enchilada_style
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George may end up in a ****** situation again next season if Lebron ends up leaving.
As the trade deadline inches closer...
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Yeah, but at least he gets a final chance to make it the finals and maybe get carried by Lebron to a championship. I think most players would take that chance. Plus next year he is an expiring deal basically so I am sure he will get dealt again next year.
LoPo
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I don't want JR Smith, but he is only due $14.7 for next year and that's it because 2019-20 is non-guaranteed. I bet the Cavs do this deal in a heartbeat after the Hill trade:
Favors and Hood for JR Smith, Osman and the Brooklyn pick.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ycevg5wp
In all likelihood, the trade saves Cleveland money this year and next year. Hood is better than JR Smith and Favors can be very helpful for their post. In two trades, they would have added a PG/SG, a SG/SF and a PF/C who all help their matchups against Golden State. They aren't going to be able to find any other deal where they dump JR and add two useful players.
enchilada_style
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I imagine JR would be pretty salty if that trade happened lol.
David Stern
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I'd do that because it would give the Jazz $40 million in expirings next season, and a Top 10 pick.
LoPo
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Haha. Yep. He would. Maybe he retires. I'm sure I can find a trade out there where a 2019 expiring JR finds a home. For as bad as his contract is, it's still better than guys like Mahinmi, Biyombo, Ryan Anderson, Evan Turner, and others.
I bet we could trade JR Smith to the Bucks for Teletovic and Dellie. Or maybe to the Lakers for Deng and a future 1st. Or to Portland in a salary dump deal to get them under the luxury. Or to Washington for Mahinmi and a 1st.
What are the limitations (if any) around trading a player you've just traded for, if it's not part of the original deal?
jimmy eat jazz
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In today's NBA, high draft picks are the most precious of assets. Cleveland isn't moving Brooklyn's pick for anything short of Steph Curry or James Harden; in other words, it ain't going to happen, or it is highly unlikely to happen. Why would the Cavs give up their draft pick for a free agent and a restricted free agent, neither of which is a true game changer for them in terms of winning a title in the next year or so? Honestly, if THIS is what Utah offered for the Brooklyn pick, one can well imagine the loud, boisterous guffaws coming out the the Cav's FO.
jimmy eat jazz
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Honestly, I wonder whether people proposing some of these deals ever ask themselves why other team would ever want to make the proposed deal. By and large, people don't get into an NBA FO because they are gullible, easily fooled dolts (with some possible exceptions--yes, I'm looking at you Vlade Divac). As a general rule, teams don't trade star players or high draft choices for mediocre talent and filler, no matter how much of it is packaged into the proposed deal, unless they are in fire sale, tanking mode, but even then, they don't lose complete control of their senses.