Search results

Trade options will be extremely limited if all these young guys really are off the table. I understand why you'd value young talent, but not when someone like Irving is available. Irving is only a few years older than the players discussed in the column, and he's become everything you hope to...

Kyrie should know that all but about four players (LBJ, KD, Kawhi, Curry) in this league are tradeable. He's a fool if he ever thought he was one of them, and he's got a fragile ego if he's bothered by that. I thought this was fixable, but LeBron isn't going to take too kindly to that wedding...

FiveThirtyEight can't "hate" anyone. They take the human element out of the equation as much as possible. The numbers tell the story. Rubio is actually a solid defender, not that I'd give much credence to an argument about those around Wiggins. We know Steph Curry is a below average defender...

Gilbert, Altman now seem to indicate that Irving will stick around. Hopefully this is a ruse to drive the price up. A lot to break down in this trade update, as well. The Cavs seem to like the idea of a trade centered around Irving and Andrew Wiggins. I want nothing to do with it until Wiggins...

The one problem with losing Kyrie is losing his ability to get buckets against tough half-court playoff defenses. We'd need Kevin Love to re-establish himself and take on that role. We can also diminish the need for that role by becoming a hard-nosed defensive team. I think the Phoenix...

He has to make an All-NBA team. There are three. Still a tall order with Westbrook, Harden, and Curry in front of him. Kyrie would destroy his own brand by playing like shit. He'll sit through two more unhappy years in Cleveland long before he tanks his own play. Don't forget, mending bridges...

I would try to get a deal done before the season starts, but there's no reason to rush into anything until then. Hopefully teams continue to try and one-up each other. It's a great offer, though. I hate the idea of Rose as the starting point guard. He was bad last year. He's a terrible...

Zach Lowe on the Kyrie situation. Lowe proposes a number of trades. Here are the three I like best: Cavs-Suns trade: Irving/Shumpert for Bledsoe/Dudley/Jackson. This is the best trade I've seen so far. The Suns may not be willing to include Jackson, but they'd have to. A future pick can't be...

Would the Kings win more games with Kyrie than they did with Boogie? I honestly don't know.

I wouldn't bother asking for picks. Irving and Love are good enough to make those picks mid-first rounders at best, and that would be useless to a rebuilding team. I think they should do their best to get a good return for Kyrie (or don't trade him at all) and try to give the Warriors hell one...

My issue is that Kyrie has contradicted himself several times throughout this whole thing. If he wants to be the focal point, he should take Minnesota and San Antonio off his list. He'd be second banana to both Towns and Kawhi. I understand LeBron's shadow is larger than anyone else's, but he's...

Lovely.

Mostly because Griffin was an offense-first GM and Ty Lue has no idea how to coach.

I don't know why you're arguing that Dahntay Jones is a more valuable asset.

Liggins shut Curry down in the Christmas game, but sure. He's also the best young talent they had and they tossed him away so Dahntay Jones could warm the end of the bench.

I'm with you entirely regarding young guys, but Lue didn't give them any minutes in the playoffs. He played the corpse of Deron Williams and Dahntay Jones over Derrick Williams in the Finals. Derrick Williams had the size and length to stay in front of Durant, at least for a couple possessions...

They weren't going to sign anybody with the space they had, but now we'll never know if Griffin could've moved some pieces to free up space or acquired better players than what they had. I agree with tsteele in that the Green and Calderon signings were both terrible. The moves they made this...

The Cavs deserve a decent amount of blame. Gilbert fired his GM days before free agency started, severely hampering their ability to sign or deal players. They tried to dump Shumpert (one of the few players that could stay on the floor against GS) to lower the tax burden. That's exactly what...

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Hard pass on Crawford anyway. He hasn't been good in years. If Frye couldn't get on the court in the Finals, Crawford certainly wouldn't be able to. I also hate the Jeff Green signing. He's terrible at basketball and always has been. He'll light up the box score once every 20 games, and...