Yep....no idea what they'll do but I'd be surprised if they didn't make some kind of big deal either before season or by deadline.
Your opinion is certainly valid and possible (maybe even likely).
I wasn’t really focused on size. You can be “short” and still find a way to impact the game defensively. Allen Iverson was my guy. Not a great on the ball defender. Horrible match up vs big guards posting him. But he was always top of the league (top 5) in steals. He found a way to impact the game at that end. I think Holiday and PG both are defensive upgrades to Dame. CJ is no prize on defense either. That’s why CJ/Dame is a bad pairing. They play great at one end off each other but it’s a mess at the other end. Maybe your two guys help that. Or maybe it’s not enough. I’m not a Nurkic guy. He’s a quality starter but thinking he can be a piece of a Big 3 type of deal seems out there to me. And if this team is going to become a contender, he has to be that guy. I just don’t see it. I think Portland is better off going young if Dame forces his way out.
You are assuming someone would be willing to give up a superstar for a “space cadet”. Options are limited because Irving has already showed he doesn’t care what anyone thinks, if he doesn’t feel like playing he doesn’t play. I don’t see that as a very desireable quality.
Agree.....and hard to imagine being shipped from where he said he wanted to play to Portland helps matters.
Funny, but true. He just couldn’t find time to play.
If we assess this in a vacuum they don’t trade their best player at all. You’re almost always guaranteed to lose a deal like that. Maybe they feel like Kyrie is the best they can bring back in a Dame deal.
Just saw a rumor with the Heat that doesn't make a lot of sense for the Cavs I don't think. Sexton and Love for Herro, Iguodala, Achiuwa. Unless latter a lot better than I thought he was.
Think you are taking this a bit too far. are you suggesting teams wouldn't want to have really good players who just aren't elite? Hell, Kyrie was considered such a player after his year 3 season. Many of the same things being said about Sexton were said about him. I doubt the Cavs at that time regretted the notion they were eventually going to have t pay him max or near max to keep him.
The notion you could not get much in return for a 22-year-old with an obscene work ethic who gets better and better every season is baffling.
An excellent question and even after watching him I don't know what the answer is. Might be a little of both. Might still be a good player, but not $30 mil good.
which is why if I'm the cavs and want to deal Sexton I would not insist Love be attached.
Wow. Iggy is old and Herro is coming off a meh Sophomore season. I don’t like Achiuwa much at all. Not sure why this would interest the Cavs.
