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Cavs 08-09 Season - Central Div Champs (official thread)

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Bucks21;1238732; said:
Sorry you guys might want to read the rest of the article(I forgot to paste it all). The idea is that the Cavs will be able to offer Dwade of another superstar that summer a max contract and then be able to resign Lebron to one too. The only whole in this theory is if the Cavs traded for a large contract that didn't expire before the offseason after 2009.
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To be honest, I really don't understand why an NBA team we want to assume expiring contracts but I guess that's just the way NBA teams think.

I have read the entire article and it is my understanding that Cleveland is the only team in 2010 that has the capabilities of signing another free-agent to a max contract as long as they do it before they sign James to a max contract. I think that would mean they could not take any additional salaries in 2009. Basically, if I understand things correctly, they could not make a major move next year. The one part that I do not understand is that if the Cavs cannot make any moves next year, the roster for 2010 would be as follows:

Maurice Williams for $9.3 million, Daniel Gibson for $4 million and J.J. Hickson on a team option for $1.5 million.
Their draft choices from 2009
James and the other FA who they sign to a max contract


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Now my question is how do they make up the rest of the roster because wouldn't that take up all of their payroll for 2010.
 
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I'm not sure what the cap will be, but their current cap number is 84MM.

The Hawks only have 11MM on the books for the same year but who wants to play in Atlanta?

I can't really see any of the 'big name' free agents leaving their teams. About the only one I can see that they would even have a chance to possibly sign might be Chris Bosh just because he may want to play back in the States.

One reason they might want an expiring contract is that a team now would have the edge in signing him by have the option of going more years and dollars than other teams. Most teams just want expiring contracts so they have more financial flexibility at the end of the season to change the team.

Having all that money is nice for the Cavs, but they'll still have to find players that want to play there. Money is still the #1 thing for the vast majority of free agents.
 
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I think there are probably two reasons a big-time FA might want to come to Cleveland and the first reason is Lebron James. The second reason is that Cleveland will have the capability to send them to a max contract if they do not sign James to the max contract first.

Bosh might want to play with his Olympic teammate:)
 
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Cavaliers Insider: Gilbert firm reduces business sponsorship ties with Detroit Pistons

by Mary Schmitt Boyer Tuesday August 26, 2008, 6:19 PM


AP file photoCavaliers owner Dan Gilbert.

CLEVELAND --- Cleveland rocks, but the Pistons won't any more -- or at least not as much.
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert's Rock Financial mortgage company will no longer be a major sponsor for the Central Division rival Pistons, Crain's Detroit Business reported on Tuesday. Gilbert is a Michigan native, and Rock Financial is based in Livonia, Mich.
Rock Financial will continue have a relationship with the Pistons as a local marketing partner, according to Elizabeth Jones, vice president of communications for Quicken Loans, which is the parent company of Rock Financial.

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About the Cavs...

The Cavs are looking for a big man, and they have talked to 32-year-old Lorenzen Wright, a 6-foot-11 center. He played only 18 games and 163 minutes last season. In 2006-07, he started 31 games for Atlanta, averaging 2.6 points and 3.3 rebounds in 15 minutes a game. For his career, he is an 8.1 scorer, 6.5 rebounds. He would replace Joe Smith, who was traded in the Mo Williams deal.

John Kuntz/The Plain DealerThere are positive reports on Anderson Varejao's preparations for the upcoming season with the Cavaliers. The departure of Joe Smith figures to make Varejao more vital in the team's success up front.

Another possibility is 35-year-old Juwan Howard, who played very little (7.1 minutes per game) for Dallas last season. In 2006-2007, he was a productive player, averaging 9.7 points and 5.9 rebounds in 27 minutes per game for Houston. The Cavs have the second highest payroll in the NBA and prefer to sign this extra big man to a veteran minimum contract (about $1 million), and Howard may want more.

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Unless they are planning on trading Andy I don't think they need another big unless they want a 4 that can shoot from outside. 3 of their 4 bigs are paint players although Hickson will hopefully develop a nice 10-15 foot shot.
 
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exhawg;1244653; said:
Unless they are planning on trading Andy I don't think they need another big unless they want a 4 that can shoot from outside. 3 of their 4 bigs are paint players although Hickson will hopefully develop a nice 10-15 foot shot.
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I'm pretty sure they are planing on trading him because he has a player option at the end of this year and dut to the fiasco of last year's holdout. So it's believed that since he is believed to be working hard this offseason his trade value would be high. Then we could package him and get something in return instad of allowing him to walk at the end of the season and getting nothing in return.
 
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