Cleveland Buck wrote: The Cavs will not have enough room to sign any big free agents next season unless LeBron leaves.

Wooball wrote: I guess I may be the only one on this board that would make the trade for Iggy. I can see why people might see the 2nd coming of Larry Hughes, or why he wouldn't fit in. Here is why I think he would:

The guy is very athletic. He will finish with dunks and draw fouls at the rim. Can you imagine this guy running the break with Lebron? He won't have to handle the ball often, and LBJ is great at finding guys when they move off the ball. He makes 32.5% of his 3's while he is asked to pretty much do everything for that offense. Playing with Bron and Shaq that percentage should go up with more wide open looks. In Cleveland he would be the #3 ball handler, and asked to slash and score. When Hughes was here, we asked him to play pg, and knock down jumpshots. Now we have Mo, Delonte, Parker and Boobie to hit J's, something we didn't have when Larry was here. Also, when that floor tilts toward Lebron in the playoffs and in the 4th quarter, how nice would it be to have guy on the weakside that could beat his man off the dribble and finish at the rim? It is great that we have all these spot up shooters, but what happens when the 3 isn't falling? The Magic shot themselves to a series win against the Cavs, then when the 3's weren't falling against LA had no chance. How about a line-up against the Magic of Mo/Delonte, Iggy, Moon/Parker, LBJ, Shaq?

just_a_swimmer wrote: James is not leaving:@. Think positive. There are no "if's"

Comments: How does the chemistry of this year’s Cavs team compare to your 2005 National Championship Tar Heel team?
First Name: Matt
City: Philadelphia
State: PA

Jawad: That’s a good one. I think this team is closer – which is rare, from what I understand, on a professional level, because you’re dealing with contracts and big-money guys. But this … this team is the closest team I’ve ever played on. Hands down the closest team I’ve ever played on.

Players at UNC are tight. When you go through some of the things we go through as North Carolina basketball players, you realize why. Even the guys who came before us stay close. We have a great connection with those guys.

The ultimate goal is to win and, hopefully, move to the professional level. But even if that doesn’t happen, guys stay together.

LTrain23 wrote:

Wooball wrote: I guess I may be the only one on this board that would make the trade for Iggy. I can see why people might see the 2nd coming of Larry Hughes, or why he wouldn't fit in. Here is why I think he would:

The guy is very athletic. He will finish with dunks and draw fouls at the rim. Can you imagine this guy running the break with Lebron? He won't have to handle the ball often, and LBJ is great at finding guys when they move off the ball. He makes 32.5% of his 3's while he is asked to pretty much do everything for that offense. Playing with Bron and Shaq that percentage should go up with more wide open looks. In Cleveland he would be the #3 ball handler, and asked to slash and score. When Hughes was here, we asked him to play pg, and knock down jumpshots. Now we have Mo, Delonte, Parker and Boobie to hit J's, something we didn't have when Larry was here. Also, when that floor tilts toward Lebron in the playoffs and in the 4th quarter, how nice would it be to have guy on the weakside that could beat his man off the dribble and finish at the rim? It is great that we have all these spot up shooters, but what happens when the 3 isn't falling? The Magic shot themselves to a series win against the Cavs, then when the 3's weren't falling against LA had no chance. How about a line-up against the Magic of Mo/Delonte, Iggy, Moon/Parker, LBJ, Shaq?

Great! But we already have this guy in Jamario Moon.

Wooball wrote:

LTrain23 wrote:

Wooball wrote: I guess I may be the only one on this board that would make the trade for Iggy. I can see why people might see the 2nd coming of Larry Hughes, or why he wouldn't fit in. Here is why I think he would:

The guy is very athletic. He will finish with dunks and draw fouls at the rim. Can you imagine this guy running the break with Lebron? He won't have to handle the ball often, and LBJ is great at finding guys when they move off the ball. He makes 32.5% of his 3's while he is asked to pretty much do everything for that offense. Playing with Bron and Shaq that percentage should go up with more wide open looks. In Cleveland he would be the #3 ball handler, and asked to slash and score. When Hughes was here, we asked him to play pg, and knock down jumpshots. Now we have Mo, Delonte, Parker and Boobie to hit J's, something we didn't have when Larry was here. Also, when that floor tilts toward Lebron in the playoffs and in the 4th quarter, how nice would it be to have guy on the weakside that could beat his man off the dribble and finish at the rim? It is great that we have all these spot up shooters, but what happens when the 3 isn't falling? The Magic shot themselves to a series win against the Cavs, then when the 3's weren't falling against LA had no chance. How about a line-up against the Magic of Mo/Delonte, Iggy, Moon/Parker, LBJ, Shaq?

Great! But we already have this guy in Jamario Moon.

Really??? Moon can jump high and hit a stand still jumper. Moon is a great bench/role player for this team. AI2 would bring a lot more than that.

devil1197 wrote: Foot, where do you think making no moves will leave the roster heading into the summer? As of right now they could lose 2-3 major contributors to the team.

What if LeBron leaves? Do you really think Shaq or Z are going to want to re-sign with Cleveland with very little hope of competing for a title in their last years. Sure that leaves us with cap space but it also leaves us with a weak roster to bring in star players.

Let's say they do not return, you just lost two 7 footers and 20 ppg/13 rpg. This leaves Cleveland with no true center on their roster.

Even if LeBron does re-sign with Cleveland it still leaves us with the possibility of losing both centers to retirement and having no cap room to make moves.

In order for Cleveland to better their roster they need to make a trade using Z's expiring, picks, and possibly JJ if the right deal comes along (would have to get two guys back via 3 way not just Jamison imo). These moves just aren't for this season's run, Ferry knows he'll have little to work with come FA and now is the time to better your roster.

I just don't think you can stand pat and wait for other players to make their decisions. Go out and get players that will be under contract.

HighRoller74 wrote: I doubt it.

Is anyone else out like Z or JJ?

I think we have three possible trades that could happen right this minute. But, would rather wait out the process in order to keep our options open for the best possible opportunities to eventually surface.

I believe we've got decent enough fallback options already that we could do if we so wanted. I'm pretty confident of that. Not sure how pleased most would be of them because two of the three would be seen as minor.. the other is a strong upgrade in my opinion...

To me it's clear what our hopes are right now ...I think at this point the one target that would make the team happiest to acquire would be Jamison. But, Washington is tough to read as far as intentions.

Iguodala just appears too cumbersome an ordeal to piece together. The logistics to get it done are mounting and without an extreme drive to get it done, won't happen.

When asked, Lebron James and even Shaq are saying that JJ Hickson is the real deal, and will eventially be the star type piece. That with continued development he has a very high ceiling.

That makes me feel good having the history I do with JJ, but honeslty I see a high quality player in JJ, but a player that needs assisting components around him to achieve successes.

I hang on to JJ in most all the trade offerings out there. But, in the case of Iguodala, I go the extra mile and include JJ, and even a #1 if necassary.

I just feel the high level flexibility that having both Lebron and Iguodala on our roster would be very formidable for many seasons into the future.

I have serious doubts it's going to happen, though. Don't feel the consensus amongst key players and front office execs is the same as mine on this one. Hope I'm wrong.