Cavs made a huge mistake and traded the wrong big man

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Re: Cavs made a huge mistake and traded the wrong big man 

Post#361 » by Warriorfan » Sat Apr 1, 2023 12:32 pm

Mr Loggins wrote:
Warriorfan wrote:
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I see…so because the cavs are a small market and havent historically attracted big time free agents, they should keep three picks that are likely to be late fiest round rather than trade them for a 26 year old top-15 player who is under a long term contract?

haha, makes perfect sense to me
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Facts it's younger all star big. Young 6th man scorer and picks. Keep in mind Mitchell who never has been an MVP type averages 15 missed games a season.

Is 4th seed a contender

How many of those multi pick deals worked out long term.

Lakers and Mil were adding to an MVP 1 title each.



Well, the fact that you keep changing your argument suggests that your position is not a strong one.

But I’ll play along

- Markannan has missed many more games over his career compared to Mitchell. Sexton is pretty durable save for the season he missed (though meniscus tears can predispose to early arthritis).

- beyond that, numbers on a bad/mediocre team often don’t matter. I’ll wait to see what Lauri and Sexton can do on a good team.

- I think most people recognize this 4th seed on lace for 53 wins is just the start. Many feel that players ages 21, 23, 25 & 26 will continue to improve. I guess you feel they have peaked and should only decline from there


Its not changing the argument its adding reasons why it was not a good trade.
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Re: Cavs made a huge mistake and traded the wrong big man 

Post#362 » by Sunlight » Sun Apr 23, 2023 7:42 pm

Trade looks bad right now.
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Re: Cavs made a huge mistake and traded the wrong big man 

Post#363 » by FranchisePlayer » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:47 pm

Maybe not as a whole, though. But do the Cavs need out there against the Knicks a big who can actually shoot behind the arc...

Maybe they did trade the wrong big man.
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