In the ongoing "Will Lebron go to NY?" discussion on ESPN, it was suggested that Clevelend make the first move and trade Lebron early in order to get a new stable of stars. The example that they use is: Lebron/Hickson/Pavlovic for Roy/Fernandez/Lamarcus/Raef Would you do it? The risk is that Lebron would leave for a big market in 2010, but you still get 2 years of Lebron with Oden. Blake/Sergio Webster/Bayless Lebron/Outlaw/Nic Frye/Ike Oden/Joel Hmm. Maybe Cleveland could take Outlaw instead of Rudy.
LOL... Laker fans would be foaming at the mouth to trade Kobe for LeBron... Anyway, i'd do LaMarcus, Rudy, 1st, Raef, Outlaw, etc... for LeBron and whatever contracts tey want to unload... id take 'em all and match salaries tbh. Rudy will probably be a star soon, but we DO have Roy... I would HATE to give up Roy, and I really think LeBron and Roy would be SOO AMAZING together, and LeBron would elevate Oden's game insanely much because Oden would be open for Dunks ALL THE TIME. Damn... the thoughts of a Roy, LeBron, Oden trio... wow.
But if we HAD to give up Roy and it was a deal breaker... *sigh*... i'd make sure we got to keep Rudy, def... Blake | Sergio Rudy | Bayless LeBron | Batum Outlaw | Frye Oden | Przybilla But i'd tell them they can unload any contract, take any number of our 1st rounders, and make every player available outside Oden and Roy for LeBron and whoever else they want to trade, and we will make the numbers match... OR in the off-season we can take on MORE money with the extra cap space, or w/e.
they can't have anything of value unless lebron first on his own says he wants to be here and commits to signing an extension with us. waste of time to speculate about trying to rent him. there are no circumstances where that would happen.
I'd have to talk to James first and see if he is willing to re-sign with Portland for the max, whether he wants to be in Portland, both the team and the city. If he'd be willing to re-sign, I'd do it.
OK, so as I see it not one of you would trade: Lebron/Hickson/Pavlovic for Roy/Fernandez/Lamarcus/Raef Interesting. Edit: At least Minstrel considered it.
Not gonna happen but just for this thread. I think you trade Roy his effectiveness would be drastically reduced and Rudy would fit better with LeBron. That said I don't want him, he's become a me first type of person. He's treating Cleveland like shit..!
no deal, no player is worth aldridge, roy, AND rudy plus it makes no sense to give up 2 sg's and keep all 3 of our sf's.
not interesting, boring. the OP's question was would you do that trade to rent lebron for less than 2 years and hope he re-signs. of course not. if you stipulate that he signs an extension with us that's a different question.
WOW!! That doesn't show on the basketball floor. Is wearing a Yankees cap really that bad? From what I heard...Lebron needs to develop a me first mentality to take over games.
yea not worth it, bron would just go to shitty ass new york because he cares about business more than winning.
Sorry, but I still find it interesting that the majority of the posters here share the same idea on this proposal. I don't think it is boring.
