Shawn Marion Leaning Toward Signing With Cavaliers

[RealGM Wiretap]

Shawn Marion is leaning strongly toward signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers over Indiana Pacers.

The Pacers could offer Marion more than the Cavaliers, but the club is already looking for other options with the expectations that he will eventually sign with Cleveland.

David Aldridge reports that the Pacers will apply for a Disabled Player Exception that would allow the team to sign a free agent to a one-year, $5.3 million deal.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

[TMacNJordan23]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

[Dukenukem23]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

Love at the 5

[Dukenukem23]

Too bad Cleveland didn't have room for Hawes he would have been perfect with LBJ.

[JazzUte88]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

Love at the 5

Either way, Love at the 4 and Varejao at the 5. That's a solid line-up.

If the Cavs can get Marion, they have some nice depth, way better than any of the Heat teams depth wise.

[mswenson]

I "Love" how some people are saying who is going to play center. how many years has james played with a center? 1 and the guy was 38 years old and could barely move.

this team will destroy the yearly overrated bulls even without love

[almatic]

Irving/?

Dellavedova!

[cjliu49]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

It's really not. Take out Lebron and they don't get out of the first round. Yeah he's the best player on the planet but this team doesn't come out of the East.

[OsuCavsfan103]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

It's really not. Take out Lebron and they don't get out of the first round. Yeah he's the best player on the planet but this team doesn't come out of the East.

Haha take out Jordan with the Bulls and they don't win 6 rings... what a silly comment man come on.

And a team listed above w/o Bron could still very well make it past the first round in the East to play your little game.

[PrimzyBulls81]

Irving / Dellavedova/ JJ Barea?
Waiters / Allen
James / Marion / Miller / Jones
Love / Thompson / Bennett?
Varejao / Haywood

Miller can play on SG as well.. Marion and James on PF.. Bennett also SF (but he might go along Wiggins to Minny).. this team is extra deep already,without adding Marion! Also JJ Barea might come back in a Wiggins - Love trade..

[Gannet]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

That is a seriously undersized squad. Big teams in the West would brutalize them.

[RaptorRed]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

That is a seriously undersized squad. Big teams in the West would brutalize them.

Varejao is a pretty big guy , so is Love. Together they can matchup size wise against any team in the league. Although Love is not a great defender , that still doesn't make them undersized. Varejao is a legit C and Love is one of the bigger and stronger PFs in the game.

[Gannet]

Varejao is a pretty big guy , so is Love. Together they can matchup size wise against any team in the league. Although Love is not a great defender , that still doesn't make them undersized. Varejao is a legit C and Love is one of the bigger and stronger PFs in the game.

Love at combine was 6'7" 3/4 without shoes. NBA padded him nearly 2 and a half inches. That just nuked your last sentence. Lebron is actually bigger than him in all respects. I don't think Varejao being undersized at 5 needs any annotation. This team would be annihilated by Spurs' flow offense, and/or pounded to pulp by a physical team like Memphis.

[rickrolled]

1.2 million vs 5.3 million

You already got a ring.

You said F U to LeBron in the finals, all that would be forgotten if you follow him to Cleveland.

Go get your 5,3 million moron.

[castor777]

1.2 million vs 5.3 million

You already got a ring.

You said F U to LeBron in the finals, all that would be forgotten if you follow him to Cleveland.

Go get your 5,3 million moron.

Some people take this stuff wayyyy to personally. I'd actually agree that since this is likely Marion's last payday, he'd have to really contemplate the Pacers offer if it's 5.3 million. But saying he already has a ring and gave an "F U to LeBron in the finals" is just silly and stupid. Marion, like the rest of the NBA, is a competitor. The man is just giving it his all to win - so if he's given a chance at another championship, he's going to strongly consider it. And there is likely zero bad blood between him and LeBron. Again, they're both competitors doing what they have to do to win. Think they'd have no problem pairing up with one another (the Cavs even tried trading for him before when LeBron was here). So I really have no idea why you're taking this personally.

[lambchop]

Varejao is a pretty big guy , so is Love. Together they can matchup size wise against any team in the league. Although Love is not a great defender , that still doesn't make them undersized. Varejao is a legit C and Love is one of the bigger and stronger PFs in the game.

Love at combine was 6'7" 3/4 without shoes. NBA padded him nearly 2 and a half inches. That just nuked your last sentence. Lebron is actually bigger than him in all respects. I don't think Varejao being undersized at 5 needs any annotation. This team would be annihilated by Spurs' flow offense, and/or pounded to pulp by a physical team like Memphis.

