gswhoops wrote:kobe_vs_jordan wrote:gswhoops wrote:I get that you may not want to trade LeBron for him, but saying Jarett Allen doesn't move the needle for a contender is just silly. He's currently starting and playing 30 minutes a night for the team with the best record in the league.
He was a 30 mpg starter on the bad Cavs team years too
And…? He’s literally right now moving the needle for a contender. I don’t know what the argument is that despite that he’s somehow not a needle mover on a contender
Yeah both sides of this are weird. Allen is a good player playing a key role on a very very good team. And yes you can be a good player on bad teams. Luka and AD just got traded for each other as high impact players and both have played on teams recently that weren't in the playoffs.
And Lebron is still a very good player who you would want in the playoffs. No he isn't 2017 Lebron any longer. But Cleveland no longer needs him to come in and be everything for the team. And I firmly believe Lebron would come in and play very much a team game.
I suspect we are going to see him let Luka be the main guy on offense without a single issue. And I think he'd do the same joining Cleveland.
It can't happen because of the money, but we don't need to trash really good players to say why this deal just isn't a fit.