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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
As a Cavs fan, trust me, for some reason you're the only one that can see this. Let's also not forget that Wiggins costs only $5.5M. Love will cost $20M. The Cavs can basically get Wiggins and a $15M player at the same cap charge as Love. For some reason, people keep treating this like it's a Wiggins/Bennett for Love trade straight up.
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Adding the 28th pick in the first round next year to Wiggins/Bennett just isn't that much more value. Many teams try to trade out of the late first round because you're locked into a guaranteed contract taking a guy like Josh Huestis.
There's an argument for going the direction you suggest, I don't think it's a crazy path. But when you already have LeBron and Irving, why risk an unknown (Wiggins/Bennett) when you know you're getting major production from Love. Fill in with a cheap rim protector (a guy like Chris Anderson was for the Heat), sign a Thabo, Brandon Rush, etc. for cheap that can give you some wing defense and rock and roll. If you have Irving and Wiggins signed to long term deals at today's max, in two years that looks a lot better. LeBron gets more expensive, but you have defined production with predictable cost. A good GM continues to pull the right strings to put competent players around them. That's why pro GM's get paid 7 figures in many cases.