I agree. Those players are still out there and they are trying to get them. I feel like they slacked last year, but they have made an effort this year. I mean Brooks, Durant, Westbrook and Presti have all met with Gasol. They've met with Miller and Morrow. They are targeting the correct players. They only have 5.5 million to spend and will need to work a sign and trade on a bad contract. I can fault some things in the past but I can't fault the effort so far. We'll see how it falls. Being KC sports fans you should understand free agents are hard to bring to the Midwest. Especially in the NBA.

Even with what they have now OKC is better than Houston with Bosh. It's not hard to replace Thabo, Butler, and Fisher regardless and Houston hasn't won shit. A declining, soft power forward isn't going to impact them that much.

LMAO

What were you right about there exactly? Stop trolling. Nobody that knows CBB thinks anybody but KU is winning it...again.

ROFL Yep!

And all season Laker Fan kept pointing to THIS off season...ROFL

Yes

Lebron James
(maybe)Kevin Love
Luol Deng
Kyrie Irving
Andrew Wiggins

Good deal.

**** all the douche bag heat fans.

Bye, Kevin. Go not play defense in Cleveland.

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The draft lottery has ALWAYS been rigged (remember Pat Ewing to the Knicks.)

...or New Orleans after the Saints owner bought them.

I've never seen anyone banned from a thread here just for being right.

Houston is spending money to, ostensibly, get better. Okc wants to make sure they don't go over the luxury tax.

Love would be a great trade if it's for waiters and Tristan. If it's for Wiggins, I absolutely hate the trade.

"I got banned from a thread... FOR DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT!"

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And with Aldridge likely staying in Portland....

Waiters and Tristan?

**** that.

Reading his article, I can see this is very... calculated.

Rust and Sapho say the T-Wolves have no leverage. You will take scrubs and like it.

The lakers have never been an option. Who wants to play with a broken down Kobe?

Truth. He's a douche. Lakers fans were in denial. It was only Howard who didn't like Kobe.

We don't need Thompson with Dieng and Pekovic. It'd just end up being a bitch fest about the lack of minutes one of those guys is receiving.

And **** Waiters.

Cleveland can give us at least one of those draft picks they have next year and something that will actually improve our team.

We aren't going to sign Deng.

I don't expect Minnesota to take that. I just don't see the point in the cavs packaging Wiggins, an inexpensive option, for Kevin love... A max contract guy who won't play defense. I'd rather spent it on veterans to round out experience and depth, especially knowing that the cavs are probably a year or two away... Even with love.

OKC'S money is spent. I doubt Houston payroll will be much different when the dust setlles. You have to be able to find a deal that makes you want to go over the luxury tax first. If they were giving Bosh a max deal I would be pissed. That's all I know. Sounds like your journey to be a Rockets fan is complete.

Cavs fans are delusional if they think they can get Love without giving up Wiggins.

Irving
Wiggins
James
Thompson
Varejao

Waiters and Bennett top reserves.

Will be interesting to see if Love is traded, but it won't be for Wiggins if he is.

But the Warriors will be the 6 or 7 seed this year, if they make the playoffs.

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We have two firsts and two seconds next year, waiters, Bennett, Thompson, Bennett, Varejao... We have assets to offer.

ROFL

They're not getting Love & Deng AND keeping Wiggins.

Good luck. Going to have to be a Harden type rape trade

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lolz

Lin would make the Lakers some decent money.

Jim Buss and Kobe destroying the Lakers piece by piece.

Kevin Love is a lot like Dirk. He needs a dominant rim protector at the 5 or someone like Lebron James who will do it all. And he needs to be in the right system. He'll have that in Lebron and (potentially) in his coach if Blatt is as good as everybody says he is.

As much as I hate JIMMY, Lin is an expiring and it would include a 1st rounder

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Not surprising. Ray Allen will also probably be a Cav
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Melo narrow his choice to Knicks or Bulls not considering Lakers.

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@SportsCenter: Cavs have opened trade talks for Kevin Love by offering Dion Waiters, Anthony Bennett & 1st-round pick to T-Wolves.

Melo's a paycheck player. Always has been; always will be.

Chris Broussard is reporting from multiple sources that there's now an 82% chance LeBron is going to Cleveland.

That's like 8 cents on the dollar for Love.

If the Cavs want love they are going to have to give up Wiggins or Irving. I'd offer Irving, Tristan Thompson, and a first for Love.

Wiggins is much more valuable to Cleveland right now than Irving.

