Except his refusal to extend David Griffin, which was really weird.Take away the comic sans letter and the churn and burn of well respected GMs and Gilbert would probably be viewed as on one of the better owners in the league. He’s spared no expense over the years to put the best possible team around Lebron.
How do you get to $67MM?Cavs spent a LOT of $ to make one last run. They took on something like $67MM in future commitments. They are going to pay the repeater tax next year whether or not LBJ resigns.
That's on top of their $50MM tax bill this year.
I got it from the tweet below that I had seen when the IT trade first came down. (I was doing the math from memory so it's slightly off.)How do you get to $67MM?
They took on Hill ($20MM), Nance ($2MM) and Clarkson ($26MM) and shed Shump ($11MM) and Crowder ($15MM) for a net of 22MM.
Of those future dollars only Clarkson is a real drag. Nance is an asset and Hill will effectively be an expiring contract next year.
This article confirms that your math is correct, so thanks for that. The salary implications of CLE's trades as the following, which is still a ton of money:How do you get to $67MM?
They took on Hill ($20MM), Nance ($2MM) and Clarkson ($26MM) and shed Shump ($11MM) and Crowder ($15MM) for a net of 22MM.
Of those future dollars only Clarkson is a real drag. Nance is an asset and Hill will effectively be an expiring contract next year.
He has to be ecstatic! This new look Cavs team covers nearly all of the weaknesses that has been evident all season. They can suddenly play with energy, defend, move the ball, and have explosive depth. Yikes!!LeBron pumping up his new teammates big time in his postgame—and spending more time than usual on it.
They could have shot 33% from 3 against us today and still had gotten a road win in Boston. The better Cavs shooting has a lot to do with having better shooters on the floor understanding that the ball going through LeBron is going to get them open looks. The Hill-Isaiah upgrade is enormous especially on the defensive end......this cannot be overstated.If Cleveland can shoot 50% from beyond the arc the rest of the way, these trades were the best ever. They will roll everyone in their path including Toronto, Houston and Golden State.
The way I look at it.....Were the Cavs deals total fleecings of the Lakers/Jazz/Kings? Or did Cleveland's taking on money help those teams in a meaningful way? I guess LA got its shot at LeBron by offloading money.
Those added contracts may not be all that bad for Cleveland, though, whio will be over the cap and need to work via salary-matching trades.
LAL got cap relief and a draft pick.Were the Cavs deals total fleecings of the Lakers/Jazz/Kings? Or did Cleveland's taking on money help those teams in a meaningful way? I guess LA got its shot at LeBron by offloading money.
Those added contracts may not be all that bad for Cleveland, though, whio will be over the cap and need to work via salary-matching trades.
Crowder went 15/5/3 tonight in his return to a well coached team. When the dust settles, I'm not at all convinced the story won't be that the Cavs have a terrible coach, not that people actually got the Kyrie trade wrong.Interesting piece here from Kevin Pelton about what he got wrong about the Kyrie trade: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22393420/why-did-get-kyrie-irving-trade-wrong-kevin-pelton-nba
Basically the declines suffered by IT and Crowder are unprecedented. Guys that good don't become sub-replacement level that fast.
What would Crowder have to do for people to actually feel that the Cavs got the trade right? I can't envision a single scenario short of Zizic morphing into Gasol.Crowder went 15/5/3 tonight in his return to a well coached team. When the dust settles, I'm not at all convinced the story won't be that the Cavs have a terrible coach, not that people actually got the Kyrie trade wrong.