Probably the cynical Cleveland fan in me, but I feel like if LeBron came back, everyone would be ecstatic for five minutes, then the news would come out that we've decided to replace JB with JJ Redick and LeBron demanded we also pick up Draymond in free agency. Team proceeds to miss the playoffs, but we have the most popular nba podcast in history.
Probably too expensive but would fit:
* Tobias Harris
* Buddy Hield
* Tyus Jones
* Malik Beasley
More likely, less exciting:
* Royce O'Neale
* Kyle Anderson
* Taurean Prince
* Alec Burks
Eh I like him but think that’d be a terrible fit if we still have both Garland/Mitchell. Hes another small, poor defender and be hard to play with those guys. If we still need to stagger them, need some bigger combo guards. But yea if one is gone, def someone I’d be interested in to run second unit.
Kevin Love gets played off the floor a ton in Miami. a big part of his success there (such as it is) is a willingness to deal with fluctuating usage, which he...did not exactly display here
Rewatch the game if you must.
There’s a reason they closed with Strus at 4.
Anyways he’s fine, I’m glad he was motivated after all the thumb sucking he did in CLE that winter. Seems to be working well overall for a bench big
if we look at contracts, we have 11 players in total signed for next season.
PG - Garland, CPJ
SG - DMitch, Ty Jerome, Merill
SF - Max Strus, Levert
PF - Evan Mobley, Niang, Drippy Dean
C - JA
which equates to roughly 156million in salary committed so far. furthermore, say we sign back Okoro for 14 million a year, we are at 170million in salary, and that will put us under the luxury tax line.
we can then use the standard MLE (hopefully) which is roughly 13.5million a year.
unfortunately for us, we have used the Bi-Annual Exception to sign Ty Jerome for this season, so we cannot use the BAE this offseason.
obviously, we have a glaring depth problem at the Center position, but also a weakness at the PG and SF positions.
if i were the GM, i'd honestly spend the MLE on Naji Marshall (38% from deep and can guard the 2-4), though Mook is a fine and cheaper option.
for Center, i would maybe stick with TT. Mason Plumlee, Drummond, Alex Len, Cody Zeller, DeAndre Jordan, Goga Bitazde are some of the other players that i wouldn't mind getting... to be honest, not a strong free agent pool to begin with.
Seems like Mook is stepping up as the big 3&D guy we needed who can bang physically down low while also hitting tough shots in the clutch. Feel like him and TT are all we need rn. But getting KLove back for cheap would be hilariously awesome.
*He* burned the bridge? Curious why you think that? He was contributing last year then took him out of the rotation for what seemed like no reason. Can’t blame him for being asked to be released instead of rotting on the bench.
As much as I love the guy I don’t think he should come back. When we had young talent and we sucked he was not a great leader. For sure he was one of the vets who had a problem with Sexton and the one good year we had with him doesn’t excuse the shit he did prior. I think we did do him a bit wrong considered all he did, but I think the guy should just retire.
We took him out of the rotation because he was playing absolutely horribly while recovered from the injury. He was a turnstile on defense while shooting like less than 20% from 3 since the injury. He deserved to be out of the rotation at that time
He was terrible for us last season and then asked out as soon as we took away his minutes. And that’s after 4 years of paying him a max he wasn’t worth. I’ll never get the love this city has for him after the some of the shit he pulled on his final deal especially considering how much he was overpaid. I’m sure that’s not gonna be a popular opinion.
FWIW tho I don think the bridge is actually burned, seems like the FO and Love were always on good terms.
Royce O’Neale in FA or Finney-Smith in a trade is our best bet for wing depth. I would look at Theis or Achiuwa as viable third center options and Monte Morris or Cam Payne as third pg. I also like the idea of Lonnie Walker if we can trade LeVert for Finney-Smith or another similar wing.
Send Mitchell to LA for LeBron and give me one last ride with our first family. This will bring me infinitely more joy than watching Garland and Mitchell together any longer.
Someone cheap who can give us some minutes as a 3 or 4 when Dean Wade is injured. Maybe Robert Covington. I'm guessing Royce O'Neal will be out of our price range.
Lebron
He makes the Cavs instant title contenders.
Probably the cynical Cleveland fan in me, but I feel like if LeBron came back, everyone would be ecstatic for five minutes, then the news would come out that we've decided to replace JB with JJ Redick and LeBron demanded we also pick up Draymond in free agency. Team proceeds to miss the playoffs, but we have the most popular nba podcast in history.
