The Truth Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 The Cavaliers are wokring on what one executive called "a rich man's rebuild", which includes taking on contracts such as Baron Davis in exchange for picks. GM Chris Grant is also considering a trade for Richard Hamilton where more picks are acquired.http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/212367/Cavaliers_Working_On_Rich_Mans_Rebuild#ixzz1H55kTgPl i'm so sorry, Cavs fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 What is so bad about that? Taking on Rip's contract for Pistons picks would be a good move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truth Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 What is so bad about that? Taking on Rip's contract for Pistons picks would be a good move.did you learn nothing from the Isiah Thomas era, good man? trading picks and young talents for bloated contracts is never a good idea, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 did you learn nothing from the Isiah Thomas era, good man? trading picks and young talents for bloated contracts is never a good idea, really. Did you even read the article? They're trading expirings or cap space for Hamilton AND picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truth Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 exactly; that's a horrible deal. why trade expiring contracts and valuable picks for an over the hill veteran who's owed another $25M? that makes no sense; Rip probably isn't even that great anymore. Cleveland should be stockpiling picks and rebuilding through youth, not trading away their assets for aging veterans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dash Posted March 19, 2011 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 exactly; that's a horrible deal. why trade expiring contracts and valuable picks for an over the hill veteran who's owed another $25M? that makes no sense; Rip probably isn't even that great anymore. Cleveland should be stockpiling picks and rebuilding through youth, not trading away their assets for aging veterans. omg :wallbash3: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truth Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 you don't agree? I know Cleveland gets picks back in the deal, but they're not as valuable as the Cavs' own picks. they'd be best off keeping all their own picks and trying to get more. the only way they should trade any of those picks is if they can get a young, talented player in exchange. Rip isn't young and his contract is horrible. why in the world would you want to pay him $25M over the next two years when you could use that money to eventually sign a respectable free agent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artesticle Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 you don't agree? I know Cleveland gets picks back in the deal, but they're not as valuable as the Cavs' own picks. they'd be best off keeping all their own picks and trying to get more. the only way they should trade any of those picks is if they can get a young, talented player in exchange. Rip isn't young and his contract is horrible. why in the world would you want to pay him $25M over the next two years when you could use that money to eventually sign a respectable free agent?Why don't you just calm down and read the goddamn article. Your making yourself look like an idiot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truth Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Why don't you just calm down and read the goddamn article. Your making yourself look like an idiot.it's you're. you might want to learn to spell before calling people idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland's Finest Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Anything's better than nothing. Teams like Detroit and Minnesota have gone nowhere so at least my team's trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerGuy Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 They're acquiring the big contracts for the cap space once they expire, not for the talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artesticle Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 it's you're. you might want to learn to spell before calling people idiots.nice catch. You beat me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheHutch Posted March 19, 2011 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 it's you're. you might want to learn to spell before calling people idiots. And you might want to learn correct capitalization before you start correcting people on grammatical errors. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 you don't agree? I know Cleveland gets picks back in the deal, but they're not as valuable as the Cavs' own picks. they'd be best off keeping all their own picks and trying to get more. the only way they should trade any of those picks is if they can get a young, talented player in exchange. Rip isn't young and his contract is horrible. why in the world would you want to pay him $25M over the next two years when you could use that money to eventually sign a respectable free agent? I don't get it. You do realize that they aren't trading their own picks, right? They are going to use their cap space, TPE from the James trade and shorter term contracts to trade for bloated contrats in order to pick up extra draft picks on top of their own. Basically, they are going to do the exact same thing as they did in the Baron Davis trade. Trade a short term deal (Williams had 2 years left) for a longer, more expensive deal (Davis has what, 4 years left?) and in return for taking the contract, they will get a draft pick back. As for the Hamilton situation, as an example, they would use their TPE to absorb the contract of Hamitlon, taking the final 2 or 3 years left on his deal off of the Pistons books, and as a favor for doing that, the Pistons will send them a draft pick. I don't really see what is wrong with doing that. If you have the money, you might as well use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 There trading FOR the picks. And the only way a team like the Cavs can begin to stockpile picks is to take on bloated contracts such as Baron or RIP. They're NOT trading their picks away. Like everyone else has said, read the article before posting and making yourself look like an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Maybe he read the word 'acquired' as 'required' in the article...That's the only possible explanation as to what the hell he's thinking or talking about... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truth Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 They're acquiring the big contracts for the cap space once they expire, not for the talent.that's fine I guess, so long as they don't sacrifice their own picks in the process. And you might want to learn correct capitalization before you start correcting people on grammatical errors.I wasn't correcting his grammar, but rather his spelling. Maybe he read the word 'acquired' as 'required' in the article...That's the only possible explanation as to what the hell he's thinking or talking about...no, I just didn't really understand the structure of that paragraph. Stein's a horrible sportswriter imo. he was saying Rose deserves the MVP over LeBron because the Bulls are 2-0 against Miami. well, the Heat are 2-0 against the Lakers and yet he had Kobe above LeBron. I could point out like five more things wrong about the article, but yeah, I'll admit I didn't read it very carefully at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yes blame the writer. -_- 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 LMAO. He's sitting here correcting grammar but he can't read. NICE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Truth Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yes blame the writer. -_-you gotta admit, that paragraph sucked. LMAO. He's sitting here correcting grammar but he can't read. NICE.I didn't correct anyone's grammar, but rather their spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I didn't correct anyone's grammar, but rather their spelling.Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHutch Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I wasn't correcting his grammar, but rather his spelling. LMFAO You do realize that using '"your" instead of "you're" is an error in grammar, not in spelling. What grade are you in? 4th? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I didn't correct anyone's grammar, but rather their spelling. http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5281/e5012017.gif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 itt: The Truth reveals he is a retard 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I don't think he's a retard, just wasn't really thinking at the time. There have been times when I've done and said things like that before. It's really no big deal though, despite it being pretty funny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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