06 Sep 2017 15:43:16
The Cavs get Danny Green and Dudley

The Spurs get Bledsoe and a Cavs 2nd

The Suns get Shumpert, Osman, Frye(waive), Jefferson(waive), Tavares, Murray, Anderson, the Cavs 2021 first lottery protected, the Spurs 2018 first, and a Cavs 2nd.

The Cavs add to excellent 3 and d players who can both guard multiple positions. They also keep the Brooklyn pick potentially giving them chance to make a bigger trade down the road and save 4 million in the process.

The Spurs get what could be their long term answer at pg. They give up Green, but he seems like a guy that they've seen as expendable for a while. Their first should be pretty late and both of the young players that they give up are fairly replaceable.

The Suns get a bundle of assets to continue their rebuild and they'll end up with 7 million in extra cap room next summer (it balloons to over 17 if Shumpert opts out) after the trade.

1.) 06 Sep 2017
06 Sep 2017 20:18:22
Not good for the Cavs. No way I'm including draft picks in a deal for two journeymen past their prime.

2.) 06 Sep 2017
06 Sep 2017 20:21:09
Not good for the Cavs. No way I'm throwing in any kind of draft picks on a package for two journeymen past their prime.

3.) 06 Sep 2017
06 Sep 2017 20:25:48
I don't see what assets the Suns get.
Looks like the Cavs just put all their junk in the back of a dump truck, drive 2,000 miles to the southwest and dump it in Phoenix.

4.) 06 Sep 2017
06 Sep 2017 22:33:36
Two late firsts, a second, and a rookie that was an early second rounder is nothing at all? Seems like a few decent assets. They bring in a few contracts as well, but none that are terrible. The worst is shumpert, who's contract is about the same as Dudley.

5.) 07 Sep 2017
07 Sep 2017 16:24:36
I'm not sure how the Suns only get junk? Murray and Osman are both solid prospects with upside, they get two firsts, they end up with more cap space next year, and they can bring Anderson and Tavares into camp to see try them out and if they don't like them they're both in the last guaranteed year of their contracts. Neither player they give up looks to be part of their future and another year of tanking makes sense.

As for this not being good for the Cavs, calling Danny Green a journey man is ridiculous. He's probably just under an elite catch shoot player and he's an elite perimeter defender. Dudley is a really good and versatile defender, who also shoots the 3 really well. When a team tries to play small ball against the Cavs, they could realistically with a lineup of Smith Green Crowder Lebron Dudley and would have an elite defensive unit and just let Lebron attack and kick it. you either have to choose to bring an extra defender off of a 40 percent 3 point shooter or let Lebron go one on one with a player to the hole.