Al Horford to Cleveland (Draft Day)

[crazybranman360]

Cleveland Trades: #1 Pick (assuming top 7) + Mo Speights
Cleveland Gets: Al Horford
Why? Give Kyrie some help. The draft is weak so your not giving up a top blue chip prospect and a core of Kyrie-Waiters-Horford-Varejao can be a potential title contender. They can either try to pair Thompson with Horford or trade him for other needs.


Hawks Trade: Al Horford
Hawks Get: Cavs #1 + Mo Speights
Why? If they do land Dwight + JSmith: They're going to have to trade Horford anyways + they get a nice young player to pair with them

If they don't get Dwight + JSmith: they get a top pick + can tank for next years stacked draft class

[Wasabi_Johnson]

Why? If they do land Dwight + JSmith: They're going to have to trade Horford anyways + they get a nice young player to pair with them

Why would they have to?

[crazybranman360]

Why? If they do land Dwight + JSmith: They're going to have to trade Horford anyways + they get a nice young player to pair with them

Why would they have to?

I don't think its a great idea to play Smith-Horford-Dwight together on the front line. You need some spacing

[ATL Boy]

In this class I think we can get a top 5 pick for Horford so pass

[theatlfan]

I don't think its a great idea to play Smith-Horford-Dwight together on the front line. You need some spacing

Please explain how Horford wouldn't provide spacing? He's actually a pretty good mid-to-long range shooter.

BTW, IF we land D12, I doubt we'll have the cap room for both him and Smoove on top of our (scant) current commitments. In the scenario where we land Howard, then we'd keep Horford for floor spacing unless Dwight made it clear he wanted to play with Smith. That scenario would not play out by Draft Day though - leaving this deal absolutely out of the question.

[tcorbin]

Why? If they do land Dwight + JSmith: They're going to have to trade Horford anyways + they get a nice young player to pair with them

Why would they have to?

Hypothetically, if Horford's contract is traded for a rookie contract, it would allow the Hawks to offer three full max contacts to Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, and Chris Paul.

They can then use the pick to get, Nerlens Noel, Marcus Smart, Shabazz, or McLemore

Dwight Howard
Nerlens Noel
Josh Smith
Louis Williams
Chris Paul

or

Dwight Howard
Josh Smith
Kyle Korver
Marcus Smart
Chris Paul

it is a very very risky move, so i wouldn't do it, but that would be the logic behind it. I think Dwight/Horford/Smith is good enough for a championship, so no need for such a risky move.

[Leto]

IF they get Howard and Smith to sign, they will want to trade Horford, but not because of "spacing." They'll want to trade him for other parts that fit together better like a SF and a SG.

[ATL Boy]

We have cap space to sign Josh and Dwight this summer to max deals, we have 41 million in cap space, the problem would be that if we deal out those max contracts we probably won't be able to resign Teague who we really like, I'm sure we'll try to convince Josh and Dwight to take a 2-3 mil pay cut each to be able to resign Jeff. We'll still have Lou Williams under contract as well as our promising rookie John Jenkins, then we have 4 picks this year if Houston makes the playoffs which seems likely. (2 in the first round.) We'd also probably resign Korver because he'd be a perfect fit with a dominant C like Dwight.

PG: Teague
SG: Jenkins
SF: Smith
PF: Horford
C: Howard
Bench: Draft Picks, Kyle Korver, Lou Williams, Jeremy Tyler, and a few min guys/guys who took a pay cut to play here.

There's no need in trading Horford, he'd be great next to Dwight and is worth more than the picks in this draft, Smith has proven that he can play SF and we'll have Jenkins/Korver to man the SG spot

[TheOUTLAW]

I don't think the Cavs do this since they are taking on long term salary and while they need size they really need a center

[RoyalWun]

Why? If they do land Dwight + JSmith: They're going to have to trade Horford anyways + they get a nice young player to pair with them

Why would they have to?

Hypothetically, if Horford's contract is traded for a rookie contract, it would allow the Hawks to offer three full max contacts to Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, and Chris Paul.

They can then use the pick to get, Nerlens Noel, Marcus Smart, Shabazz, or McLemore

Dwight Howard
Nerlens Noel
Josh Smith
Louis Williams
Chris Paul

or

Dwight Howard
Josh Smith
Kyle Korver
Marcus Smart
Chris Paul

it is a very very risky move, so i wouldn't do it, but that would be the logic behind it. I think Dwight/Horford/Smith is good enough for a championship, so no need for such a risky move.

I know you said hypothetically, but there is an extremely small chance Paul is leaving the Clippers.

[mcfly1204]

I wonder if Ferry would want Varejao going to Atlanta instead of Speights.

[ATL Boy]

I wonder if Ferry would want Varejao going to Atlanta instead of Speights.

Varejao instead of Speights would be ALOT more enticing

[rjgraca]

Since the Cavs are looking for cap space in 2014 and don't need another PF(As mentioned, a Center would be more valuable)--- IMO, the Cavs pass.

[theatlfan]

Since the Cavs are looking for cap space in 2014 and don't need another PF(As mentioned, a Center would be more valuable)--- IMO, the Cavs pass.

Not trying to be rude - just a ?: what is CLE planning on doing with cap space? Resign LeBron? Is there another target y'all are eying?

[parson]

IF they get Howard and Smith to sign, they will want to trade Horford, but not because of "spacing." They'll want to trade him for other parts that fit together better like a SF and a SG.

Josh Smith is a good defender at SF and we love Korver and Jenkins (and Lou Williams) at SG.

Howard/Horford/Smith would be the best frontline in the NBA.