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Wally is a big expiring contract this year. Will he be more valuable at the trading deadline?
Not necessarily.
I probably would rather wait until the deadline and use Wally to pry a star away from a team that had high aspirations of reaching the Playoffs only to be deflated by a little brush with reality. *I'm looking at you Milwaukee*
Again... it all depends on what happens with other teams... Just sitting-back and waiting could net us a star, but it could also backfire.
What if the only teams that have players we are interested in, or fit Wally's salary, are all doing as-expected?
Then we are forced to trade Wally for crapola.
I think we take the very first good deal we get.... I am tired of being patient and having to hear from all the media pundits how the Cavs missed the proverbial boat,etc,etc.
Not sure where Randolph fits with Wallace, Smith, and Hickson still on the team.
Well, it's obvious to everyone who isn't deaf & blind that Walsh will do whatever he needs to, to get rid of the salary-hell that Thomas put the knicks in.
I don't like the knicks, or dealing with them any more than any other Cavalier fan, however...
...I'm not opposed to using their desperation to our benefit.
Here is a scenario that I worked-out:
Cleveland gets:
Zach Randolph
David Lee
Jamal Crawford
future 1st round pick
New York gets:
Wally Szczerbiak
Joe Smith
Sasha Pavlovic
Future 2nd round pick
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New York does this for the obvious reasons. They would try to get Anderson Varejao first, and we'd send him...but if he didn't agree, then we'd do the trade with Smith instead, and add a future 2nd rounder..... If Anderson agreed to the move, then we wouldn't send any pick.
We do this for obvious reasons too!
Jamal can flat-out score, as can Zach. And although Zach has had issues off the court, nobody has ever questioned his talent... and he is NOT overpaid!!!
David Lee is an EXCELLENT PF off our bench!!!
Our main problem would be Wallace. How would he take being demoted to the bench???
There is another golden nugget in this deal... before it is actually agreed-upon:
If NEW JERSEY hears that the Knicks are close to a deal with us... then that will almost FORCE Rod Thorn to step-up his offers, and maybe we can use the ruse of a Knicks deal to get a real deal from the Nets... who DON'T want ANYBODY taking the Knick's bad contracts off their hands!!!