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Had to amnesty Boozer to make room for Gasol


Boozer was being paid too much anyway

That helps.

Booze return to Cleveland?

I really hope not.

Don't need another guy to play shitty defense. If we did, Love and Bennett are fine. Don't need another guy to be efficient near the basket. Varejao is and Thompson can be.

They either need a big or they need a stretch big. Of course Boozer's better than most of the bigs on the roster. But if you're going to spend money, spend it on someone who actually fills in a big weakness.

I believe since Boozer was amnesty causality that whatever team that signs him just owes league veteran minimum salary. I could be wrong but I believe that is the case.

like how the Wizards roster is shaping up, they essentially traded Trevor Ariza for Paul Pierce and Kris Humphries. Not a bad drop off. Ariza was more of a product of the Wizards corner 3 ball offensive pass first system than it was actually him creating his own shot.

Thus the Wizards have 11 roster spots locked up in

PG- Wall/The Professor Andre Miller
SG- Beal/GRJR
SF- The Truth/Marty Webster/Otto Porter
PF- Nene/Kris Humphries/Drew Gooden
C- Polish Hammer

I think they have a chance to contend for the ECF barring injury. But I expect Nene to miss time as usual, but if he could play 82 games he would be so good.

And the Wiz are currently undefeated in summer league with only 2 guys on the actual roster and only 1 roster spot to give to a bunch of young players that look pretty good for a last roster spot on the bench. It's good to see Porter and GRJR beat up on all their peers after 1 year in the system.

Teams silent bid for him. Winning bid gets him at the bid salary.

he could pull a Mike Miller and pretend something hurts so some crap team doesn't bid for him

Really? Because all you pussies were crying a few days ago when I said Wiggins wouldn't get traded. Glad to know you're getting smarter now.

His point is valid, even if I'm on the other side of the fence. The Cavs don't have perfect leverage because they want to use the Bird exception to get him. Going to be much tougher to get Love in free agency. But as long as Love keeps his short list really small, Minnesota loses a ton of leverage. I think every team knows Minnesota doesn't want to pay Love $17M this year and sacrifice good draft position just to prove a point. There's a reason why neither team is flinching right now.

Here we go.

Jon Krawczynski ‏@APkrawczynski 1m
Since arriving at summer league, #TWolves and #Warriors have re-engaged in trade discussions for Kevin Love, I'm told

Jon Krawczynski ‏@APkrawczynski 1m
Wolves have also had discussions with Cavs, but they're not biting on request for Andrew Wiggins.

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Same situation the T'Wolves want Klay and they've reassured him he isn't being traded.

Even without Klay the Warriors are offering a better package than the Cavs. David Lee is better than anyone the Cavs can offer other than Wiggins.

I don't know. David Lee is really just a throw in.

Not going to read through this entire thing, so ill just mention it here.......Its curious to me that LeBron told his boys in Miami to opt out of their contracts so the Heat could sign more players......but then hes the one who ended up bolting? WTF???