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  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,572
    How ironic is this?

    The Cavs trade Thomas and Frye's expiring contracts to the Lakers, which will allow the Lakers to have around $69m in cap space during the off season, which they can use to try and lure Lebron and Paul George to LA. Essentially, the Cavs might have also just traded Lebron to the Lakers in this deal.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,721 Standard Supporter
    Did IT even have a couch of his own in Cleveland? Did he go the rent-to-own route?


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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,919
    I guess this more or less blows the whole LeBron to LA out the water huh???
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,919
    greenblood said:

    How ironic is this?

    The Cavs trade Thomas and Frye's expiring contracts to the Lakers, which will allow the Lakers to have around $69m in cap space during the off season, which they can use to try and lure Lebron and Paul George to LA. Essentially, the Cavs might have also just traded Lebron to the Lakers in this deal.

    It would take more than a Paul George to make a LeBron led Lakers team competitive in the West. It looks more like a total rebuild in LA. I don't doubt that is the Lakers strategy but if LeBron wants to win, LA won't be the place to do it IMO.
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,919
    PurpleThrobber said:

    Did IT even have a couch of his own in Cleveland? Did he go the rent-to-own route?


    He just slept in the car ala Jaydon Mickens.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    greenblood said:

    How ironic is this?

    The Cavs trade Thomas and Frye's expiring contracts to the Lakers, which will allow the Lakers to have around $69m in cap space during the off season, which they can use to try and lure Lebron and Paul George to LA. Essentially, the Cavs might have also just traded Lebron to the Lakers in this deal.

    Fuck Dan Gilbert wiff a rusty cheese grater but if so that's not really a bad strategy. LeBron's leaving Cleveland anyway, and he's already said he won't accept a trade so you're not getting compensation for him. This nudges him to the West where you only have to see him twice a year and he won't ever knock you out of the playoffs (Playoffs?gif) if you somehow get back there. Which you could, because the East sucks.
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  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,572
    salemcoog said:

    greenblood said:

    How ironic is this?

    The Cavs trade Thomas and Frye's expiring contracts to the Lakers, which will allow the Lakers to have around $69m in cap space during the off season, which they can use to try and lure Lebron and Paul George to LA. Essentially, the Cavs might have also just traded Lebron to the Lakers in this deal.

    It would take more than a Paul George to make a LeBron led Lakers team competitive in the West. It looks more like a total rebuild in LA. I don't doubt that is the Lakers strategy but if LeBron wants to win, LA won't be the place to do it IMO.
    Paul George, Lebron James, Kuzma, and Ball isn't bad. If they can add one more piece they could contend.
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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    The Cavs are better than they were yesterday. From that perspective these are good deals.

    I don't think Lebrons decision is going to be impacted by how much cap space the Lakers have. If he's going to LA it's an off the court business decision. It's also possible he's already made his mind up.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    allpurpleallgold said:

    The Cavs are better than they were yesterday. From that perspective these are good deals.

    I don't think Lebrons decision is going to be impacted by how much cap space the Lakers have. If he's going to LA it's an off the court business decision. It's also possible he's already made his mind up.

    Being able to add more pieces around him makes them more attractive to him, IMO.

    He knows his clock is ticking and is going to want to win now, which is why I still think he stays in the east.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,811 Founders Club
    allpurpleallgold said:

    The Cavs are better than they were yesterday. From that perspective these are good deals.

    I don't think Lebrons decision is going to be impacted by how much cap space the Lakers have. If he's going to LA it's an off the court business decision. It's also possible he's already made his mind up.

    Cleveland knows he is going somewhere or else they would have tried to trade the #1 pick for something of great value.

    One of the experts said this locks up the East for Cleveland and he thought they would win the East anyway

    People forget how much James adds to a team. He took Hickory High to the Finals and won two games

    He goes to the Lakers next year and they are better than that team right away

    And as for the Warriors - only the Russell Celtics, Magic Lakers, and the James Heat went to 4 straight Finals or more. Golden State will not join that group. They are quietly imploding and will be just a memory by next season. The West will be open again.

    Rockets over Cavs in 6 this year
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