Cavs Finalizing Trade With Bulls For Mike Dunleavy

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 2:07 am

The Chicago Bulls are finalizing a deal to send Mike Dunleavy to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Chicago has had to trade away Dunleavy in order to fit Dwyane Wade's contract into their cap space.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/The Vertical

Ddent12 · Post #2 » by **Ddent12** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 2:13 am

The rich get richer.......

Ponchos · Post #3 » by **Ponchos** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 2:43 am

Take that Warriors.

anatomicbomb · Post #4 » by **anatomicbomb** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 2:59 am

LeGM strikes again

johnnyballgame · Post #5 » by **johnnyballgame** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 3:38 am

Ponchos wrote:Take that Warriors.

Dunleavy > Durant?

not sure about that but the Cavs did win four of five from the Warriors, including game seven at the Oracle..
After firing their coach mid season. After Love and Kyrie and Shumpert being out injured the entire offseason
So it goes to say GS would need a lot more help to catch up.

GS really lacking the inside game to set up their shooters... were last year and even more now. Not sure adding Durant while losing Barnes, Bogut, Ezeli, Varejao, Speight solves any defensive issues either. LeBron and Kyrie will be taking it to the rim with ease.

Yes, consider this a Cavs fan talking trash because we're the Champs. Probably would be back to back Champs if not for injuries.. so as much as the media and front runners love to tout the "dubs", the really are lucky to have the one championship they do have.. I doubt Durant gets them back over the hump. What have his teams ever won? In fact, his team choked a 3-1 lead.. he should fit right in on Golden State.

Freshfar · Post #6 » by **Freshfar** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 3:53 am

johnnyballgame wrote:
Ponchos wrote:Take that Warriors.

Dunleavy > Durant?

not sure about that but the Cavs did win four of five from the Warriors, including game seven at the Oracle..
After firing their coach mid season. After Love and Kyrie and Shumpert being out injured the entire offseason
So it goes to say GS would need a lot more help to catch up.

GS really lacking the inside game to set up their shooters... were last year and even more now. Not sure adding Durant while losing Barnes, Bogut, Ezeli, Varejao, Speight solves any defensive issues either. LeBron and Kyrie will be taking it to the rim with ease.

Yes, consider this a Cavs fan talking trash because we're the Champs. Probably would be back to back Champs if not for injuries.. so as much as the media and front runners love to tout the "dubs", the really are lucky to have the one championship they do have.. I doubt Durant gets them back over the hump. What have his teams ever won? In fact, his team choked a 3-1 lead.. he should fit right in on Golden State.

Man I'm a cavs fan too and all this youre saying is nosense. I agree the cavs would of probable won last year if they were healthy but dubs are taking it.

GSW warrior's are gonna command double team from 3 of their players, 4 if Draymond is hot. Just enjoy this champion maine. Might be another 50 years before they win another.

Ponchos · Post #7 » by **Ponchos** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 4:10 am

johnnyballgame wrote:Yes, consider this a Cavs fan talking trash because we're the Champs. Probably would be back to back Champs if not for injuries.. so as much as the media and front runners love to tout the "dubs", the really are lucky to have the one championship they do have.. I doubt Durant gets them back over the hump. What have his teams ever won? In fact, his team choked a 3-1 lead.. he should fit right in on Golden State.

Lol, enjoy your Chip and settle down. You don't need to twist your brain around to believe that the Cavs are near equal to the new Warriors. The Warriors were the better team this year and lost. The only way the Cavs have a shot to repeat is if the injury bug strikes down GS.

LaRance · Post #8 » by **LaRance** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 5:36 am

wow what a great addition to come off the bench for smith, bron or even love. he will really compliment there style of play

Psubs · Post #9 » by **Psubs** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 11:56 am

Ponchos wrote:
johnnyballgame wrote:Yes, consider this a Cavs fan talking trash because we're the Champs. Probably would be back to back Champs if not for injuries.. so as much as the media and front runners love to tout the "dubs", the really are lucky to have the one championship they do have.. I doubt Durant gets them back over the hump. What have his teams ever won? In fact, his team choked a 3-1 lead.. he should fit right in on Golden State.

Lol, enjoy your Chip and settle down. You don't need to twist your brain around to believe that the Cavs are near equal to the new Warriors. The Warriors were the better team this year and lost. The only way the Cavs have a shot to repeat is if the injury bug strikes down GS.

Now an injury to a starter will hurt even more. Losing Barnes, Barbosa, Speights, Bogut, Fezeli, Rush.

