ESPN Insider from a few hours ago:
As the basketball worlds collective head continues to spin following the news of LeBron James return to Cleveland, its difficult to avoid looking ahead. If the Cavs keep the current roster in place, theyll have four players who were No. 1 overa wrote:As the basketball world's collective head continues to spin following the news of LeBron James' return to Cleveland, it's difficult to avoid looking ahead.
If the Cavs keep the current roster in place, they'll have four players who were No. 1 overall picks (LeBron, Kyrie Irving, Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett) and two others who were top five picks (Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters). And that doesn't even include Anderson Varejao.
But all the talk is Kevin Love, and what Cleveland has to do to get him. Is including Wiggins and his attractive rookie contract a must as far as Minnesota is concerned? Here's the latest.
From Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY Sports: "Whatever the Cavs offer Timberwolves for Kevin Love, I keep hearing the offer needs to include Andrew Wiggins to make it work."
Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reports that the expectation around the league is that Cleveland is willing to deal Wiggins if it means adding Love. "As the LeBron after-effects crank up, word among multiple team execs is No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins will be in play in Kevin Love trade," Berger tweeted.
We'll continue to stay on top of this and let you know when further details emerge.
Sure seems like Cleveland is posturing so that they end up giving as little as possible. Probably Wiggins, Bennett & filler. If they throw in at least 1 maybe 2 of their 1st rounders next year I'd be happy. Then wouldn't mind if Pau came in to bring some vet leadership. Would leave us with an interesting big Trio in Pek, Pau & Dieng.