knicks1248 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Win now

kyrie and love have been sort of injury prone, check their history

So the better option was to keep an inferior team that could not field the same aspirations as the team with Kevin Love?

My take is they kept the door open for a chance at Lebron and it all fell into place. Sure its luck but they prepared for the opportunity by not doing anything short term.

Wiggins could be the next Kobe in a few years and Bennett might still live up to his potential now healthy. Dude has issues.

gunsnewing wrote:

Nalod wrote:Cleve got this done because they didn't trade the pick that ended up to be Wiggins. They could have made a trade last year when they thought they had enough talent to crack the playoffs but instead stayed youthier.

My take is they kept the door open for a chance at Lebron and it all fell into place. Sure its luck but they prepared for the opportunity by not doing anything short term.

Wiggins could be the next Kobe in a few years and Bennett might still live up to his potential now healthy. Dude has issues.

Exactly forward thinking not just luck. We could've learned a lot from them prior to Phil

gunsnewing wrote:You said Cleveland got lucky. Not going to turn this relevant thread into a 17page Fishmike, TKF, Dk thread. Just pointing out that there's more to it than luck

fishmike wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:How is this a great deal for the cavs, they essentially give up 3 first roundndrs, for 1 first rounder..great deal for mini

...because not all first round picks/first overall picks are considered equal. Would you be upset if a team had and gave up Andrea Bargnani, Greg Oden and filler for Kevin Love?

they are considered equal until they arent. Wiggins is regarded as cant miss at the top of the one of the deepest drafts in a decade and Bennet is 21 and had a rough rookie season. Your going to tell me Wiggins isnt one of the best prospects in the game right now? Oden might have been ranked up there before he got hurt but Bargs never was.

I just wanted to make the point that being a first round pick, in and of itself, does not mean anything. You have to delve deeper. I personally think that Andrew Wiggins has legitimate star potential but let's not try to equate his status with Anthony Bennett and whoever the 3rd player is that knicks1248 is suggesting, or for that matter, Kevin Love. Because at the moment, I doubt Bennett can get you much on his own beyond a 2nd round pick and an expirer. This deal is being made because of Wiggins and I think that it's a fair deal, considering the circumstances.

NardDogNation wrote:

fishmike wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:How is this a great deal for the cavs, they essentially give up 3 first roundndrs, for 1 first rounder..great deal for mini

...because not all first round picks/first overall picks are considered equal. Would you be upset if a team had and gave up Andrea Bargnani, Greg Oden and filler for Kevin Love?

they are considered equal until they arent. Wiggins is regarded as cant miss at the top of the one of the deepest drafts in a decade and Bennet is 21 and had a rough rookie season. Your going to tell me Wiggins isnt one of the best prospects in the game right now? Oden might have been ranked up there before he got hurt but Bargs never was.

I just wanted to make the point that being a first round pick, in and of itself, does not mean anything. You have to delve deeper. I personally think that Andrew Wiggins has legitimate star potential but let's not try to equate his status with Anthony Bennett and whoever the 3rd player is that knicks1248 is suggesting, or for that matter, Kevin Love. Because at the moment, I doubt Bennett can get you much on his own beyond a 2nd round pick and an expirer. This deal is being made because of Wiggins and I think that it's a fair deal, considering the circumstances.

I prefer depth, this is sports and injuries are an absolute given..

NardDogNation wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

fishmike wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:How is this a great deal for the cavs, they essentially give up 3 first roundndrs, for 1 first rounder..great deal for mini

...because not all first round picks/first overall picks are considered equal. Would you be upset if a team had and gave up Andrea Bargnani, Greg Oden and filler for Kevin Love?

they are considered equal until they arent. Wiggins is regarded as cant miss at the top of the one of the deepest drafts in a decade and Bennet is 21 and had a rough rookie season. Your going to tell me Wiggins isnt one of the best prospects in the game right now? Oden might have been ranked up there before he got hurt but Bargs never was.

I just wanted to make the point that being a first round pick, in and of itself, does not mean anything. You have to delve deeper. I personally think that Andrew Wiggins has legitimate star potential but let's not try to equate his status with Anthony Bennett and whoever the 3rd player is that knicks1248 is suggesting, or for that matter, Kevin Love. Because at the moment, I doubt Bennett can get you much on his own beyond a 2nd round pick and an expirer. This deal is being made because of Wiggins and I think that it's a fair deal, considering the circumstances.

I prefer depth, this is sports and injuries are an absolute given..

The Nuggets have depth. They also are not going to be making it out of the first round anytime soon. With the way the West is, they might not even make the playoffs for the foreseeable future. Depth has a role to play in a team's success but I'd say that the quality of talent in your starting 5 is more essential. You notice how real title contenders all have at least 2 stars capable of carrying a team?

True, but stars require role players, and when your thin on proper role players, your no better then a team with one star.

You saw it with miami, wade gets hurt, and he's half of the player he once was, and since they don't have legit depth, there just contenders, with a slim chance at winning it all.

thats why I like what phil is doing, he's putting together solid role players, youth, and depth, then try and grab another legit star nect season, as oppose to trading all your depth, for 2 more stars, and be assed out if one gets hurt

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:what? No discount for the team? Another prick.

he obviously is selfish, is right now counting his money and is laughing at the fans. I can tell you what he's NOT thinking about... winning. He could care less about that.

Exactly- if he really cared about winning he would have either said he'd only re-sign with the Cavs, or he would waited until the offseason and just signed with them outright, and then the Cavs wouldn't have had to part with valuable assets- I won't forgive him for this for the next 5 years!!!!

BRIGGS wrote:C-Verajo
F Love
F James
G Miller
G Irving
6th man Waiters
Tristan Thompson
Shawn Marion
Matthew Dellavedova

Thats a great team--they do lack some size upfront--no 7 footers but Miami did not really have them either. Now if Amare was in his prime........

I don't know- I think the key piece is Irving. He was great a couple of seasons ago and awful last season. Can he get back on track? Can he had Waiters burry the hatchet. I'm not sure that team fits together that well and I'm a bit unsure about chemistry. We'll see! I'm curious to finally find out if K Love was just putting up empty stats or not!

smackeddog wrote:

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:what? No discount for the team? Another prick.

he obviously is selfish, is right now counting his money and is laughing at the fans. I can tell you what he's NOT thinking about... winning. He could care less about that.

Exactly- if he really cared about winning he would have either said he'd only re-sign with the Cavs, or he would waited until the offseason and just signed with them outright, and then the Cavs wouldn't have had to part with valuable assets- I won't forgive him for this for the next 5 years!!!!