I'm just not big on three max contracts when you get a guy like Wiggins at half the cost. LeBron and whomever plays center would be the only two who play defense. And you have four offensive guys with Kyrie and waiters fighting for touches. Just think with Wiggins playing good defense and probably starting off as a system passer, he makes more sense than love, and most importantly using picks and available cap space to round out the roster... That feels like a better formula than trading the moon for Kevin love. Maybe that's just me.

Then it won't happen. I'd trade Wiggins and a future 1 for Love in a heartbeat. You'd need to add another shooter (Allen or Miller) and a defensive presence inside, but that's a championship caliber team.

LMAO

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Meh.

Wiggins is a good defender. He has the potential to be Paul George.

I'd keep Waiters as a 6th man/instant offense type to carry the second unit and jettison Irving.

Good luck with that.

The best part has to be the look on the face of that smug prick Pat Riley. ****ing grandstanding douchebag, calling out the best player on Earth when he couldn't surround him with a single drafted player worth a rat ****.

LMFAO. Ok you're just trolling. Irving, James, and Wiggins aren't even open for trade. They are Cleveland's future. We don't HAVE to trade for Love. We can wait it out and trade for him later for cheaper, or just sign him out right after no one matches their price for a guy who doesn't want to be there.

God damn it. I love Lebron James, but you're making me root against Cleveland's plans.

What an entitled ****tard you are.

Great, now I'm not "fan enough". I'm an OKC fan. I'm also a huge NBA fan in general. I WANT to believe that OKC is committed to doing everything in their power to win; it certainly doesn't look that way. See: trading Harden, trading FOR Perk, re-signing Perk, signing Bulter, keeping Brooks, etc. Does a team that wants to win a Championship make THOSE moves?

Makes sense for the Lakers. Lin's contract expires next summer

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA · 54s Houston is finalizing a deal to send Jeremy Lin to the Lakers, league source tells Yahoo Sports.

You can't sign Kevin Love to a max contract as a FA with Irving, Wiggins, and James making $50 million dollars, you dumb mother****er.

ROFL He's almost as good as Anthony and James!

LMAO

This is the most exciting thing to happen to Cleveland since The Drew Carey Show, and Rust all of a sudden thinks his team is the Lakers.

Nobody's going to suck your dick just so you can win a championship, Rust.

Lakers fans are hoping for Asik and Stephenson. LMAO.

Wiggins is in his rookie contract dumbass.

Ok. Let's see if Wiggns in traded, or if you guys are wrong again.

haha anthony bennet and dion waiters

two shit players for Love, get out of here

And Lin....LMAO

Wiggins may or may not be traded. But if you think Love gets you closer to a trophy, you pull the trigger. Love is flawed, but he's a damn good player. Wiggins could be an all star or he could be Ben McLemore. In Waiters first year, you proclaimed him to be a future star. He probably isn't ever going to become an all star. You just don't know when a guy has never played in the league. You know you're getting 25 and 13 from Love.

In terms of defining your team's future, Love is only 25. If he signs a long term deal, would he not also be part of the future?

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We were never arguing if the Cavs would or would not trade Wiggins, you moron.

You came in acting like you were entitled to Kevin Love for chump change, not even considering the fact that a team like Chicago may want to pony up an offer to compete with the Cavs in the East.

The Wolves aren't desperate. They're not trading him to your miserable ****ing team for Waiters and a wad of cum, and they're not going to let him walk in free agency for no money next year. There are other options besides the Cleveland ****ing Cavaliers and your shitty ****ing role players you have to offer if Wiggins is not on the table.

Bosh and Parsons to Rockets is inevitable at this point

Jesus Christ Rust, how the **** did you manage to make everybody hate you when most of us agreed that the Cavs were his best landing spot?
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Chicago and Boston could put together compelling offers, among others.

I don't know about Chicago but Ainge has been trying like hell to get Love and the Celtics really have nothing Minnesota wants outside of draft picks.

I will add I will be quite surprised if the Wolves trade Love without getting Wiggins in return.

You make several good points that Okcchief fails to see because he has turned into a blind homer. It didnt used to be that way, but one can certainly see the shift by reading his posts from the 2014 season to now.

I think you're being way too harsh on irving.

Irving is an elite talent and high character guy with immaturity issues. Waiters is pretty good talent with a little more history with character issues and I don't think he's that well liked in the locker room.

I'd take Kylie every time. Especially given that he's 22 and will probably get much better coaching and leadership miles better than anything he's ever had.

Boris Diaw and Matt Bonner are adequate compensation IMO. Love would be a great Spur. :D

Let me guess... he'll come off the bench to spell Tim Duncan until he retires?

Lin to Lakers a done deal. Houston also sends them their 2015 1st round pick

Looks like the Wolves are still stuck on getting Thompson from the Warriors.