"Give me Damian Lillard. I'll show you how appreciated he'll be." @KingJames on if Damian Lillard is appreciated enough (Via @cavs) How about Lebron to Portland?
I think we could make it happen. I think we could put together a package for the Cavs to rebuild, while keeping the team mostly intact.
I am guessing buried in this video somewhere http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/video/...1134599127-180315-shootaround-lebron-1990403/
Hometown boy CJ would be a hell of a rebuilding block for the Cavs to start with. And we can easily find a SG for the tax MLE, especially with lebron on the roster.
If he wanted to come here, it would be amazing. I'd gladly deal CJ/Harkless/Aminu for Clarkson and a S&T'd Lebron. But even if Lebron and Cleveland were both down with that, I don't think even that would be enough outgoing to keep us far enough below the apron to be able to keep Nurkic and Davis, unless Lebron actually took a significant pay cut.
Forget clarkson. We can find a better SG for the MLE. CJ, Aminus expiring, and our first for Lebron. That's a hell of a deal for Cleveland in a sign and trade.
The hard cap would still be an issue if he came in a S&T. Now, if he did the Chris Paul opt-in-and-trade...that would be a different story, and that would be something we could work with.
"Give me Damian Lillard. I'll show you how appreciated he'll be." Jeff Beck once tried to steal Keith Moon from the Who by having him play drums on the song, "Beck's Bolero." When Pete Townsend found out about it. He just stared daggers at Beck all night in club they were both partying in. That is me right now, staring daggers at Lebron.
I could see someone like Redick taking the tax MLE to win a ring. Guys like Barton are too young to be taking paycuts Imagine this 5 Dame Redick Lebron Collins Nurkic
More talking about whether or not we'd be able to keep Nurkic. If Lebron came over in a S/T starting at $35M (a figure I'm using simply because it's his salary next year if he were to exercise his player option), the 7 guaranteed contracts we'd have at that point (LBJ, Dame, ET, Mo, MyLe, ZCo, Biggie) would total about $107M, and we'd be hard capped at 129M. Factor in the $5M in dead cap salaries, and allocate the $850K rookie minimum for roster spots 8-13, and we'd be limited to a maximum of $11.5M starting salary for re-signing Nurkic. I don't think that would be enough to keep him. Given the choice, would we want to deal CJ, Nurkic, Aminu, Shabazz, Davis, and a pick for Lebron? Because for him to S&T, that's essentially what we'd be doing. And if that were the case, would he really want to come here if we had to lose half our roster in the process?
I don’t think 11.5m is too crazy of a number for Nurkic. I personally don’t see his number going over 15, just based on the expected market. I’ll leave the gymnastics to Olshey and co. But guys take paycuts to play with Lebron all the time. This wouldn’t be any different.
What does that mean? He wants Dame in CLE? Cuz if he meant getting Dame in POR, it would be Dame getting Lebron, not the other way around.
