Nalod wrote:Thomas had yet to be cleared for running yet. Why is Clev so under informed about his condition, even knicks1248 could see this problem!
The answer is they are not underinformed at all. They are trying to power play for another asset after the deal had been agreed upon.
Cavs GM Koby Altman needs a "win" from a perception standpoint. He's new and he wants to establish his ability to get something more because LBJ is leaving and Irving is gone one way or another and there are some super lean years ahead. He also knows the Cavs are cap and roster locked and asset bare since LBJ aka LeGM ran this team into the ground asset wise. There are no other avenues to get assets back.
Michele Roberts took over the NBAPA from Billy Hunter. To prove she was "tough", she held against a "smoothing option" against a rising cap. What was the end fallout? A top heavy league now, fewer playoff games and thus a lower projected cap each year forward and bad contracts no one can move because teams are now cap locked. Great for a few fringe players for an offseason or two, but bad long term for all players in general. But she had to "look tough"
As different times, Bill Parcells, Billy Beane, Bill Belichick, Daryl Morey, even Brian Cashman have all said it. Doing your job and saving your job can often be different things. To "Do your job" you can't worry about saving it.
Altman doesn't care that this move will blackmark the Cavs to all other teams. It's not just the thinly veiled play here, it's the way the press is releasing Thomas Versus Celtics rhetoric, it's not coming from nowhere. The Cavs will get a rep that they won't honor their word. There were rumors the Yankees were looking at some Padres assets near this deadline. Guys like Brad Hand, Trevor Cahill, etc. But guess what? The Padres GM started to get a rep for shading info on his trades and now lots of teams won't trust him.
Where this will hurt the Cavs is around the draft. I.E. if you draft this player, then I'll draft that player later in the round and send you that plus Picks X and Y for your player and this player ,etc. There are some deals contingent on basic good faith. And now the Cavs have none.
Your word has to mean something. When no one trusts you in a job like GM, you are out of a job, you might not be fired yet, but you are out of a job in principle.
8/24/2017 10:10 AM