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As the trade deadline inches closer...

Neither Kemba Walker nor DeAndre Jordan are worth a high first round pick. The reasons they wouldn't give away their top asset (and possibly most valued acquirable asset in the league) is that they understand how the market works and how the market values assets, and they are not going to give up a dollar in a trade to get back 50 cents. It would take an incredible packaging of top notch current players plus future draft picks to pry loose the Brooklyn pick. Favor and Hood sure as heck ain't getting it done neither are Kemba or DeAndre. Neither Charlotte nor LA have sufficient return value in assets to induce Cleveland to make the trade.

Of course . . . I could be wrong. This is a world, after all, in which Donald Trump is President, so I guess literally anything is possible.

I think the Cavs are the exception, they need to swing big now.

Lets face facts. The Cavs are gonna need a whole lot more than a top 10 pick next year to pick themselves back up after Lebron leaves. So what if it stalls their rebuild by a year, they'll have the next 2 or 3 #1s anyway. They are in for a long long rebuild.

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Burks - the guy only played last night because we were getting destroyed at Atlanta of all places. He is so far down the pecking order. If he was part of a "post-Hood" plan, he would have played more and featured the last couple games.
I don't think he played because we were getting beat, he played because Hood was injured. Alec is somewhat out of the rotation, but he's an important injury insurance. They'll probably move him if they get anything, but I have a hard time imagining us dumping him for nothing, and at least giving up anything to get rid of him.
 
Agree but I'd also be fine watching Jerebko, Sef, and/or Neto gone as well. I like some of those players but at this point it isn't working, non of those guys are long term guys.

Agreed. Anyone not named Gobert, Mitchell and possibly Ingles and Exum for the FO.
 
Neither Kemba Walker nor DeAndre Jordan are worth a high first round pick. The reasons they wouldn't give away their top asset (and possibly most valued acquirable asset in the league) is that they understand how the market works and how the market values assets, and they are not going to give up a dollar in a trade to get back 50 cents. It would take an incredible packaging of top notch current players plus future draft picks to pry loose the Brooklyn pick. Favor and Hood sure as heck ain't getting it done neither are Kemba or DeAndre. Neither Charlotte nor LA have sufficient return value in assets to induce Cleveland to make the trade.

Of course . . . I could be wrong. This is a world, after all, in which Donald Trump is President, so I guess literally anything is possible.

A #9ish pick isn't really a franchise altering asset, especially in a 7 deep draft. It is better to have it than not to have it. But if you have a team capable of getting to the finals, it is something you flip for help now, every single time. Basically Cleveland has to place everything not immediately necessary in their rotation on the table and come up with the best deal possible. It is a long deep hole they will be in after Lebron leaves, no need to hasten that along, Jerry Krause style. . .
 
Cleveland can probably get Hill and a wing or someone like Favors with just their own picks and expirings. No need for them to use the Brooklyn pick. And I disagree it' just a 7 deep draft. Besides, there's always the chance it becomes top-3. Cleveland has a history of draft lick.
 
Cleveland can probably get Hill and a wing or someone like Favors with just their own picks and expirings. No need for them to use the Brooklyn pick. And I disagree it' just a 7 deep draft. Besides, there's always the chance it becomes top-3. Cleveland has a history of draft lick.

They can get Hill OR Favors with their remaining pieces, not likely both. You certainly aren't sniffing anything better than those two. And you could top 3 protect the pick. "A history of luck" really isn't something to bet Lebron James on.
 
They can get Hill OR Favors with their remaining pieces, not likely both. You certainly aren't sniffing anything better than those two. And you could top 3 protect the pick. "A history of luck" really isn't something to bet Lebron James on.
They can get both of those guys. They are very likely getting Hill for a 2nd round pick and salary swaps. They could definitely get Favors from us for a 3 way with Chicago sending their pick Chicago's way.
 
Interesting trade from Bleacher (take it with a grain of salt) but I'd like to hear others opinions:


  1. Charlotte Hornets Receive: C Channing Frye, PG Ricky Rubio, SG/SF Iman Shumpert, 2018 first-round pick (from Brooklyn, via Cleveland), 2018 second-round pick (via Utah)

    Cleveland Cavaliers Receive: PF/C Derrick Favors, SG/SF Rodney Hood, SF Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, PG Kemba Walker, 2018 first-round pick (via Utah)

    Utah Jazz Receive: PG/SG Michael Carter-Williams, PF/C Kevin Love, PG Isaiah Thomas
Source:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ideas-how-to-move-kemba-walker-deandre-jordan[/quote]
 
I don't think it's bad tbh (I'd rather have kemba though)

EDIT: We would, however, have 0 picks in this years draft though
 
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