Best Potential Love Trades

[alexftbl8181 [enjin:6648741]]

Breaking trade: #Nets acquire Jarrett Jack & Sergey Karasev from the #Cavs, #Celtics acquire Tyler Zeller, M.Thornton & future 1st from Cavs

It's happening...

Man the stomach punch is going to be unbearable if Lebron doesn't come now

[GymRat [enjin:6592663]]

I double checked and it is 30 days after a rookie signs, so having to that long might not be ideal for a trade, but at this point of the Summer I don't think it would be cause to kill any options on the table.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q99
"For 30 days after signing as a draft pick."

I would say Ainge is doing his best Godfather impression right about now, but the Cavs could probably still best it if Wiggins is on the table. Outside of that, I don't see any more enticing opportunities than Boston.

I was fiddling with the trade machine yesterday and Boston seems to me the best option for ditching Martin's contract (using Piece trade exception) with Love, while receiving Smart/Young/Expiring Bass/Unguaranteed Bogans, and a bevy of draft picks. That option would give us:

- Room to sign Gasol at a decent rate to play with Rubio (~8MM per year?)
- Or sign a bench player, like Jason Smith (shot-blocker, defender, good mid-range)
- Provide 20MM in cap room next season as Barea/Moute/Bass/Shved/Turiaf expire
- Allow us to swallow a Rubio max (hopefully less)
- Leave us with room to sign a max or near-max free agent next year
- Additional expiring salaries of ~10MM in as Brewer/Budinger expire after 2015-16
- Tons of young talent on rookie scale contracts

I honestly don't think this team would suck that bad... Lots of athleticism with defense. Shooting is still a question mark and we'd have to clear one roster spot.

PG: Rubio, Smart, Barea
SG: LaVine, Brewer, Shved,
SF: Young, Budinger, Robinson, Muhammed
PF: Gasol, Bass, Moute
C: Pekovic, Dieng, Turiaf

Feel free to poke holes wherever. I actually did crunch numbers and financially it all works, but is this end result palatable to the Wolves long-term? I think it is. Plus we can always try and find suitors for any of our expirings this year.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

@ESPNCleveland 5m
.@TheRealTRizzo with a huge rumor: #Cavs have made an offer to the Timberwolves for Kevin Love. Deal includes Andrew Wiggins.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

@SamAmicoFSO 50s
Source says Cavs also "pursuing a big." Won't give names, but hearing from other sources outside organization that "big" is Kevin Love.

[GymRat [enjin:6592663]]

Sam Amico @SamAmicoFSO
Also told Heat have been active in past 48 hours, trying to make something of substance happen. Meanwhile, ESPN says Cavs pursuing Ray Allen

- So if the Cavs get LeBron to sign for max, Allen to take about what he got last year. Trade Wiggins/filler for Love... that team would be pretty good. Though I question it's ability to play any defense whatsoever outside of LeBron and Varejao.

[foye2smith [enjin:6593248]]

I double checked and it is 30 days after a rookie signs, so having to that long might not be ideal for a trade, but at this point of the Summer I don't think it would be cause to kill any options on the table.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q99
"For 30 days after signing as a draft pick."

I would say Ainge is doing his best Godfather impression right about now, but the Cavs could probably still best it if Wiggins is on the table. Outside of that, I don't see any more enticing opportunities than Boston.

I was fiddling with the trade machine yesterday and Boston seems to me the best option for ditching Martin's contract (using Piece trade exception) with Love, while receiving Smart/Young/Expiring Bass/Unguaranteed Bogans, and a bevy of draft picks. That option would give us:

- Room to sign Gasol at a decent rate to play with Rubio (~8MM per year?)
- Or sign a bench player, like Jason Smith (shot-blocker, defender, good mid-range)
- Provide 20MM in cap room next season as Barea/Moute/Bass/Shved/Turiaf expire
- Allow us to swallow a Rubio max (hopefully less)
- Leave us with room to sign a max or near-max free agent next year
- Additional expiring salaries of ~10MM in as Brewer/Budinger expire after 2015-16
- Tons of young talent on rookie scale contracts

I honestly don't think this team would suck that bad... Lots of athleticism with defense. Shooting is still a question mark and we'd have to clear one roster spot.

PG: Rubio, Smart, Barea
SG: LaVine, Brewer, Shved,
SF: Young, Budinger, Robinson, Muhammed
PF: Gasol, Bass, Moute
C: Pekovic, Dieng, Turiaf

Feel free to poke holes wherever. I actually did crunch numbers and financially it all works, but is this end result palatable to the Wolves long-term? I think it is. Plus we can always try and find suitors for any of our expirings this year.

I don't think trade exceptions can be combined with players. I believe they're only used to absorb a players contract. Could maybe be two separate deals.

[alexftbl8181 [enjin:6648741]]

@ESPNCleveland 5m
.@TheRealTRizzo with a huge rumor: #Cavs have made an offer to the Timberwolves for Kevin Love. Deal includes Andrew Wiggins.

I'll believe it when I see it. All things considered, if Flip gets Wiggins, Ill take back everything I said about him

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Sam Amico @SamAmicoFSO
Also told Heat have been active in past 48 hours, trying to make something of substance happen. Meanwhile, ESPN says Cavs pursuing Ray Allen

- So if the Cavs get LeBron to sign for max, Allen to take about what he got last year. Trade Wiggins/filler for Love... that team would be pretty good. Though I question it's ability to play any defense whatsoever outside of LeBron and Varejao.

Lol oh well. Not our problem.

Rubio
LaVine
Wiggins
--
Dieng

Young, athletic future.

[Phenom]

@ESPNCleveland 5m
.@TheRealTRizzo with a huge rumor: #Cavs have made an offer to the Timberwolves for Kevin Love. Deal includes Andrew Wiggins.

Crazy.

[Phenom]

Rizzo says deal is in place. See ya Kev.