Comments on: Cavaliers’ move for the future could easily backfire

By: dansullivan82

dansullivan82 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:34:32 +0000

It’s a good move for Cleveland because it give them a chance to totally rebuild their team from the Lebron era.They also got 2 young players from Boston so they will be young and no doubt in the lottery for a few more years but building something instead of running out the same old team thats only won 2 in their last 30.Also did anyone else think it was funny the team they traded with was one of the only two teams they have beat this calender year?!

By: savocabol1

savocabol1 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:49:24 +0000

This move could easily backfire for the Cavs? What kind of insight is that? Melo could tear his ACL and never play again and the trade backfires for the Knicks, Deron Williams could not sign an extension and go somewhere else – trade backfires for the Nets. Boston’s defense could fall of the face of the earth because their starting center is no longer there, trade backfires on Boston. You get what I am saying yet? Cavs could just as easily reap benefits as they do negatives in this trade. No one knows what the effects of every trade are going to be. Welcome to the real world Rob. Nice shortsided article. Move over to PFT and write an article on how the Browns are going to fail if they have Colt Mccoy become their starter while you are at it too…..

By: Colin Zvosec

Colin Zvosec — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:51:12 +0000

Man, you guys act like Baron is just going to get there and starting shooting up the place. The Cavs aren’t going anywhere in the next 5 years anyway, they’re not going to use the cap space on anyone important. I think they can wait out 2 years of Baron.

By: sguy2130

sguy2130 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:56:19 +0000

Wow…took you guys two articles to express your hate for the Cavs? They bought a pick. Of course Davis brings some baggage, but the Cavs need to build through the draft. Nobody wants to come to this team in it’s current state. All the Cavs want to do right now is develop young players and tank. Davis will probably help us do that by being Davis. Granted, all Cavs fans will probably hate Davis on many levels by October, but he’s not part of the future, and anyone who thinks the Cavs traded for Davis for anything other than a lottery pick should probably work for ESPN.

I don’t see us winning a championship in 2 years, so I’m not worried about Davis and his bulky contract

By: borderline1988

borderline1988 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:45:49 +0000

I see this as a win-win for both sides.
Obviously the Clippers would do anything to get rid of Baron Davis and his contract – they have a great core now, and are not devoid of young, possible PG starters for the future (Foye and Bledsoe).

Cleveland gets a bad influence in Baron Davis, but he’s only ehre for 2 years, and the Cavs won’t be winning more than 25 games for the next 3 years no matter what. And it’s not like Mo Williams’ influence was that much better on younger players.
Essentially, they traded some salary space for a top-10 draft pick. Fact is, Cleveland doesn’t need salary space right now, because there are no big-name players that will even consider Cleveland for a long time. Better to stockpile draft picks, and hope to build a team that way.

The pros outweight the cons for Cleveland. I think it was an excellent move. This was all, all about the draft pick.

By: savocabol1

savocabol1 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:04:18 +0000

Literally any other team makes this deal and you guys would praise them. Just another hater.

By: leearmon

leearmon — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:15:28 +0000

You raise good points, but I think you are overstating Mo Williams, while also killing the draft. First thing first, under no circumstance could anyone assume Cleveland would be able to sign free agents. Period. So the cap hit is not as big of a deal as you make it out to be. Being under the cap for the sake of being under the cap means absolutely nothing. Do you see Dwight Howard, Chris Paul or Deron Williams signing to Cleveland as a free agent in two summers? Didn’t think so. Also critics have called this draft a “weak” class yet they almost always say that about drafts. Two seasons ago David Falk went on national radio and said Blake Griffin was the only star in the class. Tell that to Steph Curry, Jru Holiday DeMar Derozen and Rodrique Beaubois etc. The point being no one knows how the draft or the lottery will pan out. Lets say the Clippers have the 2nd overall pick and the Cavs have the first. That opens so many options for Cleveland, including drafting Irving and Sullinger. And who says Cleveland has to start Davis over Sessions? Even though a buyout will still count against their cap, that doesnt mean if Baron’s attitude starts to disrupt things for the Cavs he can’t be bought out. This is a good move for the Cavs, because they are going all in and playing the only hand they have been dealt.

By: bigtrav425

bigtrav425 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:12:55 +0000

As a Cavs fan you are right to a certain extent but whats with all the negativity?..anyone with a b-ball IQ would take Baron over Mo any day of the week..but thats not why the deal was made it was made for 2 reasons…The unprotected pick first and foremost whihc is likely going to be a top 10 so they will have 2 picks in the top 10 and 2nd it shows everyone that Dan gilbert/cleveland are not afraid of spending money and doing what they have to do in order to get better….and lets say Baron is that pissed bout gettin traded to Cleveland from his hometown…well then he would take a pretty low buyout and possibly save Gilbert a lil cash…and if i remember right the difference for next yrs contract between mo and Baron is 4 mill…so for next yr your spending 4 million and gettin a lottery pick this yr for Mo and Jamario