Cavs part ways with GM David Griffin

Get er done Morey.

 

Lebron is mad. Very mad. The barbershop talking how he didn't want to come back because he and his family couldn't stand Gilbert, but he had unfinished business, now business is finished and he's gone after this season.


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If no one appreciated you Griff I did, and hopefully all the people of Cleveland! Thanks for what u did for the team for 3 yrs! We got us 1

 

i didn't realize griffin got there the year lebron did. for some reason i thought he had been there. pulled off some pretty good moves in his time, especially the jr and shumpert deal and however they got jefferson. of course, lebron plus kyrie plus #1 pick helps.

 

Yup.

LeBron got the green light to leave if he wants to without hurting his legacy. Gilbert is going to take all the heat.

 

Dan Gilbert should just be grateful that he now has a championship in this god forsaken, small market.

 

So that's how Chauncey Billups emerges... makes sense now!!!

 

Several rumors that indicate that Griffin was working a major deal to get a big time star not named Melo or Chris Paul...Jimmy Butler wouldve been a really nice get for the team. Kevin Love to Phx for the #4 pick...and then parlay it with a future first and expiring contracts for Jimmy Butler.

Too bad it all went up in smoke.

 

At this point i'm not even sure Melo would waive his no trade clause to go there...what if Lebron leaves next summer and he's forced to stay there? Lol

 

Love would be perfect for Phoenix.

 

If Cleveland loses out on an opportunity to parlay Love into Butler or George because they fired their GM during the week of trade negotiations, that will be one of the most amazing and hilarious things in NBA history.

However, it's hard to believe--why on Earth would Phoenix trade #4 for Love if that #4 could entice the Bulls to trade Butler? Why would Phoenix prefer Love over Butler. Now, if it's for George, I guess that's different. I still don't get it for Phoenix--I'd rather have a shot at a stud on a rookie deal than a good about-to-be-29 year old player with major defensive flaws (especially considering Booker is a major defensive minus too).

 

In a vacuum, Butler is better, but i do think they could have more success with Love over Butler. Booker is clearly a 2, and they got enough guards as it is, if they could play Chris and Love together, they could be pretty great offensively, they would be nowhere near challenging for championships and etc with either Butler or Love, so why not get the one who will help more to at least make playoffs and a great offensive team.

 

[HoopsHype in Spanish] Dan Gilbert asked female employer to print HoopsHype's rumours page every morning.

 

Pretty much what you said zee... and he hated the style so he asked her if she could somehow get the Hoopshype page formatted in excel or PDF.

Apparently at the end they said the same to LeBron.... **shrugs**

 

Love and Booker are both deficient defensively--Booker is awful, Love is merely poor. Teams would exploit them constantly on the pick-and-roll. Butler makes a ton more sense as a two-way star, IMO. He can definitely move to the 3--he's 6'7'', not exactly a small guard. He's a wing, you can play him as a 2 or 3.

 

Man..this is exactly why Cleveland f'd up by trading away Wiggins to get Love. They shouldve never done that trade. Cleveland is one season away from losing Lebron twice...
Wiggins, Kyrie and Lebron wouldve been a better core to compete against the Warriors.

 

Wiggins has been terrible though, even if he becomes good at some point the cavs would have gotten nothing the last 3 years