bwgood77 wrote:Gorilla Warfare wrote:I said it before and I'll say it again. Even without including Jackson in a trade, Bledsoe and any other player (except Booker) along with a Miami pick is a more than fair offer that likely would not be beat for Kyrie. They can take it or leave it. I'm good either way.
My personal preference would be to not have that other player be Chriss, because he really could be our next Amare, just has to adjust to the muscle added and calm down on the court.
I am starting to think we can beat just about any other team with something like that if we include a young player, mainly because Bledsoe is the better PG, because we also have picks and young players. But if they want a young player, and don't like ours, who knows?
The one team that could absolutely beat us is Boston. Now I think they SHOULD get in the mix, and even throw IT in there. Even though IT was better this past season, has a better TS%, eFG%, passes more, etc, and advanced #s favored him, he's 3 years older and I think Irving would put up even better numbers in Boston, and if I was Boston, I'd prefer to give him the max over IT.Several suitors contend there are two teams with the best ability to make deals for Irving: the Suns and Boston Celtics. So far, the Suns are unwilling to include No. 4 overall pick Josh Jackson in a trade, league sources said. The Celtics are monitoring, but it's unclear how aggressive they'll get -- and how motivated the Cavaliers would be to make a deal with their fiercest conference rival.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20177155/kyrie-irving-trade-talks-show-how-much-teams-including-cleveland-cavaliers-value-him
They have a boatload of picks, IT, and a bunch of young guys and a vet to throw in. They could offer IT, a couple of their own picks, and Tatum or Brown....or they could throw in Crowder. If they want to keep both Tatum and Brown, give Crowder and another young guy like Ojeleye and/or Zizic.
They have all sorts of young guys and picks.
I'm not sure the Cavs would be willing to deal with Boston, but they should look into it if they want the best assets. Boston has been stubborn, but this is the one deal where IT is replaceable, and they wouldn't have to max IT.
I just don't see the Celtics, who wouldn't pony up for Cousins, Butler, and George, to trade all those assets for a point guard who is arguably not as good as the one they have.
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