Love has had some of his best games against teams like the grizzlies. If you watch his full highlights from games against the grizz, you'll see that he doesn't struggle to get good positioning at the rim against z-bo and gasol. Even blocks z-bo on multiple occassions, cause z-bo isn't able to just push him away.
Regarding the spurs, well to beat the spurs you have to keep the game close, cause they're not exactly clutch (I don't have any stats to prove it), but I've seen them miss a lot of clutch free throws and lose close post season games.
This cavs team is not like miami, where you only have one player, who can create for himself or others/command a double team. Cleveland is basically surrounding love, irving and bron with good shooting. They have multiple scoring options, which means they can keep games close. At the end of close games anything can happen. Miami couldn't keep those games close/got destroyed by the spurs.

[puja21]

Varejao is a pretty big guy , so is Love. Together they can matchup size wise against any team in the league. Although Love is not a great defender , that still doesn't make them undersized. Varejao is a legit C and Love is one of the bigger and stronger PFs in the game.

Love at combine was 6'7" 3/4 without shoes. NBA padded him nearly 2 and a half inches. That just nuked your last sentence. Lebron is actually bigger than him in all respects. I don't think Varejao being undersized at 5 needs any annotation. This team would be annihilated by Spurs' flow offense, and/or pounded to pulp by a physical team like Memphis.

Love has had some of his best games against teams like the grizzlies. If you watch his full highlights from games against the grizz, you'll see that he doesn't struggle to get good positioning at the rim against z-bo and gasol. Even blocks z-bo on multiple occassions, cause z-bo isn't able to just push him away.
Regarding the spurs, well to beat the spurs you have to keep the game close, cause they're not exactly clutch (I don't have any stats to prove it), but I've seen them miss a lot of clutch free throws and lose close post season games.
This cavs team is not like miami, where you only have one player, who can create for himself or others/command a double team. Cleveland is basically surrounding love, irving and bron with good shooting. They have multiple scoring options, which means they can keep games close. At the end of close games anything can happen. Miami couldn't keep those games close/got destroyed by the spurs.

Yep, Love went for a triple double in April's win over Memphis, compared to Randolph's 4 pts and 5 rebs

Randolph has the better team and record of course, and their numbers were closer a few seasons back, but Love has dominated the stat sheet the past 2 years:

http://bkref.com/tiny/NO4o4

28 pts 11 rebs 4 blk 1 stl 2 ast 2 to
30 pts 9 rebs 3 blk 0 stl 4 ast 3 to
28 pts 16 rebs 1 blk 0 stl 2 ast 2 to
16 pts 7 rebs 0 blk 0 stl 4 ast 3 to
24 pts 16 rebs 1 blk 1 stl 10 ast 2 to

[RaptorRed]

Varejao is a pretty big guy , so is Love. Together they can matchup size wise against any team in the league. Although Love is not a great defender , that still doesn't make them undersized. Varejao is a legit C and Love is one of the bigger and stronger PFs in the game.

Love at combine was 6'7" 3/4 without shoes. NBA padded him nearly 2 and a half inches. That just nuked your last sentence. Lebron is actually bigger than him in all respects. I don't think Varejao being undersized at 5 needs any annotation. This team would be annihilated by Spurs' flow offense, and/or pounded to pulp by a physical team like Memphis.

Are you (Please Use More Appropriate Word) or are you just hating ?

The game is played with shoes on buddy. Love is at least 6'9 , anyone with any sense of proportions can see that when he is on the court. He is clearly not undersized , quit acting like he is Paul Milsap's size. Love is 6'9 260 lb... the same size as Zach Randolph ..

Anderson Varejao is 6'10 and 230 pounds ... Dwight Howard is 6'10 240 ... Not every C is 7 feet. He might not be the biggest or strongest C but he can get rebounds , defend and hold his own.

[3Peat2000]

I'm already liking this team. This is looking like a nice, bonafide contender. Makes for an interesting basketball season. Marion will contribute in a nice way...

[Cycklops]

Irving/?
Waiters/Ray Allen
LeBron/Mike Miller/James Jones
Varejao/Marion
Love/Tristan

That's a pretty solid looking squad.

It's really not. Take out Lebron and they don't get out of the first round. Yeah he's the best player on the planet but this team doesn't come out of the East.

1.2 million vs 5.3 million

You already got a ring.

You said F U to LeBron in the finals, all that would be forgotten if you follow him to Cleveland.

Go get your 5,3 million moron.

I see the Hate-Ship has now left Planet Earth.