afarmenian wrote:yoyoboy wrote:jbk1234 wrote:
Dan would much rather have that than use it to get Boogie or PG and have to shell out tens of millions of dollars more in luxury tax alone to sign them.
What what are you basing that on?!
Umm, well there have already been multiple reports that Dan is not interested in trading the pick. Also have you not noticed all the moves we've made the past year or so to cut costs? Not resigning Delly in favor of trying to develop the much cheaper Felder, trying to unload Frye and Shumpert for a while now, trading Jefferson and Felder along with two second rounders just to unload more salary, and more. The Cavs lost a good chunk of change during the championship season, and Gilbert may be a billionaire but he isn't trying to give Cousins or George a $200+ million contract this summer PLUS tens of millions of dollars extra in luxury tax costs, when he can keep the pick, which will turn into a high potential rookie who will be making dirt for the next 4 years relative to what they would, and is locked up for years in essence due to them being restricted free agents when they can initially sign.
Because its impossible that they want to drive up the price of an asset by insisting they don't want to trade it right? Thats not even accurate because I have seen those reports and i also have seen a bunch of reports saying that they were taking calls about the pick. So we don't know anything.