The Cavs Andrew Wiggins/Kevin Love Dilemma*Update* Deal is finalized

[BallGame]

The league owned the team and NO's best player was involved. You can't change the direction of a franchise when the other owners have a stake in the team.

That would make total sense if he wasn't trade IMMEDIATELY afterwards

 

[Microfracture]

That would make total sense if he wasn't trade IMMEDIATELY afterwards

Just looked at the details again. League still owned the team but when he was traded to the Clippers, the T-Wolves pick and other picks were involved. We know Dragic is a good player now but we didn't know that then and NO wasn't even getting the 2nd best player involved (which was Pau). So it was Stern's decision to make, and multiple owners had spoken out against the trade because a portion of their money was involved.

Now the Wolves are getting as much as you could ask for in a trade for your star. Essentially 3 1st round picks and a potential franchise player. The Wolves have an acting owner which makes everything more cut & dry.

 

[jaguar paw]

Bill Simmons on Kevin Love to Cleveland



http://grantland.com/features/kevin-love-lebron-james-trade-minnesota-timberwolves/

It’s not rocket science. Put a very good basketball player in a great situation and he’s going to thrive. Everyone knows what Cleveland acquired. But was about Love? He acquired the world’s best player, a talented point guard, a heat-check scorer, a decent group of role players and an intriguing twist to the “Uncle Drew” franchise. He won’t have to settle for 24-footers because he’s tired of being double-teamed. He can do what he does best — rebound, play the inside-outside game, throw outlets and rebound some more.

I see Cleveland playing Love as a small-ball 5 much like Coach K did.

I see David Blatt pushing them to run and run and run some more.

I see Love’s extraordinary outlet passes being celebrated around the globe.

I see him becoming a legitimate threat to be a 22-15-5 guy and maybe even average 16 boards a game (which hasn’t happened since Rodman).

I see my favorite Cavs lineup being their small-ball group with LeBron, Love, Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters and a spread-the-floor shooter … and not-so-coincidentally, looking very ’93 Suns-ish.

I see Love thriving on the pick-and-pop with LeBron or Kyrie to frighteningly efficient degrees.

I see anyone who said this week that (a) Cleveland gave up too much, and/or (b) Love isn’t as good as people think, feeling stupid.

I see myself feeling sorry for Minnesota fans again.

I see this trade reinventing Love’s NBA career much like Phoenix reinvented Barkley. Love won’t win the MVP, but he’ll win our respect. And he won’t be polarizing anymore. He’s going to kill it in Cleveland. I really believe that.

But you know what’s really funny? I don’t know if Love would have killed it in Golden State. This goes back to the Carmelo-Dirk discussion from my Carmelo column — superstars can play with anyone, but almost-but-not-quite-superstars need the right supporting cast to thrive. Love has found the right team in Cleveland, and in the irony of ironies, he can thank Kahn for that. Had Kahn signed him to that five-year max, Love would be entering Year 3 of a painfully long deal. With no trade leverage whatsoever.

Instead, he gets to play with LeBron James on the league’s newest signature team. That’s right … David Kahn was Kevin Love’s savior all along. I’m going to walk outside and wait for it to rain frogs.

 

[Scientific Playa]

i ain't know he was a playboi

Some NBA Swirl: Cleveland Cavs Baller Kyrie Irving Kicks It With An Embarrassed Becky

http://bossip.com/1014359/some-nba-...ie-irving-kicks-it-with-an-embarrassed-becky/

more chicks

 

[Karume]

some clips of the type of offense the cavs may run. check out the How U channel for even more.

 

[duckbutta]

I see a team with...

1 interior defender who is consistently hurt and misses 35 - 45 % of damn near every season...

1 point guard who is one of the worst defenders at his position and in the league period...always misses a significant part of the season with an injury

2 ball dominant players who have never played in the nba without the ball in their hands the majority of the time...one of these guys is going to have to completely change how they have played professional basketball their entire career up until now...neither one of these 2 players is kevin love...

0 backup point guards to fill in for the one point guard who is always
injured

1 guy who's only talent is shooting the ball now being a probably 4th option behind bron, love, kyrie

0 big men outside of one who gets hurt a lot and one who doesn't play defense...

Perhaps my blender is broken...cause when I mix all those things together I don't get a team that can win a title...

