Will
the Cavs trade this pick for a veteran in hopes of winning the NBA title and keeping LeBron James as a free agent this summer?
Not exact matches
And if the
Cavs pull off the Hill deal for the reported price — Iman Shumpert, Channing Frye, and a draft
pick (most likely a second - rounder)-- they'll still have their first - round
pick and the valuable Brooklyn Nets
pick to offer in a
trade to address other needs.
But maybe the biggest gamble was that the
Cavs had to give up two of their best
trade assets, a first - round
pick and a young player with a big upside (Waiters).
The first deal came when Cleveland was able to
trade away Dion Waiters, a player who just wasn't fitting in with the
Cavs, along with a second - round
pick in a three - team deal for Iman Shumpert, J.R. Smith, and a first - round draft
pick.
The next
trade came two days later when the
Cavs sent two first - round
picks to the Denver Nuggets for Timofey Mozgov.
There have even been rumors that the
Cavs would entertain a
trade for their
pick, although in such a weak draft there doesn't appear to be much of a market.
The
Cavs» roster assets are limited, but they received Brooklyn's 2018 first - round
pick as the gem of the Kyrie Irving
trade.
The biggest
trade of the entire season happened before a single game was played — when the
Cavs traded Kyrie Irving to the Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and a
pick.
The complete
trade will send Smith, Shumpert and a protected Thunder first - round
pick to Cleveland; Waiters to Oklahoma City; and Lance Thomas, Alex Kirk, Lou Amundson and a
Cavs 2019 second - round
pick to New York, per multiple reports.
I was thinking today that if the
Cavs landed the # 2 / # 3
pick in the lottery this might be the year to
trade back.
The
Cavs traded their own former No. 1
pick in the 2011 NBA Draft for the No. 60 player in that draft, plus a potential top
pick next year.
The Pacers just announced the
Cavs have
traded them Cuse product Rakeem Christmas for a 2019 2nd Rd
pick.
It would be a shock to see Exum drafted with the top
pick, so this move could indicate that the
Cavs have interest in
trading down in the draft.
Except it will be almost impossible to
trade Deng without having included the
Cavs pick, which decreases significantly in value once we use it.