Luol Deng

[kidduck]

Tidbit from Terry Pluto:

With the Bulls, he had 12-of-168 shots in the paint blocked.


With the Cavs, it's 29-of-160.

 

[Thunder]

I blame Mike Brown.

 

[Kyrieville]

Deng is playing like crap on the offensive end. He is SLOW. I see why the Bulls offered him only $10 mil/year. I think that was generous.

 

[Certified Beast]

I've been critical of Deng, but he's been huge for us in the last two games.

 

[oasis05]

Too bad we can't go back to Clark. The tank has been foiled with Denys arrival.

 

[mhi]

This Deng trade may go down as the poster move for shortsightedness.

We either overpay him or he walks, which is most likely according to reports, with a slight chance that we sign and trade him.

If he walks, we basically traded (3!) picks for thin air.

 

[SalvadoranCavsfan]

If he walks, we basically traded (3!) picks for thin air.

No, not really. The Bulls will be lucky if they get any more than the two second rounders we traded them.

 

[Adam]

This Deng trade may go down as the poster move for shortsightedness.

We either overpay him or he walks, which is most likely according to reports, with a slight chance that we sign and trade him.

If he walks, we basically traded (3!) picks for thin air.

I think at the time it was a great move, but people will forget the lay of the land at the time and focus on the whole season. In the season reviews pundits will bash the trade, but we didnt really lose much assets, in theory we just extended the bynum expiring and tried to get a good vet. No doubt he hasnt played as well as we hoped, but he must have helped get the team a little more clued in.

Now a sign and trade to a cap tied team might be best for all involved, we'll see what happens. I heard miami might need a new 3:chuckles:

 

[mhi]

Here, Jason Lloyd reiterates that he is gone. The writing was on the wall when Grant was fired.
http://www.ohio.com/sports/cavs/jas...nother-layer-to-cavs-critical-summer-1.475546

3 picks gone, all because Gilbert didn't want to admit/realize that this roster was/is not playoff caliber.

These are exactly the kind of impulsive moves that signal a lack of foresight and can easily damage a rebuild.

 

[shoes22]

Firing Grant also killed the (albeit small) chance of a LeBron return. He was the orchestrator of that whole thing.

 

[Numbers Guy]

Here, Jason Lloyd reiterates that he is gone. The writing was on the wall when Grant was fired.
http://www.ohio.com/sports/cavs/jas...nother-layer-to-cavs-critical-summer-1.475546

3 picks gone, all because Gilbert didn't want to admit/realize that this roster was/is not playoff caliber.

These are exactly the kind of impulsive moves that signal a lack of foresight and can easily damage a rebuild.

They were second round picks, though. In the past few years we drafted Justin Harper (Out of the league), flipped him for 2 second rounders, drafted Allen Crabbe (awful) and flipped him for 2 more second rounders.

We traded Justin Harper and Allen Crabbe for 4 second round picks. My point being its not that hard to acquire 2nd round picks.. as if we didn't have enough already.

 

[Dylan Windler's Mom]

No, not really. The Bulls will be lucky if they get any more than the two second rounders we traded them.

Still 3 more picks we could have saved though. Those are assets at the end of the day.

 

[MirORich]

Still 3 more picks we could have saved though. Those are assets at the end of the day.

They took a risk. It appears to have failed. But they didn't just give the picks away. It was a calculated decision to bring him in hopes of improving the team. It did, but not nearly enough.

What still remains to be seen is if he needs of to S&T him to get to the team that he wants to sign him in FA. If so, we very well may get back equal or greater value to what we gave Chicago for him.

 

[cavfanintexas]

did Grant have a bad year: Clark, Jack, Deng, Bennett, and of course Bynum, or did Dan ?

 

[mhi]

Still 3 more picks we could have saved though. Those are assets at the end of the day.

Exactly.

Even more so for the SAC pick which with their new owner and FO, will likely convey in 2015 or 2016.