Trade Ideas 23-24

[T-Roy]

Garland, LEVERT, Niang, and Jerome for Lebron and RUI.

Lebron will opt out. Allowing him to sign anywhere. LeGM has a lot of clay to work with in Cleveland. First step is sign Mitchell. I imagine they could trade a package of Garland & Mobley along with some first round picks for a super-star caliber player. Could Giannis or Embiid want out this summer is my question?

 

[foucault87]

Lebron will opt out. Allowing him to sign anywhere. LeGM has a lot of clay to work with in Cleveland. First step is sign Mitchell. I imagine they could trade a package of Garland & Mobley along with some first round picks for a super-star caliber player. Could Giannis or Embiid want out this summer is my question?

You have to keep Mobley. There has to be some younger developing talent. LAL will have to settle for DG and Caris in this hypothetical. They can take Emoni too if they want

 

[T-Roy]

You have to keep Mobley. There has to be some younger developing talent. LAL will have to settle for DG and Caris in this hypothetical. They can take Emoni too if they wan

I'm not understanding why trade anything for Lebron when he can opt-out and just sign as a free agent? Look for trades elsewhere for Garland and Mobley. I think we just keep Allen, we aren't landing a big name super-star without trading Mobley. I know it will be difficult with making it under the salary-cap but we know Dan Gilbert is willing to go into the luxury for a chance at a title!

 

[Cassity14]

I'm not understanding why trade anything for Lebron when he can opt-out and just sign as a free agent? Look for trades elsewhere for Garland and Mobley. I think we just keep Allen, we aren't landing a big name super-star without trading Mobley. I know it will be difficult with making it under the salary-cap but we know Dan Gilbert is willing to go into the luxury for a chance at a title!

Until we hear explicitly that LeBron will play for anything less than max money, we have to assume he's on a max contract. The Cavs will not have cap space to sign him to that in free agency. In the past, LeBron has made it known that he will not play for less than the max, primarily because it's a players union thing. Maybe that'll change, but until it does, it's unwise to expect.

If this is a sign and trade or an opt-in and trade, then Garland+LeVert either matches or gets close.

Personally, I'd want Mobley playing next to LeBron the same way I wanted Kyrie playing next to LeBron. It's an opportunity to learn from the very best. It's also widely-understood that LeBron is gonna give you very little defensively over the course of the season, so he needs elite defense next to him. I wonder if LeBron could play small forward any more at this stage in his career. If not, then maybe you consider moving one of the bigs so LeBron can play next to the other.

Pairing Mitchell with LeBron could be a ton of fun. I believe Mitchell would be able to carry the offense when LeBron sits in ways that Kyrie couldn't, particularly because Mitchell is one of the better kick-out passers in the league in his own right.

Cavs will need to find an abundance of shooters, however.

 

[ShawnKempIsMyDad]

Durant.

Lebron will opt out. Allowing him to sign anywhere. LeGM has a lot of clay to work with in Cleveland. First step is sign Mitchell. I imagine they could trade a package of Garland & Mobley along with some first round picks for a super-star caliber player. Could Giannis or Embiid want out this summer is my question?

Durant. The Suns are a shit show.

 

[ice cream man]

Going back to the Pelicans. They just got swept. They’ve been interested in JA. Not sure how badly they’d want Mitchell. I think Ingram and picks can be had easy, so adding JA would hopefully net us Murphy. However Murphy is on his rookie contract and Mitchell & JA are obviously not. Would the Pelicans be open to giving up Murphy…?

Cavs trade:
Mitchell
JA
Merrill

Pelicans trade:
Ingram
Murphy
Nance
picks


Garland/CPJ
Strus/Okoro
Murphy/LeVert
Ingram/Wade
Mobley/Nance

Cavs will still have some assets (picks from this trade, LeVert expiring) to improve the team.

 

[Cassity14]

Move Garland and LeVert in a LeBron SnT.

Move Mobley and Niang for Mikal Bridges.

Mitchell
Okoro
Bridges
James
Allen