Luckily Lebron doesn't think so either so i guess this was all a waste of time...

 

[Dayco23]

Bill Simmons on Kevin Love to Cleveland



http://grantland.com/features/kevin-love-lebron-james-trade-minnesota-timberwolves/

The thing i found interesting about Simmon's article is how he compares our squad to the '93 suns. I dont know if he had this in mind when he wrote it, but Griffin was an intern on the Suns during that run and just moved up in the organization after that with Nash, Stoudomire, etc teams. Griffin said in interviews that he wanted to put a team together that would have a similar philosophy to those suns teams. Pretty cool to see his vision come to fruition if ya ask me.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

The thing i found interesting about Simmon's article is how he compares our squad to the '93 suns. I dont know if he had this in mind when he wrote it, but Griffin was an intern on the Suns during that run and just moved up in the organization after that with Nash, Stoudomire, etc teams. Griffin said in interviews that he wanted to put a team together that would have a similar philosophy to those suns teams. Pretty cool to see his vision come to fruition if ya ask me.

fair enough but

I see this trade reinventing Love’s NBA career much like Phoenix reinvented Barkley.

phoenix didn't REINVENT barkley..thats pretty silly...his identity was well established and his numbers were pretty idnetical and the only gameplay difference I recall [i remember the end of his philly time and all of his phoenix time] was that he handled the ball more often outside of the key...

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

The thing i found interesting about Simmon's article is how he compares our squad to the '93 suns. I dont know if he had this in mind when he wrote it, but Griffin was an intern on the Suns during that run and just moved up in the organization after that with Nash, Stoudomire, etc teams. Griffin said in interviews that he wanted to put a team together that would have a similar philosophy to those suns teams. Pretty cool to see his vision come to fruition if ya ask me.

As a Suns fan, those are my most cherished squads...'93 and the Nash era(Particularly '04-'05)


COTDAMNIT...I might have to root for the Cavs now

 

[LordTaskForce]

I see a team with...

1 interior defender who is consistently hurt and misses 35 - 45 % of damn near every season...

1 point guard who is one of the worst defenders at his position and in the league period...always misses a significant part of the season with an injury

2 ball dominant players who have never played in the nba without the ball in their hands the majority of the time...one of these guys is going to have to completely change how they have played professional basketball their entire career up until now...neither one of these 2 players is kevin love...

0 backup point guards to fill in for the one point guard who is always
injured

1 guy who's only talent is shooting the ball now being a probably 4th option behind bron, love, kyrie

0 big men outside of one who gets hurt a lot and one who doesn't play defense...

Perhaps my blender is broken...cause when I mix all those things together I don't get a team that can win a title...

Luckily Lebron doesn't think so either so i guess this was all a waste of time...

you have such a complete understanding of the game. why don't you have a front office job in the nba?

 

[duckbutta]

you have such a complete understanding of the game. why don't you have a front office job in the nba?

Nobodies smart enough to hire me.

 

[Brozay]

They aren't going to give up 101 a night.

They could lay down on the floor on defense and Chicago would still struggle to get over 85 points.

 

[Brozay]

COTDAMNIT...I might have to root for the Cavs now

 

[BStapies]

I see a team with...

1 interior defender who is consistently hurt and misses 35 - 45 % of damn near every season...

1 point guard who is one of the worst defenders at his position and in the league period...always misses a significant part of the season with an injury

2 ball dominant players who have never played in the nba without the ball in their hands the majority of the time...one of these guys is going to have to completely change how they have played professional basketball their entire career up until now...neither one of these 2 players is kevin love...

0 backup point guards to fill in for the one point guard who is always
injured

1 guy who's only talent is shooting the ball now being a probably 4th option behind bron, love, kyrie

0 big men outside of one who gets hurt a lot and one who doesn't play defense...

Perhaps my blender is broken...cause when I mix all those things together I don't get a team that can win a title...

Luckily Lebron doesn't think so either so i guess this was all a waste of time...

Lol pure hatrid u talking.

Not that mention false stuff

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

I didn't say become a fan, just a lil rooting....Hell, I'm even rooting for the Bulls now that they have Gasol.


I love basketball first...teams second.Suns are closest to my heart, but I can appreciate another dope squad.