No Deals Yet As Cavs Approach Deadline
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been talked about a lot this season as the trade deadline approaches. Unfortunately the Cavs have had a tough time getting anything done. They haven’t had the right mix of players to unload, and they don’t want to part with certain pieces of the puzzle. Further complicating matters is that the Cavs gave away (and I do mean GAVE AWAY) their first round pick for this season to the Boston Celtics when they got Jiri Welsch in the 04-05 season.
I need to change the subject before I start to get angry about Jiri Welsch and Jim Paxson all over again.
Anyway, the Cavs have had a tough road to haul trying to get access to available point guards like Mike James, Jason Kidd, or Mike Bibby. But now, rumor has it that the Cavs might possibly have the inside track on Mike Bibby by utilizing a third team. The Kings would get Mike James, the Cavs would get Mike Bibby, and the Cavs would give up Drew Gooden and possibly more because Gooden doesn’t make nearly as much money as is owed to Bibby.
So that is where it stands now. I have stated before, and I will say it again (especially after last night’s spectacular game-winning rebound/dunk) that the only two untouchable players on the Cavs’ roster are LeBron James and Anderson Varejao.
And yes, that means you too Larry Hughes. Hughes has played much better of late, but at more than $13 million per year, he just doesn’t do enough to justify his price. Also not to mention the fact that getting rid of Hughes would mean the Cavs have enough flexibility to sign up and comers Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic.
So that is the status as of right now. Hopefully the Cavs will continue to work the phones and possibly get themselves a new point guard before the end of the day. If it ends up being Mike Bibby, the rest of the Eastern Conference better watch out for a much better prepared Cleveland Cavaliers team as we head toward the playoffs.
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Larry Hughesn is pretty much expendible at the moment. If we trade him and Drew, this is our starting line-up
1. Bibby
2. Sasha
3. Bron-Bron
4. Varajao
5. Z
We still have E-Snow, Gibson, and Damon “best shooter in the world who can’t actually shoot” on the bench for the guard spots, with Pollard on the bench to back up the posts and Donyell Marshall on the bench to back up the posts and to miss threes. Not a bad bench, and a much better starting line-up.
It appears that the Cavs won’t get the whole Bibby thing done, but here’s a question for you. Why haven’t they gone after Mike James? How about the extra PG Udrih in San Antonio? They reportedly want a second round pick for him. How about Juan Dixon in Portland? I guess Dixon overlaps with what they already have in Gibson.
We will have to see.
No… If we can’t land a starting point guard, then we need to go after a lights out three point shooter who Lebron, Larry or Z can kick the ball out to. I don’t see any sense in adding a third back-up point guard to this roster. If we can’t get Bibby, Kidd, or a three point threat we should probably plan on another second round exit and re-build in the offseason.
i hear some guy by the name of Kopono is drilling 3’s at an alarming rate this year… why can’t Cleveland land someone like him? oh. right.
Bibby would be a perfect fit for this team, but giving up Gooden and something else might not be worth it.
should’ve picked up Iverson.