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Tristan not worried at all about his contract situation.
Wouldn't you think if we could have traded TT&Wiggins for Love AND Dieng AND keep the Miami pick that Griffin would have jumped all over that?Wouldn't you think trading TT+Wiggins for Love and Dieng, keep the picks and Bennet be better cap wise and skill wise?
I think TT kind player can be found in an annualy first round pick especially for a championship team,
hustle and grit is mostly mental
Wouldn't you think if we could have traded TT&Wiggins for Love AND Dieng AND keep the Miami pick that Griffin would have jumped all over that?
Dieng was never on the table. A draft pick to Minny or Philly always was. Minnesota never wanted TT. They had their sights on Thad Young for the short term and Bennett for the long term.
The deal that was made is the deal that was there.
As far as Terrence Jones goes, yes I love him as a player. The point is that we can not acquire players via FA in this era. So it's not about who you think is better than TT or who has a better contract, it's about, if you let TT walk for nothing, how do you replace him? With a vet min guy? With the taxpayer MLE. Or with resources(Memphis pick, Haywood contract, etc.) that could be used to to acquire other talent if we simply re-sig Tristan.
So it's not that every future projection of the Cavs HAS to include Tristan. But we have to continue to maximie our situation and I don't know how letting TT walk for nothing in return next year helps us.
I'm sorry, but a double double ironman power forward who was second in offensive rebounds last year is not easily replaceable.
If he's pulling down the amount of rebounds and getting the put backs/assists he was against the Bulls. That's pure effort and energy this team needs. We could sign drew gooden again, but we'd be even worse off.
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The Cavs did feel they budged a little in the last-minute negotiations with Thompson on Friday. They offered Thompson more than $48 million over four years. Agent Rich Paul is gambling that Thompson can get more than that on the open market. On the bright side for the Cavs, if Thompson wants a large contract, he must earn it. Read: He currently has millions of reasons to play the best basketball of his career.
"Probably floating around 250" - When i was there on Thurs his latest weigh-in had him at 234.
"Pretty clear that he's somewhere between 6'10" and 6'11" - I assure you, if Tristan was between 6'10 and 6'11"...he'd make sure the Cavs listed him as 6'11". If he was between 6'9" and 6'10", he'd make sure the Cavs listed him at 6'10". They list him at 6'9". The running joke is that his fro is taller...Kyrie told him he should keep it going and that he'd be 7'0" by Christmas.
TT was 131st in the league in Blocks per 48 minutes...that's 51st out of 64 Power Forwards...16 Point Guards and Shooting Guards ranked higher. For someone who is "actually of average size for even a center", that's pretty sad.
IF it makes you all feel better i'll rephrase - Power forwards of any size that can rebound, but can't spread the floor and don't block shots, should not get $12-14M a year. They are easily replaceable.
Agents using Gilbert's words of spending anything to keep this machine going forward against him.
He is EASILY replaceable? Thats a pretty bold statement... I would not call an elite rebounders (especially offensive rebounders) easily replaceable.
We will win several games this year because our rebounding is so good. That's a major reason why we beat the bulls. And he is already on the roster which makes him less replaceable with the salary cap.
He isn't the perfect forward but he is young and still developing. To say we can easily replace a double double guy who has chemistry with our current team and was 2nd in the league last year in O Boards easily is just wrong.
He is EASILY replaceable? Thats a pretty bold statement... I would not call an elite rebounders (especially offensive rebounders) easily replaceable.
We will win several games this year because our rebounding is so good. That's a major reason why we beat the bulls. And he is already on the roster which makes him less replaceable with the salary cap.
He isn't the perfect forward but he is young and still developing. To say we can easily replace a double double guy who has chemistry with our current team and was 2nd in the league last year in O Boards easily is just wrong.