Stillwater wrote:Sactowndog wrote:
If I'm Ainge I walk away. The Nets pick is the best pick you will get plus you get Crowder and Zizic. Your free to find a better deal elsewhere if you can. It's only going to get worse for you the longer you wait
Yeah Boston can't walk away,the decision is up to Cleveland only.
Granted if Ainge plays hardball and actually did think he gave accurate information regarding IT4's condition and that's why the trade included a lottery pick, and refuses to give up more even with new info on IT4's timeline, then The Cavs will void the deal if it's true IT4 will miss most if not all of the season.
They won't likely get a high lottery pick unless they deal with Phoenix (who has a pg) or ATL (who has a pg). But there are plenty of teams such as Milwaukee, Dallas etc that we could get a deal we like who have assets & players that they would consider moving if KI is their missing piece.
I think Boston misrepresented how bad IT4 was.
If it turns out IT4's timeline is just pushed back without surgery but the med examiners determined he will heal fine in time just longer than Boston docs projected for the 2nd half of the season, the Cavs probably are just asking for another asset in picks so they can combine the pick(s) with a salary dump to get an upgrade to Rose.
Not that unreasonable to ask, whether they get it or not is another story.
The Cavs got a solid 3 & D player in Crowder and a potential #1 pick (could be as low as 6) but still valuable. & they got an under rated young center.
But the entire deal was hinged on IT4 being able to compete with the Cav's for a championship even if he wasn't the "prize" of the trade , so you almost have to believe they would not have done this deal knowing IT4 was not going to be ready until after the all star break or something similar and want compensation for the misrepresentation by Ainge.
The other possibility here is IT4 is much worse now than when Boston examined him(aggravated it further possibly trying to work out or something) and so it brings an entire new set of circumstances to any deal with Boston.
Boston does not want to lose KI and bring back an injured player who is worse than they thought if that proves to be true, so I think they would be wise to add a couple 2nd rounders and Rozier at minimum taking back somebody like Jefferson as a veteran presence for his young core.
I don't believe the Cavs would deny that,unless IT4 will need surgery to recover to full strength and be available to them only if he were to sign with them in fa which would never had been agreed a pon by Cleveland had they known that up front even with as much other assets as they got in return.