Originally Posted by KevB:
Pekovic out of nowhere is turning into a legit threat. If they had a real shooting guard, they'd be legitimately dangerous to good teams. They're already very competitive most nights.
Absolutely. There's this Derrick Williams trade rumor going around. The latest is DWill for Pau from the Lakers, but that makes no sense for either team. Minnesota's got bigs now that Pek is playing out of his mind, and it still doesn't solve their perimeter shooting/slashing small forward hole. Meanwhile, the Lakers will still need to take time to let Derrick's game develop, which is something they don't have. They're trying to get the most out of Kobe's final years, and trading away Pau definitely isn't the way to do it if they don't have skill to fill in.
Adrian Wojnarowski, who usually has a pretty good read on things... with an article that'll get people buzzing. LeBron's comments were for a reason. He says LeBron is laying the groundwork to possibly opt out of his Miami contract and return to Cleveland after the 2013-2014 season. His sources say LeBron has floated the idea to Dan Gilbert through a third party... but Gilbert hasn't responded to him.
Originally Posted by okcchief:
His head is in the wrong ****ing place then.
Seriously. Fuck this guy.
He's basically signalling to Dan Gilbert to hold a bunch of money aside so that they can sign him in 2 years. On the off chance of it, assuming he doesn't dick them over (like he hasn't done that before).
With the Cavs starting to look like they're taking form, what are they going to do next year? Hold their pocket book closed and cross their fingers that LeBron will want to opt out? They did that before. And it's the reason they got absolutely fucked in 2011.
