Cavs and Nets

[JJ_PR]

Cavs get: Day'Ron Sharpe and Dariq Whitehead
Nets get: Max Strus

Why?
Cavs address their bench and save money.
Nets get a veteran shooter that can help them or could be flipped for assets.

[daoneandonly]

Don't see why BKN would want to pay Strus without incentive

[jbk1234]

Strus is the best player in the trade by a considerable margin IMO. Due to health, I'm pretty sure he's played the most playoff minutes of any Cavalier since signing here. There's no way I'd move him in a trade like this.

[BK_2020]

Strus isn't great but he's also not bad. He gave the Cavs 28 mpg in the playoffs last season. It would make zero sense for the Cavs, and it will weaken not strengthen their bench, to deal him for a 3rd center who won't see the floor in the playoffs and a guy who's played all of 1000 minutes in his entire career.

[JKiddy]

This trade hurts the Nets.

[jbk1234]

This trade hurts the Nets.

By hurting the tank?

[JKiddy]

It hurts them too much in every way. Sharpe > Strus for what the Nets need long term. I guess if CLE throws in a nice pick they would consider it.

[BK_2020]

If Sharpe was worth a nice pick the Nets wouldn't have declined his QO and Sharpe wouldn't have signed for 2/12.

[toooskies]

It hurts them too much in every way. Sharpe > Strus for what the Nets need long term. I guess if CLE throws in a nice pick they would consider it.

I don't think a contract worth less than half the MLE for only two years means that Sharpe is in the Nets' long-term plans. You don't get a "nice pick" for that guy.

It also implies the Nets even HAVE long-term plans when it's kind of unclear what they're intending to do at all. They aren't particularly committed to their current players but didn't spend their cap space to eat contracts either (unless you hate MPJ's deal). They didn't facilitate and accumulate future assets. They drafted five guys, three of whom play the same position.

The assumption is they're going to keep trading for more assets until they eventually make a big move? But it's unclear when that's ever going to happen.

[JKiddy]

The Nets need a big. They do not want to trade Sharpe. They want him to stay on the roster for those 2 seasons to see if he continually grows. Strus is pretty good. But, they need a big and Sharpe is big. Does that make sense?

[ecuhus1981]

As JKiddy stated, this deal is a no from Brooklyn. If you want to kick us Garland for caspace and future picks to facilitate a Lebron deal, cool. Otherwise, I don't see Cleveland and Brooklyn trading this season.