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RoadDawg55
RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
edited July 2018 in Basketball Board
Extend Kevin Love. 4 years $120 million.

He already lacks athleticism and can't guard anyone. It's only going to get worse as he ages.

It was over when LeBron left. Blow it up, although they still would do that wrong too.

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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,738 Founders Club
    edited July 2018

    Extend Kevin Love. 4 years $120 million.

    He already lacks athleticism and can't guard anyone. It's only going to get worse as he ages.

    It was over when LeBron left. Blow it up, although they still would do that wrong too.

    When @backthepack is @RaceBannon 's age the Cavs still will have never won anything of note post Bron. It's over Cleveland. Go back to sucking forever now.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,715 Founders Club

    Cleveland will join Portland, 1976, and Seattle 1978, in fondly remembering their one title for the next century

    It's an amazing title. They all count the same in the books, but they did beat a 73 win team after being down 3-1.
    Its the most fun I have had in the NBA Finals since the Heat beat SA
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,015

    Cleveland will join Portland, 1976, and Seattle 1978, in fondly remembering their one title for the next century

    It's an amazing title. They all count the same in the books, but they did beat a 73 win team after being down 3-1.
    Its the most fun I have had in the NBA Finals since the Heat beat SA
    Mavs beating the Heat was a blast for me. I always rooted against LeBron until the 3-1 GS series, where he cemented himself as the GOAT.
    *GOAT for those in the league after 2001.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123

    Cleveland will join Portland, 1976, and Seattle 1978, in fondly remembering their one title for the next century

    It's an amazing title. They all count the same in the books, but they did beat a 73 win team after being down 3-1.
    Its the most fun I have had in the NBA Finals since the Heat beat SA
    Mavs beating the Heat was a blast for me. I always rooted against LeBron until the 3-1 GS series, where he cemented himself as the GOAT.
    *GOAT for those in the league after 2001.
    Fish on! @Tequilla, the bait has been dangled.
  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499

    Cleveland will join Portland, 1976, and Seattle 1978, in fondly remembering their one title for the next century

    It's an amazing title. They all count the same in the books, but they did beat a 73 win team after being down 3-1.

  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,229 Founders Club

    Cleveland will join Portland, 1976, and Seattle 1978, in fondly remembering their one title for the next century

    It's an amazing title. They all count the same in the books, but they did beat a 73 win team after being down 3-1.
    The Sonics defeated Wes Unseld for their title. Pretty much the same thing, Roadie-san.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,715 Founders Club
    The Blazers were down 0-2 to the first super team of the merger era, your Philadelphia Sixers
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,149 Standard Supporter
    I don't think the signing is as bad as it appears at first blush. They kept the one tradeable asset they have and his numbers are going to be inflated next season. I would be shocked if he's there more than the next 1.5 years.

    Also, teams have to hit a minimum threshold for spending against the cap (90%). They have room for the 19-20 season, and basically nobody aside from Love committed beyond then. No big name FA's are going to sign there.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,015
    Y'all just haters on the crackers. You have NO idea what Kevin Love went through growing up on the mean streets of Lake Oswego. None.

  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,715 Founders Club
    We? spent every other Christmas in Lake O growing up. My uncle lived there on the golf course

    #ThugLife
  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    hes on a 5 year deal, that's the point. if they didn't extend him there would be a clock ticking on how much time they had left to trade him. now they have 5 years to decide what to do

    if the clippers can trade blake griffin after signing him to an albatross, kevin love can (and probably will) be traded
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    Gladstone said:

    hes on a 5 year deal, that's the point. if they didn't extend him there would be a clock ticking on how much time they had left to trade him. now they have 5 years to decide what to do

    if the clippers can trade blake griffin after signing him to an albatross, kevin love can (and probably will) be traded

    Blake Griffin is damaged goods, but he's still a lot better than Kevin Love.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    edited July 2018

    I don't think the signing is as bad as it appears at first blush. They kept the one tradeable asset they have and his numbers are going to be inflated next season. I would be shocked if he's there more than the next 1.5 years.

    Also, teams have to hit a minimum threshold for spending against the cap (90%). They have room for the 19-20 season, and basically nobody aside from Love committed beyond then. No big name FA's are going to sign there.

    They already have a lot of bad contracts. JR Smith, Tristan Thompson, George Hill, Clarkson, Korver, etc. They are years away from hitting the minimum.

    They should tank. Instead they will win 35-40 games this year and be in the late lottery.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839

    I don't think the signing is as bad as it appears at first blush. They kept the one tradeable asset they have and his numbers are going to be inflated next season. I would be shocked if he's there more than the next 1.5 years.

    Also, teams have to hit a minimum threshold for spending against the cap (90%). They have room for the 19-20 season, and basically nobody aside from Love committed beyond then. No big name FA's are going to sign there.

    They already have a lot of bad contracts. JR Smith, Tristan Thompson, George Hill, Clarkson, Korver, etc. They are years away from hitting the minimum.

    They should tank. Instead they will win 35-40 games this year and be in the late lottery.
    They're not winning 40 games.

    I'd set the O/U at 30.

    Agree they should tank.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123

    Now that LeBron is gone, who cares?

    Good point
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,149 Standard Supporter

    I don't think the signing is as bad as it appears at first blush. They kept the one tradeable asset they have and his numbers are going to be inflated next season. I would be shocked if he's there more than the next 1.5 years.

    Also, teams have to hit a minimum threshold for spending against the cap (90%). They have room for the 19-20 season, and basically nobody aside from Love committed beyond then. No big name FA's are going to sign there.

    They already have a lot of bad contracts. JR Smith, Tristan Thompson, George Hill, Clarkson, Korver, etc. They are years away from hitting the minimum.

    They should tank. Instead they will win 35-40 games this year and be in the late lottery.
    Those contracts come off the books by 2020. If they keep Love for the full length of his new deal they'll have a bunch of rookie/mid-level deals around him and be nowhere close to the 90% spending rule. That's why his deal isn't that bad.

    But really, he's going to get traded this season after he puts up a 23/12/5 line.
  • Squirt
    Squirt Member Posts: 485

    They already have a lot of bad contracts. JR Smith, Tristan Thompson, George Hill, Clarkson, Korver, etc. They are years away from hitting the minimum.

    They should tank. Instead they will win 35-40 games this year and be in the late lottery.

    Those contracts come off the books by 2020. If they keep Love for the full length of his new deal they'll have a bunch of rookie/mid-level deals around him and be nowhere close to the 90% spending rule. That's why his deal isn't that bad.

    But really, he's going to get traded this season after he puts up a 23/12/5 line.
    The Smith and Hill contracts have only small, partial guarantees for 2019-20, so Cleveland can cut them and create a bunch of cap space next offseason.

    Still, Dan Gilbert is a shitty owner who meddles too much with basketball affairs. So it probably doesn't matter.
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,559
    edited July 2018
    It might be such a stupid deal, that it's smart. It ties all of their money into a slow nonathletic 4. This could be seen as a tank job to scoop up multiple lotto picks like Philly did. When Love's contract expires, that team could be loaded with young talent and huge cap space as long as they keep losing. I actually "love" this move.