The Kang Leads His Healthy Knights To Prove They're The Uncrowned Champs:2015-16 Cavs Thread
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OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
I hope we see 2012 Bron again
Good to see he mad/focused n shyt but Kyrie need to last a full season healthy first.
nikka is just too talented to be so fukkin brittle.
Think dat version of Bron has passed, breh. He's still a beast but a different version of one. Just want da squad healthy & ready to fukk nikkas up come post season. 
Don't ever doubt Bron
OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
Keep that Heat shyt out of this thread.
HomieSoprano
Whattaya hear, whattaya say?
shyt
OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
JP_614
Superstar
I have a feeling this season is gonna have another slow start
As long as we make the playoffs we good fam just hope lebron reduces his mintues if he can
GM David Griffin expects Tristan Thompson to be in camp Friday
By JASON LLOYD Published: October 1, 2015
INDEPENDENCE: Cavs general manager David Griffin said he expects Tristan Thompson to be on the practice floor Friday, although he declined to speculate under what type of contract.
Thompson is facing an 11:59 p.m. deadline Thursday night to accept the Cavs’ qualifying offer worth about $7 million or reject it and continue negotiations, at which point he would be considered a holdout. The team had the right to extend the Oct. 1 deadline for Thompson to sign the qualifying offer, but declined to do so.
“We fully expect (Friday) he’ll be here in some form or fashion and we’re excited to get going,” Griffin told NBA TV during a live broadcast of Thursday’s Cavs practice. “We’re hopeful that he wants to move forward with his teammates in the same way we want to have Tristan here. If we can come to some agreement we will.”
The two sides remain apart on a long-term deal. If Thompson accepts the qualifying offer, he will be an unrestricted free agent after the season.
Contracts are fairly rigid under the collective bargaining agreement, making holdouts rare in the NBA – although they do happen. Anderson Varejao’s bitter contract dispute spilled into December in 2007 before he finally signed a three-year, $17 million offer sheet with the Charlotte Bobcats that was quickly matched by the Cavs.
“It wasn’t easy for me. I missed the first 21 games if I remember,” Varejao said Thursday. “But I had to do it back then because I felt like I was disrespected with the offer they offered me. I don’t really know what’s going on with Tristan right now, numbers and stuff, I’m not sure. But I’m pretty confident he will be here soon.”
LeBron James twice in recent days also said he was optimistic the two sides would reach agreement on a long-term deal sooner than later.
If Thompson refuses to sign the qualifying offer and negotiations continue, he is still free to seek a deal with another team. The Cavs still have the right to match it. Presently only two teams have the cap space to offer Thompson the type of deal he is seeking – the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers.
“I’ll be interested to see what happens at 11:59 tonight,” coach David Blatt said. “We’ll go from there.”
By JASON LLOYD Published: October 1, 2015
INDEPENDENCE: Cavs general manager David Griffin said he expects Tristan Thompson to be on the practice floor Friday, although he declined to speculate under what type of contract.
Thompson is facing an 11:59 p.m. deadline Thursday night to accept the Cavs’ qualifying offer worth about $7 million or reject it and continue negotiations, at which point he would be considered a holdout. The team had the right to extend the Oct. 1 deadline for Thompson to sign the qualifying offer, but declined to do so.
“We fully expect (Friday) he’ll be here in some form or fashion and we’re excited to get going,” Griffin told NBA TV during a live broadcast of Thursday’s Cavs practice. “We’re hopeful that he wants to move forward with his teammates in the same way we want to have Tristan here. If we can come to some agreement we will.”
The two sides remain apart on a long-term deal. If Thompson accepts the qualifying offer, he will be an unrestricted free agent after the season.
Contracts are fairly rigid under the collective bargaining agreement, making holdouts rare in the NBA – although they do happen. Anderson Varejao’s bitter contract dispute spilled into December in 2007 before he finally signed a three-year, $17 million offer sheet with the Charlotte Bobcats that was quickly matched by the Cavs.
“It wasn’t easy for me. I missed the first 21 games if I remember,” Varejao said Thursday. “But I had to do it back then because I felt like I was disrespected with the offer they offered me. I don’t really know what’s going on with Tristan right now, numbers and stuff, I’m not sure. But I’m pretty confident he will be here soon.”
LeBron James twice in recent days also said he was optimistic the two sides would reach agreement on a long-term deal sooner than later.
If Thompson refuses to sign the qualifying offer and negotiations continue, he is still free to seek a deal with another team. The Cavs still have the right to match it. Presently only two teams have the cap space to offer Thompson the type of deal he is seeking – the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers.
“I’ll be interested to see what happens at 11:59 tonight,” coach David Blatt said. “We’ll go from there.”