The Kevin Love "OFFICIAL" Trade Thread

[Strenuus]

I think a Big 3 of Lebron, Love and Irving is better than the last Big 3 Lebron played with.

It is better. But they are just players. Not a media-hyped "big 3".

They will take a year to gel, so I giggle when I read they are favorites. Silly ESPN.

 

[Minstrel]

I think a Big 3 of Lebron, Love and Irving is better than the last Big 3 Lebron played with.

Better on offense, worse on defense. I don't think they're as good as the Heat "big three's" second year together. But the final two years, with zombie Wade, this group might be better.

 

[NewsSource]

I think a Big 3 of Lebron, Love and Irving is better than the last Big 3 Lebron played with.

We'll see over the next 4 years. 8 straight Finals appearances by James would be the best achievement of any player in the modern NBA.

 

[Rhal]

I think a Big 3 of Lebron, Love and Irving is better than the last Big 3 Lebron played with.

Its hard to say definitively since Love/Irving are both so young and Wade/Bosh were both in their prime but I don't think either Love/Irving will be as good as Wade was in the first two years he played with Lebron. Also Wade/Bosh are much much better defenders then Love/Irving are and i'm not sure if either one will ever be more then subpar defensively.

 

[Strenuus]

We'll see over the next 4 years. 8 straight Finals appearances by James would be the best achievement of any player in the modern NBA.

I could assemble a ragtag bunch of benchwarmers and one really good player and make the finals 8 years in a row in the pathetic east. Not really a great accomplishment.

 

[santeesioux]

It's a good thing the Wolves always fuck up and do something stupid, i'd be really worried about them in a few years with all of those young guys if it was like Denver or Utah.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20140808_Source__Sixers_in_Cavs-Wolves_trade.html

Wolves already fucked up, I'd rather have Bennett in their situation and try to turn him into something than Thad, who is so gone after the season.

 

[Strenuus]

Anyone know what happened to the rube board? Can't seem to find it anymore. lol.

 

[santeesioux]

Anyone know what happened to the rube board? Can't seem to find it anymore. lol.

It still shows up on Google but it doesn't load in for me anymore. Maybe they're going crazy after trading Love away, lol.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Interesting take from Yahoo sports on the trade: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/minnesota-timberwolves-played-kevin-love-145315984.html

Bottom line is that when you trade an all star, you rarely get an all star back. You may get some good talent in return, but usually those type of players can be obtained regardless. All-stars are a lot more difficult to come by. Will Wiggins buck this recent trend?

 

[maxiep]

Awesome [video=youtube;3svPkthjWcM]

 

[magnifier661]

Offensively, the CAVS will be really good. I'm suspect on their defense.

Also, Irving and Love are very injury prone. If they can stay healthy, they should be a #1 EC team.

 

[BigGameDamian]

When and IF Aldridge leaves who will burn his jersey?

 

[magnifier661]

When and IF Aldridge leaves who will burn his jersey?

You sound so sure...

Can we burn your car if you are wrong?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

When and IF Aldridge leaves who will burn his jersey?

The team that gets him?

 

[Strenuus]

NBA Could veto Love trade

lol. That would just be icing on the cake.

 

[Strenuus]

When and IF Aldridge leaves who will burn his jersey?

You can't burn the jerseys on NBA 2k15

 

[Minstrel]

NBA Could veto Love trade

lol. That would just be icing on the cake.

These things are nearly impossible to prove. About the only way is if the parties are stupid enough to put an illegal agreement in writing, the way Glen Taylor, the Timberwolves' owner, did with the wink-wink deal with Joe Smith.

I guess since the Timberwolves are involved here, too, nothing's impossible, but I'd pretty surprised if the NBA finds anything over which to invalidate the deal.

 

[cmeese47]

You sound so sure...

Can we burn your car if you are wrong?

If he is right can he burn your car with an LA jersey?

 

[magnifier661]

If he is right can he burn your car with an LA jersey?

Sure

 

[Strenuus]

If he is right can he burn your car with an LA jersey?

Birds of a feather....

 

[Rhal]

These things are nearly impossible to prove. About the only way is if the parties are stupid enough to put an illegal agreement in writing, the way Glen Taylor, the Timberwolves' owner, did with the wink-wink deal with Joe Smith.

I guess since the Timberwolves are involved here, too, nothing's impossible, but I'd pretty surprised if the NBA finds anything over which to invalidate the deal.

That was what I first thought when I heard of this, good luck proving it.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Free-agent forward Shawn Marion has committed to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to league sources.

Sources told ESPN.com that Marion informed the Cavaliers this weekend that he intends to sign with them this month, despite the fact that Cleveland can only offer him a minimum deal.

Shawn Marion will be joining forces with LeBron James in Cleveland, according to sources.
The chance to play with LeBron James and immediately compete for a championship, sources said, clinched Marion's decision to choose Cleveland in the face of a ramped-up pursuit by the Indiana Pacers.

As ESPN.com reported earlier this week, Pacers president Larry Bird invited Marion to Indianapolis earlier this week for a face-to-face recruiting pitch over dinner, with Indiana in desperate need of veteran help on the wing after the season-ending compound leg fracture suffered by star swingman Paul George on Aug. 1.

At a news conference Tuesday, Bird conceded that the Cavaliers were the favorites for Marion's signature, saying: "What I came away with was he's undecided with where he wants to play and what he wants to do. But he does want to play for a contender."

The Cavaliers have widely been considered to be the front-runners to sign Marion since it emerged that they're poised to complete a trade for Minnesota's Kevin Love later this month. Cleveland is restricted to offering Marion a minimum salary of $1.4 million this season after using all of its cap resources and exceptions elsewhere.

The Pacers confirmed this week that they've already been granted a $5.3 million disabled player exception by the league in the wake of George's season-ending injury suffered on Team USA duty, so Indiana did have the means to outbid Cleveland. But the Pacers would stray into luxury tax territory if they spend more than $1.7 million of that exception, with Bird vowing at his news conference that Indiana -- maintaining a longstanding team policy -- remains unwilling to be a tax team.

Sources say that Marion had been telling teams for weeks that he hoped to wind up with a championship contender if he left the Dallas Mavericks in free agency. Marion spent the past five seasons with the Mavs and helped them win the first championship in franchise history in 2011 as a key role player who guarded players at four positions.

A week before his Indiana trip, Marion traveled to Cleveland to meet with Cavaliers general manager David Griffin and new coach David Blatt. Marion and Griffin have a longstanding relationship dating to their days together with the Phoenix Suns, during which the 36-year-old made four trips to the All-Star Game.

 

[Strenuus]

BGD... that had nothing to do with the Kevin love deal. lol.

 

[BigGameDamian]

BGD... that had nothing to do with the Kevin love deal. lol.

Ya but I didn't want to start a Shawn Marion thread. It is all part of the Cavs.

 

[Strenuus]

Ya but I didn't want to start a Shawn Marion thread. It is all part of the Cavs.

There's a summer nba thread, too. You have options.

 

[HailBlazers]

Ya but I didn't want to start a Shawn Marion thread. It is all part of the Cavs.

Man if the Cavs get Love and Marion it would dispel all my doubts about giving away Wiggins. With Marion they become surefire favorites, in the East at least.