thedynasty1998;381951 wrote:Obviously it will take a lot of money to bring Izzo to Cleveland, but is he really worth $30 million? Maybe he is, maybe he isn't.

There's no doubt in my mind that Izzo can handle the NBA game as far as schemes go, but with any college to the pro coach, it's about the egos. It's a different beast when you are coaching guys who have millions in their bank account to have fun with. Then you have the entourages and agents and all that, and it's hard to predict how someone can handle it.

I'm one of the few who seems to think Calipari would be successful in the NBA in his second try at it. When that happens I don't know. But he will be in the NBA at some point. The reason I think he will be good is because he seems to be able to handle the egos of multiple stars on one team. He had a team with possibly six 1st round draft picks last year, and we didn't hear of one problem internally. As for the X's and O's, he isn't as good as Izzo, but he can always find assistants.

thedynasty1998;381960 wrote:Owners everywhere have money, and they don't get their money by being foolish with it. He obviously thinks Izzo is worth the money, but you can't say "it's not too much if you have the money". I do agree that it might be the high risk/high reward type of situation, but I just think there might be safer choices, and does he want to spend that kind of money if Lebron leaves town?

But Mike Brown came from the NBA. He was around the players and saw how Popovich handled the egos. What can Izzo use in terms of experience? He's coaching 20 year olds who are eating Little Caesar's every night.

And I actually think Mike Brown did an exceptional job of managing the egos on the Cavs, until what sounds like the last dozen games of his career in Cleveland, and that was due to Shaq. Mike Brown had the biggest superstar in the NBA and it seems to me like he kept him pretty motivated.

hoops23;381963 wrote:Owners everywhere aren't billionaires. Besides, safe choices are BORING.

Yes, Mike Brown came from the NBA, but he had no prior experience coaching. He had no accolades, no career achievements, nothing. And I don't think he demanded anything of LeBron except to play defense. I don't think LeBron's offensive game developed as much as it could have under Brown.

Brown did a wonderful job though coaching the Cavs, I give credit where it's due. He got them to play defense, but he didn't have the prestige to coach the offensive side of the ball. When Windy says LeBron would wave off offensive sets to do his own thing, it tells me Mike Brown wasn't the coach we needed to get over the hump.

Tom Izzo has a background, he has a prestigious history and he has the total package in terms of coaching ability. He demands respect and in turn, his teams usually love him.

And let's not act like 20 year olds don't have egos, especially when playing big time college ball, because they do. Sometimes it's probably even worse than NBA players.

hoops23;381963 wrote: And let's not act like 20 year olds don't have egos, especially when playing big time college ball, because they do. Sometimes it's probably even worse than NBA players.

And let's not act like 20 year olds don't have egos, especially when playing big time college ball, because they do. Sometimes it's probably even worse than NBA players.

Whether it happens or not is the question. If the Cavs take Calderon or Hedo, and Bosh, in exchange for Mo, Delonte, JJ, and some fillers, I think Toronto looks at it.

IggyPride00;382622 wrote:A deal like that would not be possible as the salaries would be no where close to matching up.

Bosh and Hedo would be like $27+ million between them, and you have to come close to matching the salaries of what you're trading for. The number is 115%, meaning we can't receive more than 115% of what we trade away. They would not dream of taking Jamison back at his age and money owed, and to send them 20+ million of salaries they want would be next to impossible as the Cavs have nothing that it is soon to be expiring in that price range.

Skyhook79;382852 wrote:I hope they do sign Izzo to a huge long term deal. It will provide several years of material and it will be Rick Pitino Part 2.

thedynasty1998;382808 wrote:I understand the allure of playing alongside Lebron, but if I'm Chris Bosh, I've already let Pat Riley know to draw up my contract for me to sign. We are talking about Miami!