PG Curry - Livingston
SG Thompson - Livingston/Igoudala
SF Durant - Igoudala
PF Green - West
C O'Neal? - Looney/Perkins?

Cleveland is looking good too.

PG Irving - MoWill
SG Shumpert - Dunleavy
SF Lebron - Jefferson
PF Love - Frye
C Thompson - Kaun

Psubs · Post #10 » by **Psubs** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 1:15 pm

PG Irving - MoWill
SG Shumpert - Ray Allen
SF Lebron - Jefferson
PF Love - Dunleavy
C Thompson - Frye - Kaun

jigga_man · Post #11 » by **jigga_man** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 2:25 pm

Psubs wrote:
Ponchos wrote:
johnnyballgame wrote:Yes, consider this a Cavs fan talking trash because we're the Champs. Probably would be back to back Champs if not for injuries.. so as much as the media and front runners love to tout the "dubs", the really are lucky to have the one championship they do have.. I doubt Durant gets them back over the hump. What have his teams ever won? In fact, his team choked a 3-1 lead.. he should fit right in on Golden State.

Lol, enjoy your Chip and settle down. You don't need to twist your brain around to believe that the Cavs are near equal to the new Warriors. The Warriors were the better team this year and lost. The only way the Cavs have a shot to repeat is if the injury bug strikes down GS.

Now an injury to a starter will hurt even more. Losing Barnes, Barbosa, Speights, Bogut, Fezeli, Rush.

PG Curry - Livingston
SG Thompson - Livingston/Igoudala
SF Durant - Igoudala
PF Green - West
C O'Neal? - Looney/Perkins?

Cleveland is looking good too.

PG Irving - MoWill
SG Shumpert - Dunleavy
SF Lebron - Jefferson
PF Love - Frye
C Thompson - Kaun

lol, "Losing Barnes". You mean replacing a Barnes who went 5-32 on open shots over the last three games of the finals (which is probably the worst shooting stretch in finals history) with a top 3 overall player in the NBA? You mean replacing Bogut with Pachulia who is a better player and is not a complete scrub like Ezili?

BeGreezy · Post #12 » by **BeGreezy** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 4:34 pm

LeGM made sure they took him in order to bring DWade home. Classy

johnnyballgame · Post #13 » by **johnnyballgame** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 9:34 pm

jigga_man wrote:
Psubs wrote:
Ponchos wrote:

Lol, enjoy your Chip and settle down. You don't need to twist your brain around to believe that the Cavs are near equal to the new Warriors. The Warriors were the better team this year and lost. The only way the Cavs have a shot to repeat is if the injury bug strikes down GS.

Now an injury to a starter will hurt even more. Losing Barnes, Barbosa, Speights, Bogut, Fezeli, Rush.

PG Curry - Livingston
SG Thompson - Livingston/Igoudala
SF Durant - Igoudala
PF Green - West
C O'Neal? - Looney/Perkins?

Cleveland is looking good too.

PG Irving - MoWill
SG Shumpert - Dunleavy
SF Lebron - Jefferson
PF Love - Frye
C Thompson - Kaun

lol, "Losing Barnes". You mean replacing a Barnes who went 5-32 on open shots over the last three games of the finals (which is probably the worst shooting stretch in finals history) with a top 3 overall player in the NBA? You mean replacing Bogut with Pachulia who is a better player and is not a complete scrub like Ezili?

Barnes was bad in the finals because the Cavs defense finally figured out the Warriors had no one they needed to worry about down low and no one really to worry about taking it to the rack. Didn't the rest of the Warriors shoot poorly in those last several games too? I thought so.
Barnes was your third leading scorer over 82 games and more, so let's not act like he didn't contribute at all. He's a solid player who had a bad finals.

Pachulia? You really think he's going to help? A few points maybe... but he couldn't block Mugsy Bogues shot. Lebron and Kyrie are going to penetrate at will against the current W's. And now the Cavs bench could be stronger than the Warriors... methinks a repeat. And Durant will leave next year disappointed with no title.

jigga_man · Post #14 » by **jigga_man** » Thu Jul 7, 2016 10:29 pm

johnnyballgame wrote:
jigga_man wrote:
Psubs wrote:
Now an injury to a starter will hurt even more. Losing Barnes, Barbosa, Speights, Bogut, Fezeli, Rush.

PG Curry - Livingston
SG Thompson - Livingston/Igoudala
SF Durant - Igoudala
PF Green - West
C O'Neal? - Looney/Perkins?

