Dame Time

[LoPo]

I really wish people would stop saying this. It gets proven wrong literally every single year. Do you have any clue who will be on Cleveland’s roster in 2027-2029?

You're safely saying that "Don would have done this" and "Don would have done that". Don't be a hypocrite dude.

Cleveland has one of the youngest rosters in the NBA, and there is no reason to believe that they should take a step back. They would have to take 3 or 4 steps back to make it a top 10 pick.

 

[MTS]

You're safely saying that "Don would have done this" and "Don would have done that". Don't be a hypocrite dude.

Cleveland has one of the youngest rosters in the NBA, and there is no reason to believe that they should take a step back. They would have to take 3 or 4 steps back to make it a top 10 pick.

They'll take a step back when Donovan leaves them in free agency.

 

[LogGrad98]

We never built anything around him. Just another assumption you're making....

And you are assuming if we "built something around him" he would generate a championship. That is a way bigger assumption when we already saw him melt down in crunch time again and again.

 

[Elizah Huge]

You're safely saying that "Don would have done this" and "Don would have done that". Don't be a hypocrite dude.

Cleveland has one of the youngest rosters in the NBA, and there is no reason to believe that they should take a step back. They would have to take 3 or 4 steps back to make it a top 10 pick.

Donovan leaves in two years and Garland or Mobley get hurt one year and they are a very bad team. It’s really not that hard to imagine. Hell, maybe Garland or Mobley ask out in 2027 after never winning much in the playoffs. Who knows.

We also stripped them of pretty much any way to get significantly better because we own all of their draft capital.

 

[LoPo]

Why would Cleveland trade a starter for draft assets when they are trying to compete?

Also, nobody knew Lauri would be this good. Not DA or JZ either.

I agree with you. Nobody knew that Lauri could play at this level.

As for Cleveland - they were committed to Mobley and maybe didn't think Lauri was needed as much.

 

[fishonjazz]

Give me both

Eh, I doubt we ever get past the 2nd round with both. Would just end up rebuilding again

 

[YoungJefe]

Why would Cleveland trade a starter for draft assets when they are trying to compete?

Also, nobody knew Lauri would be this good. Not DA or JZ either.

They missed the playoffs and Lauri wasn't a great fit with Allen/Mobley. Could've went Bogey + something for him.

 

[LoPo]

And you are assuming if we "built something around him" he would generate a championship. That is a way bigger assumption when we already saw him melt down in crunch time again and again.

Who said championship?

I think the odds of being relevant with Donovan Mitchell are as good as being relevant with all these draft picks. There's no telling what can happen.

You can keep taking shots at crunch time, but he's still the best playoff performer we've had in a long time. It's too bad we built it all around some limited center instead of clearly a star.

 

[MTS]

Cavs last year at this time: 36-25
Cavs currently: 38-23

Last year's Cavs by this point lost a lot more games to injury than this year's Cavs.

Truly amazing what landing a superstar like Mitchell can do for a franchise.

 

[Elizah Huge]

They missed the playoffs and Lauri wasn't a great fit with Allen/Mobley. Could've went Bogey + something for him.

Then guess what… Markkanen doesn’t become who he is now because he doesn’t get nearly the same usage with Mitchell on the team. Then Mitchell leaves in two years and we don’t have all of the Cleveland picks.

 

[Elizah Huge]

This is a useless discussion regardless because we made the right decision anyways and I’ll leave it at that.

 

[LoPo]

This is a useless discussion regardless because we made the right decision anyways and I’ll leave it at that.

Hopefully, it's useless because we don't make the dumb decision to trade for Damian Lillard.

If he comes here in free agency one day - sure, cool. Overpay him some - fine.

Trading assets for him - not a good idea. He's not that far from being Kemba Walker 2.0.