch of teams were interested. either way, okafor alone isn't enough to solve the cavs issues though he's still worth pursuing.

 

[theSTEREO.]

http://www.sportando.com/m/en/usa/nba/145960/miroslav-raduljica-returning-to-the-nba.html

Wow, he'd actually be a pretty good option. Didn't know he had any interest in coming back to the states to play.

 

[CavsFan005]

Brandon Wright

 

[AMC]

Ideas Not Involving Trades

Jermaine O'Neal, free agent.

Andray Blatche, currently playing in China. Can we get him out of his contract to come here?

Emeka Okafor, he is a free agent, right? Is he 100% healthy yet?

Blatche was not signed due to his past attitude concerns.

I honestly think he would fit in with the Cavs well. Haywood was his mentor in Washington and that could help the chemistry transition.

 

[daytripper]

Brandon Wright

He could be the perfect backup in this situation. Unfortunately Ainge might want the Memphis pick..not sure Wright is worth that price.

 

[CavsFan005]

He could be the perfect backup in this situation. Unfortunately Ainge might want the Memphis pick..not sure Wright is worth that price.

I live in Dallas and have watched his game for years. Defensively (rim protecting) he is better then AV. Offensively he doesn't have the jump hook that AV does, but he can fill the lanes and is a good finisher above the rim.

He has a very high ceiling. Since 2011-2012 I have thought he was deserving of a starting center opportunity and this might be his perfect chance. If your looking at potential I think his is actually higher then AVs.

 

[bushwick_bill]

Andrew Bynum???

 

[Pioneer10]

Dalembert is such a bummer option. But I'd much rather bring him or Jermaine Oneal in to back up Tristan for the rest of the year than waste either our Memphis pick or Dion on a trade when there will be much, much better targets this summer.

We are really fortunate that, while Tristan isn't the long term answer at center, he's equal or better to the task at the position than Andy was. So for this season, our aim is to shore up our backup center position, unless a really good option is suddenly available.

Then, in the summer, you look for your long term replacement that sends Thompson back to a bench role.

Agree: defensively Thompson has outplayed AV this year, so I'm fine with him starting. However, Tristan can get run over by true C's as Gasol did the other night. Plus we needed length even before AV went down. JO, Okafur, Biyombo and Dalembert fit the bill here.

I'm not a fan of giving up Haywood contract and Memphis pick this year for desperation's sake. Individually there are tempting to use but the combination gives us something unique that no other title contender has next year: the ability to take on a 10 million dollar contract as well as the trade bait to make it happen. This is literally almost like a once in a lifetime opportunity to circumvent the cap.

This year the best case scenario is trading for Wright with the FTE and using AV exemption to get JO: that would be awesome and may actually leave us stronger then if AV was healthy. However, outside of that we will be ok as long as we can just add some bodies. Since we have such a strong offense, a guy who defends and boards is enough for us

 

[CavsHomer]

No way we get Hibbert or B. Lopez?

 

[BimboColesHair]

No way we get Hibbert or B. Lopez?

Not until next year

 

[Baseline Runner]

I am really curious to see how TT performs in a starting role playing 35-38 minutes per night. This is his moment to shine.

 

[Dylan Windler's Mom]

A no knee's Andrew Bynum completely owned Jokim Noah last year. Maybe with a winning environment and stronger veteran presence here now we could contain him?