Cleveland is looking good too.

PG Irving - MoWill
SG Shumpert - Dunleavy
SF Lebron - Jefferson
PF Love - Frye
C Thompson - Kaun

lol, "Losing Barnes". You mean replacing a Barnes who went 5-32 on open shots over the last three games of the finals (which is probably the worst shooting stretch in finals history) with a top 3 overall player in the NBA? You mean replacing Bogut with Pachulia who is a better player and is not a complete scrub like Ezili?

Barnes was bad in the finals because the Cavs defense finally figured out the Warriors had no one they needed to worry about down low and no one really to worry about taking it to the rack. Didn't the rest of the Warriors shoot poorly in those last several games too? I thought so.
Barnes was your third leading scorer over 82 games and more, so let's not act like he didn't contribute at all. He's a solid player who had a bad finals.

Pachulia? You really think he's going to help? A few points maybe... but he couldn't block Mugsy Bogues shot. Lebron and Kyrie are going to penetrate at will against the current W's. And now the Cavs bench could be stronger than the Warriors... methinks a repeat. And Durant will leave next year disappointed with no title.

Did the rest of the Warriors shoot 16% over the final three games on open jump shots while being the distant fourth option on offense? I thought so too. That was the main difference in the Finals. The role player that was left open had historically, the most horrific 3 game shooting stretch in NBA finals history. If he was just plain bad then the Warriors would have won.

Barnes wasn't "my" third leading scorer over 82 games, he was fourth. Yes, the Warriors just replaced their distant fourth option and role player with the third overall best player in the league and one of the greatest offensive talents in generations. And while at the same time still upgrading their Center spot.

Maybe your still in the mourning faze right now but you're being straight up delusional. There is a reason why Durant is getting killed over this decision. Barring injury, the Warriors are the biggest favorites to win the NBA title in league history.

johnnyballgame · Post #15 » by **johnnyballgame** » Fri Jul 8, 2016 8:21 am

jigga_man wrote:Did the rest of the Warriors shoot 16% over the final three games on open jump shots while being the distant fourth option on offense? I thought so too. That was the main difference in the Finals. The role player that was left open had historically, the most horrific 3 game shooting stretch in NBA finals history. If he was just plain bad then the Warriors would have won.

Barnes wasn't "my" third leading scorer over 82 games, he was fourth. Yes, the Warriors just replaced their distant fourth option and role player with the third overall best player in the league and one of the greatest offensive talents in generations. And while at the same time still upgrading their Center spot.

Maybe your still in the mourning faze right now but you're being straight up delusional. There is a reason why Durant is getting killed over this decision. Barring injury, the Warriors are the biggest favorites to win the NBA title in league history.

You're right. Its all Barnes fault. He's entirely to blame for the Warriors losing 4 of five games.
The facts are the Cavs beat the Warriors by driving to hole. They didn't even shoot threes til Kyrie buried the dagger.
The Warriors have in no way changed that. In fact, they've made that much worse.
Bogut is better than Pachulia and he fit what the team does, needs and lacks elsewhere WAY, WAY better than Pachulia.
Zaza, Old West and weak Durant aren't stopping the Cavs from taking it right to the rack and repeating.

You must not have watched the finals, because if you had, you'd know Lebron is still the best in the game and the gap between he and Curry is gigantic. The game is about so much more than shooting. The Warriors are the best shooters though. The Cavs have the better plan. Let LeBron penetrate and shoot or pass to open shooters. I'm not eve sure how the Warriors plan on getting inside to create space for their shooters now? Durant an iso ball player.. not good for their team philosophy. If their hope is West and Pachulia, rofl.

As far as the Warriors being favorites, who cares? Weren't they favorites last year? They could be the most over rated team ever. They barely beat LeBron and four backups the previous year. James Jones, Delly, Shumpert were all getting major run and they almost fell down three one and did fall down 2-1 with home court.

Durant getting killed because he didn't have the fortitude to take on and surpass the W's. He chose the easier road. He doesn't have the guts to take on the champions and he's now supposed to be the hero? Good luck with that. As I said, his team choked away a 3-1 lead too. He fits right in on the Warriors, where the so called stars disappear when it counts most, do things that hurt their team (like love other dudes nuts), throw their mouth pieces or complain about officiating.

Wonder why the Warriors were recruiting Durant during their 73 win season anyway? Do you think they all knew the weren't good enough on their own?