Trader Trav: "Who Will Buy?"

[Peoriabird]

If Bud is all that then at least our current players would want to continue to play for him right?  Especially for more money right?

[lethalweapon3]

1 minute ago, Peoriabird said:

Why do we worry about such routine stuff here?

It passes the time until the next Conference Finals gets here. :)

~lw3

[Peoriabird]

Just now, lethalweapon3 said:

It passes the time until the next Conference Finals gets here. :)

~lw3

lol!

[StephenHawking]

Dedmon could be one of the missing peaces for the cavs to beat the warriors.

Is there a good deal we could do with the cavs?

[Peoriabird]

4 minutes ago, StephenHawking said:

Dedmon could be one of the missing peaces for the cavs to beat the warriors.

Is there a good deal we could do with the cavs?

The Cavs won't win a game off the Warriors...In fact the Cavs may not get out of the East!  LOL!

[DBac]

Don’t trade Dedmon for anything less than a first. In fact try to convince him to stay... I really think he’s a good mentor. 

[Peoriabird]

Just now, DBac said:

Don’t trade Dedmon for anything less than a first. In fact try to convince him to stay... I really think he’s a good mentor. 

And a good player to boot!

[DBac]

Just now, Peoriabird said:

And a good player to boot!

Yep I was gonna say he’s like Kendrick Perkins but good.

[Peoriabird]

1 minute ago, DBac said:

Yep I was gonna say he’s like Kendrick Perkins but good.

Better than Perkins..Perkins was big and slow!

[AHF]

59 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

Why do we worry about such routine stuff here?

It is a matter of leverage.  Last summer Dedmon had so little interest from other teams that he signed for 6M.  Having him at a low $$ amount gives us cap space to use for lots of potential purposes. 

With his play this season and his player option to terminate his deal, this summer he might want double that and our failure to lock down that second year means we have to give up the cap space if we want to do it and means that if some other team wants him he can walk without us getting any value.  It also makes him less appealing in a trade this year.

[AHF]

Personally, I want to keep him.  I like our odds of keeping him better after next year when we have added more talent and could be looking to shift into a winning phase of our rebuild.  I don't think we will be ready to make that shift this next season which makes keeping Dedmon more of a tenuous prospect.

[Marvin24Williams]

Sign me up as another one who'd like to keep Dedmon. I like what he brings to the table.

[lethalweapon3]

Two things I didn't recognize until today.

* "HAWKSQUAWK" almost sounds the same when read backwards. This is what happens when you take a day off from doing game threads.

* From fooling around with ESPN's Real Plus-Minus doohickey... here are the five classified NBA "Shooting Guards" (out of 105 such players) who are on the positive side of the ledger for both Offensive AND Defensive RPM.

- Jimmy Butler (+3.90 ORPM, +1.57 DRPM)

- Victor Oladipo (+3.04, +2.02)

- Gary Harris (+2.89, +0.68)

- Jaylen Brown (+0.17, +1.68)

- Kent Bazemore (+0.49, +1.23)

 

Just in case any GMs are snooping around the KWAUQSKWAH.

 

~lw3

[High5]

I'd like to keep Dedmon around, but our tank is in danger and I imagine there's a high probability he leaves next season anyway unless we overpay. So if a good trade comes along then I would probably accept. 

[StephenHawking]

vor 3 Stunden, Peoriabird sagte:

The Cavs won't win a game off the Warriors...In fact the Cavs may not get out of the East!  LOL!

You really think there's a roster in the east that can compete with arguably the goat? 

What the Cavs missed in the finals was a big man who can crash the boards without being a nofactor anywhere else on the floor. He could cause serious damage simply because the warriors have nobody to guard him without giving up guarding other players.

[StephenHawking]

I think selling Dedmon depends on who we want to draft. If we draft Ayton I'd sell high on Dedmon now. If we get Doncic I'd try to hold on

[Peoriabird]

1 hour ago, StephenHawking said:

I think selling Dedmon depends on who we want to draft. If we draft Ayton I'd sell high on Dedmon now. If we get Doncic I'd try to hold on

We will not have the top pick in this year's draft. Our pick will be 4 or 5

[nathan2331]

We will not have the top pick in this year's draft. Our pick will be 4 or 5

Based on?

[Peoriabird]

41 minutes ago, nathan2331 said:

1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

We will not have the top pick in this year's draft. Our pick will be 4 or 5

 

Based on?

There are 4 worst teams in the league...maybe more

[hazer]

9 hours ago, lethalweapon3 said:

Nope, that's for the restricted FAs.

~lw3

He’s confused...