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Originally Posted by KevB
You're making an assumption that Wiggins will be an elite defender. We don't know that yet. He's talented, he seems to care about that end of the floor and he'll probably be pretty good. But it's not proven yet. He's skinny and not particularly physical yet. He's quick and can leap, but that doesn't equal elite defender just yet.
I get what you're saying, and there's merit to it. He helps on D, he costs less than Love and gives you some overlap (at least on D) with LeBron. But I'd take my chances I could find those traits elsewhere and go grab the 25 and 13 guy 10 out of 10 times to pair with LeBron and Kyrie. Wiggins takes some pressure off LeBron on D, but Love takes that much or more pressure of LeBron on the offensive end.
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I think his offensive game needs a lot of work. But I really think he's going to be an excellent defender and that he's NBA ready. It shouldn't be hard to be a defensive upgrade over Kyrie and Waiters at least. Without Love, the Cavs will still have good enough lineups to sit LBJ and get productive minutes. With Love and minus Wiggins, you really can't have a good defensive rotation out there. I can just see Lebron having to stay on the floor because nobody else can play defense.
But it's not just that. I'm just not a fan of handing out 3 max contracts. Especially on a team that has a ton of first round picks with upside rounding out the roster.