Pre-Trade Deadline Win Streak – What’s it mean?
2012-03-12
Following an improbable, highly exciting three game win streak against Western Conference teams best characterized as somewhere between good and excellent; the Cavs are one game outside of the 8th seed in the East. Six of their remaining eleven March games are against teams with winning percentages below five-hundred. Anderson Varejao should return later this month. The trade deadline is a few days away – how should the Cavs respond?
While I’m not a proponent of “tanking”, the Cavs still need to focus on the future. I am super psyched about the three recent wins, especially against OKC (seriously – who saw that coming?), but the sixteen games in twenty four days in April is daunting and could very well leave this young Cleveland team outside-looking-in regardless of their mid-March moves. For me, the win streak hasn’t changed the view on trade deadline questions.
Trading Sessions still seems to be the right move. After this season, his player option likely won’t be picked up. Acquiring a first round draft pick beats the value of twenty-seven more games of Ramon.
Moving Jamison as part of a three team trade, even at the expense of taking back a contract with a year or two left on it, can have benefits. If the right deal doesn’t surface though; move on, enjoy the rest of Antawn’s time in Cleveland, and try free agency this summer.
Don’t trade anything that could be useful in the future, solely for a 2012 playoff push. Chris Kaman trade rumors come to mind.
I look forward to hearing other’s thoughts on the win streak and if it changes your perceptions of the 2012 trade deadline.
I just pray that Ramon Sessions doesn’t get traded. He’s so calm and professional and does an Excellent job of backing up Kyrie. They both are great point guards, so it really wouldn’t matter to me who started. I think Kyrie does better at the game winning shot though. I just feel why take a chance getting rid of Ramon, when we already have a quality point guard. The kid has been moved so much it’s terrible. He doesn’t have any Drama issues. He’s one of my favorite players, and I just hope we can keep him in Cleveland. Ramon… Read more »
OK, scratch that about NO. They might be satisfied with Jarrett Jack. He’s actually having a very comparable season to Sessions.
You could probably put NO and Atlanta on that list of needing a PG. NO will be well under the cap, and Atlanta can still use their amnesty. If the waived Johnson, they’re at 40 mil. The Cavs are running a risk by not trading him now.
Given Jag’s points, The Cavs could keep Ramon and sign and trade him in the offseason if they desired.
The mid level exception is $3M for teams that are over the CAP and paying luxury tax, like the Lakers. It is $5M for teams over the CAP and under the tax threshold. My point is that if the Cavs want to keep Sessions it won’t take much more than the $4.5M he is already getting to do so.The only teams under the CAP that might be interested are Utah, Portland and Phoenix. Utah has little room and would have to not re-sign CJ Miles. Portland will be limited by what they end up paying Batum. If Nash goes back… Read more »
I’d hate to see Sessions go-love his hustle. But I suppose I would rather get something of value for him now while he’s getting attention than lose him to free agency. As much as Jamison aggravates me with some of his quirks (erratic shooting/poor free throw %),he is that steady veteran hand on a young team that we can’t afford to lose.Let him retire as a Cav. Can’t we just bundle Casspi, Hollins, Erden and Samuels for an average big man who works his ASS off every night? A junk yard dog like Reggie Evans or Tyler Hansbrough. Ahh, wishful… Read more »