The super Melo to Portland thread + The Big Blockbuster

I think I'll take Bron's opinion over yours. He literally made them trade for Kevin Love. Bron, Kyrie, and Love have always been known as their "big 3".

 

When evaluating potential trades something I try to factor is how the incoming player fits the coach and system. The reason the Spurs have maintained success is they repeatedly get players that work with the system Popovic has in place. As an analogy if you have and Indy car driver you get him and Indy car and have him race Indy races, you don't get him a Rally car and send him to Pikes Peak.

So a big part of the equation is how will Stotts utilize a player... Don't like Stotts, too bad, he's the coach and there's no indication that will change anytime soon. Olshey would not being doing his job if he gave the coach the wrong tools.

 

No, because the salaries don't match and the trade machine doesn't know that incoming and outgoing salaries have to be within $5M.

Its also not a really 3-team trade, its just two different deals lumped together that wouldn't work under the cap.

 

Yeah I think it works for the CAVs. I think Lebron likes the fact that Love can spread the floor and rebound and pass. LBJ needs room to attack the rim and having two post players down low (and the 2 players guarding them) makes it a bit congested. Against the Warriors he strolled down the lane with little resistance.

 

Says the guy who consistently makes 4-7 team blockbuster trade scenarios?

 

Lol. Thing is, they're made for fun and all make sense and work with the cap but people don't look past the 3-4 team part.

 

LeBron is a guy who has been known to change his opinion.

 

I'm sure they'd like Harkless, but I am sending him to Cleveland. I need Love coming in to hopefully make sure PG will stay. If I know Love is coming, I am willing to give more to Indiana, but of course not any more than it would take.

 

How is that possible; ESPN can't come up with a program that factors that in? I am disappointed.

But that still doesn't mess up my trade idea. It just means have to exercise second year on Ezeli and he and Davis (or Frye) go to Indiana so salaries match up with them.And, by God, here it is on Trade Machine, whether it's doing it right or not!http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yc6xjvbg

 

That would work. It's still completely unrealistic to think we could trade the awful contracts of Crabbe and Leonard as well as Harkless for Kevin Love.

 

I like them both a lot. I don't see the Blazers getting either. I kind of think LeBron and Cleveland will try to land George this offseason as their answer to KD and the Warriors.

 

Lebron loves CJ....local Ohio kid....they'd want CJ for Love if I'm not mistaken

 

That's a big rock hard raging veiny no.

 

I'm sure they'd WANT CJ, but they wouldn't GET him for Love

 

Yeah, I wouldn't move CJ for Kevin although I do like Kevin and think he would be great here.

 

yeah...they're not trading him for Beibs I promise

 

The only things they can really offer for George are Irving or Love. I'm sure Indiana would jump at Irving (George is much better, but likely leaving) but Cleveland wouldn't trade Irving since Irving is a folk hero in Cleveland. I doubt Indiana would be interested in Love--if they dump George, it's rebuild time and Love isn't really on the right timetable for a rebuild. But it's at least plausible, if Indiana wants to sell their fans that they "got a star back."

 

I think it will be Love on the move.