Kevin Love AGAIN (with poll)

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Would you trade for Kevin Love?

  1. Yes for anyone other than Lillard and McCollum

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  2. Yes for anyone other than Lillard, McCollum or Nurkic

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  3. Yes for scrubs

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  4. Not at any price

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  1. SwissBlazer

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    They've never been to specific in what would Cleveland want.

    But a Love for Harkless + Meyers + Trent works juste fine.

    Problems?

    1. Our backcourt.

    Dame / Simons
    CJ /
    Bazemore / Little
    Love / Labissiere
    Nurkic / Collins

    2. Cap situation. Incoming salaries are 5.2 higher then outcoming. We will then have trouble having a potent backup SG. But in this case our team would be really good. Good enough to convice veterans to sign for cheap?
     
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    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    You traded Leonard and then have him listed on the depth chart. If we could do that and re-sign Hood somehow it's not bad I just really get worried about having Love at his age with that contract.
     
    hoopsjock, Jun 25, 2019
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    Love can be damned expensive!
     
    riverman, Jun 25, 2019
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    Fixed. Thanks. Skal as backup PF and Collins backup C.
     
    SwissBlazer, Jun 25, 2019
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    For what its worth, Bazemore just followed Love on instagram (Love follows him back). Could mean nothing, could mean something
     
    DollaBel, Jun 26, 2019
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    great find.
     
    illmatic99, Jun 26, 2019
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    That probably means nothing but he made a story when driving through Portland on his IG account.
     
    SwissBlazer, Jun 26, 2019
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    I would not trade Zach, but for cap purposes/example of what it would take to work financially:

    Harkless
    Leonard
    Collins
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Jun 27, 2019
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    Already been posted a few times, but, will repeat, Harkless, Leonard and either Trent or Skal works financially. Collins isn't needed to make the $ work.

    I imagine I'll post this 2-4 more times in this thread for those who miss it and say what we'll have to include to make the $ work.
     
    RR7, Jun 27, 2019
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    We would have literally zero frontcourt while Nurk is out.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Would this team compete for a title

    Dame/Ant
    CJ/Baze
    Hood/Layman/Little
    Love/Collins
    Nurk/Kanter

    I think that team (as impossible as it would be to re-sign Hood and Kanter) would compete for a title.
     
    Natebishop3, Jun 27, 2019
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    Trying to make the trade work.

    We trade Harkless, Leonard and either Trent or Skal.

    Cavs trade Love; injury prone, on the downhill side of his career, on a very bad contract with 4 years remaining.

    How many unprotected first round picks do the Cavs need to add to make this trade work? I say at least 4, or no deal.
     
    oldfisherman, Jun 27, 2019
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    4???? How about 1?
     
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    The problem is Love's long injury history. Given his age timeline with his contract, the games lost to injuries will increase, not decrease.

    How about this idea. Make the 4 picks, one for each season of his contract, conditional.

    Every season Love plays 60 or more regular season games, and is healthy enough to play in all playoff games that season. The Cavs keep one pick.
     
    oldfisherman, Jun 27, 2019
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    Impossible. How can you define "healthy"? If he is rested one night, how does it count?
     
    SwissBlazer, Jun 27, 2019
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    oldfisherman Unicorn Wrangler

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    Simple.
    Love is dressed, on the bench, and available to play.

    I worded it that way to protect the Cavs. Without the protection. If Stotts keeps Love on the bench, dnpcd, for just one playoff game, it would cost the Cavs a first round pick.
     
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  19. BonesJones

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    They could list a fake injury just to get a pick though.
     
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    See your point, not sure how to prevent this? Any ideas?

    My point is. Love is a good player, when he plays. The only way we make this trade is if he plays when we need him the most, the playoffs.

    If Love does not play, it costs us much more than his lost production. We can not afford to gamble $30 million a year, for 4 years on a player that does not play in the playoffs. It would cripple the team.

    We need some sort of protection to take on his huge contract, due to his yearly injuries. Or no deal.
     
    oldfisherman, Jun 27, 2019
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