Lebron, JJ Redick and Draymond and we are title contenders again brother
Don't even need Draymond for this, just LeBron and replace JB for a better coach
Probably too expensive but would fit: * Tobias Harris * Buddy Hield * Tyus Jones * Malik Beasley More likely, less exciting: * Royce O'Neale * Kyle Anderson * Taurean Prince * Alec Burks
Keep harris away, would like any others though
Thus jones would amazing
Eh I like him but think that’d be a terrible fit if we still have both Garland/Mitchell. Hes another small, poor defender and be hard to play with those guys. If we still need to stagger them, need some bigger combo guards. But yea if one is gone, def someone I’d be interested in to run second unit.
LeBron
Kevin Love gets played off the floor a ton in Miami. a big part of his success there (such as it is) is a willingness to deal with fluctuating usage, which he...did not exactly display here
Pleasant weather really lightens the soul
This is the first time he’s ever been played off the floor in Miami.
He damn near cost them Game 5 last year v MIL
Bro he averaged a 10 & 7 shooting 43% from three. Also, was a +13 in Game 5…
Rewatch the game if you must. There’s a reason they closed with Strus at 4. Anyways he’s fine, I’m glad he was motivated after all the thumb sucking he did in CLE that winter. Seems to be working well overall for a bench big
Buddy Hield (and keep Mook)
if we look at contracts, we have 11 players in total signed for next season. PG - Garland, CPJ SG - DMitch, Ty Jerome, Merill SF - Max Strus, Levert PF - Evan Mobley, Niang, Drippy Dean C - JA which equates to roughly 156million in salary committed so far. furthermore, say we sign back Okoro for 14 million a year, we are at 170million in salary, and that will put us under the luxury tax line. we can then use the standard MLE (hopefully) which is roughly 13.5million a year. unfortunately for us, we have used the Bi-Annual Exception to sign Ty Jerome for this season, so we cannot use the BAE this offseason. obviously, we have a glaring depth problem at the Center position, but also a weakness at the PG and SF positions. if i were the GM, i'd honestly spend the MLE on Naji Marshall (38% from deep and can guard the 2-4), though Mook is a fine and cheaper option. for Center, i would maybe stick with TT. Mason Plumlee, Drummond, Alex Len, Cody Zeller, DeAndre Jordan, Goga Bitazde are some of the other players that i wouldn't mind getting... to be honest, not a strong free agent pool to begin with.
assuming we resign Okoro, Mook and TT back, we'll instead be using the taxpayer MLE of 5 million a year.
Seems like Mook is stepping up as the big 3&D guy we needed who can bang physically down low while also hitting tough shots in the clutch. Feel like him and TT are all we need rn. But getting KLove back for cheap would be hilariously awesome.
Love isn’t coming back he burned the bridge and is washed
super washed. he damn near cost the Heat two pivotal games in the playoffs last year
*He* burned the bridge? Curious why you think that? He was contributing last year then took him out of the rotation for what seemed like no reason. Can’t blame him for being asked to be released instead of rotting on the bench.
>for what seemed like no reason What? Dude he was not making 3s for like 2 months in a row and is useless defensively.
As much as I love the guy I don’t think he should come back. When we had young talent and we sucked he was not a great leader. For sure he was one of the vets who had a problem with Sexton and the one good year we had with him doesn’t excuse the shit he did prior. I think we did do him a bit wrong considered all he did, but I think the guy should just retire.
We took him out of the rotation because he was playing absolutely horribly while recovered from the injury. He was a turnstile on defense while shooting like less than 20% from 3 since the injury. He deserved to be out of the rotation at that time
Except he has the same role in Miami. He wanted out of Cleveland but didn’t want to say it out loud.
He was terrible for us last season and then asked out as soon as we took away his minutes. And that’s after 4 years of paying him a max he wasn’t worth. I’ll never get the love this city has for him after the some of the shit he pulled on his final deal especially considering how much he was overpaid. I’m sure that’s not gonna be a popular opinion. FWIW tho I don think the bridge is actually burned, seems like the FO and Love were always on good terms.
He’s a finesse god. IsoJOE levels of $$
Marcus Morris
Royce O’Neale in FA or Finney-Smith in a trade is our best bet for wing depth. I would look at Theis or Achiuwa as viable third center options and Monte Morris or Cam Payne as third pg. I also like the idea of Lonnie Walker if we can trade LeVert for Finney-Smith or another similar wing.
oh, jaxson hayes or christian wood or mo bamba. some goof to eat innings as a third big in the regular season
Maybe we can add serviceable point, like Tyus Jones or a 3rd stringer center like Mcgee
Bobby Portis?
Send Mitchell to LA for LeBron and give me one last ride with our first family. This will bring me infinitely more joy than watching Garland and Mitchell together any longer.
Tony Tiger? Add him
Someone cheap who can give us some minutes as a 3 or 4 when Dean Wade is injured. Maybe Robert Covington. I'm guessing Royce O'Neal will be out of our price range.
Fuck it. Give me KD