Offseason Moves

1. Trade CJ
2. CJ requests trade
3. CJ retires

BI needs to go because the fit is off and he isn’t worth $50m/season to us.

Taking a bit of a loss on value isn’t necessarily the issue if what we get back fits much better and plugs holes at point, center, or microwave off the bench.


CJ probably needs to go but that is a salary issue more than play for me. We need some new pieces and a $30m+ salary is needed to match for what we get past whatever BI brings in.


Nance probably goes for the same reasons as CJ.




Past that, I think we have three of five starters locked in along with some key subs.

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CJ isn't in the top 5 of our biggest issues.

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Exactly. Cj would be someone you trade at a future date if need be.

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Yalls hate for CJ is unmatched. I get that he wasn’t clutch but he’s asked to do too much at times. He arguably was the best 3 point shooter in the league this year. And you want that guy who’s on a team that refuses to shoot 3s to leave?

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Trey can shoot the same amount of 3's in the starting lineup, and he can actually play decent defense. SGA had a hard time against Trey one on one. CJ's defense in that sweep was beyond terrible.
With defense that bad, he needs to score 30+ a night.

I think some of you are underestimating how bad his defense was. They were scoring at will on him, and it wasn't just SGA.

$30M for a guy to just shoot 3's and be terrible on defense? Again, Trey can take that role, and Hawkins can take Trey's bench role. Hell you might as well go trade him for Trae Young. His defense was that bad.

Griffin is going to be searching high and low for BI trades.

The question is will he be willing to:

1) Not be seen as the clear immediate overwhelming winner of the trade; and

2) Will he be willing to "take a step back" with younger talent instead of immediate "star" help

3. Know better than wait until the goddamn deadline trying to get the perfect trade

Larry Nance playing in Croatia or I’m DONE

Trade BI and CJ for Donavon Mitchell and Struss or Garland or Mitchell and Allen or Mobley.
Add picks where ever needed.
Some one else make the salaries work, of course we'd have to extend Mitchell.

If Cleveland trades Mitchell it's because they think he won't resign with them because its been known he wants to go to a big market. You can't trade anything significant for a rental.

Better fit is more important than us than getting the PR win given we have Trey, Herb, and Zion as the core.

I don’t think we need a 2nd “star”, because I see Trey becoming that, but I see us needing pieces that fit better to work better with Zion on the court and function at all when he is unavailable.