Alonzo Gee to New Orleans???

[Above the Rim]

That's the part I'm not sure about.

If you were, would you do the deal?

Rivers and CDR (or Garcia)

OR

Marvin Williams on a 4 yr deal

[NMThreeMVP]

Might the Cavs be willing to take Austin Rivers?

They can't just give us Alonzo Gee. But if they're about to trade Wiggins/Waiters for Love... they might have a need for Rivers.

[RaisingTheBar]

If you were, would you do the deal?

Rivers and CDR (or Garcia)

OR

Marvin Williams on a 4 yr deal

If I were sure we could? Then yes. Not worried about finding that long term SF until we get Gordon off the team.

[greewe]

You could IF you traded Rivers to get Gee and Hobson. Otherwise, how would you get them? It's either Rivers or Hobson. Which is why I said:

Rivers and Room Exception

OR

No Rivers, MLE, BAE

Room and BAE basically cancel each other out. So, Rivers or MLE?

With the market and the guys left, I take Rivers, get a stop gap and wait to next year

There's always the hope that we involve one of our FAs in a S&T.

Send Gee to Houston and Aminu/Smith/Roberts+Cash to a third team.

Maybe one of those guys has a deal on the table, but we came up $1M short, so Dell pulled an Ely/Babbitt for Gee trade to get an extra million unguaranteed to seal the deal.

[Above the Rim]

There's always the hope that we involve one of our FAs in a S&T.

Send Gee to Houston and Aminu/Smith/Roberts+Cash to a third team.

Maybe one of those guys has a deal on the table, but we came up $1M short, so Dell pulled an Ely/Babbitt for Gee trade to get an extra million unguaranteed to seal the deal.

But how would you get Gee in the first place w/o using cap room? That is the issue

[504ByrdGang]

ESPN sources say Cavs have other means to acquire Brendan Haywood from Charlotte as planned and thus also send Alonzo Gee to New Orleans

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 11, 2014

ESPN sources also say that Alonzo Gee potentially could wind up being plugged into New Orleans' looming acquisition of Rockets' Omer Asik

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 11, 2014

PR needs their source credit

[AD23forMVP]

I'm lost on this.

[greewe]

But how would you get Gee in the first place w/o using cap room? That is the issue

Trading Ely and Babbitt.

[DroopyDawg]

Just me speculating, but I think Dell will find a way to keep Rivers and the core 5 (AD, EG10, Reke, Jrue and Ryno).

The question is... how the h3ll do we fit a small forward or 3 into the mix with our current cap situation?

Frenchy, Babbitt and Gee are possibly gone along with Ely (who's definitely gone). I don't know how, but I'm sure Dell will make it work. I can also see us keeping 1 of the SFs that are on our Summer League team. Remember Sutherland was on the team at the end of the year and got some minutes. I can see him making it as depth. Darius Miller is still available and he showed SOME promise at the end of the year when given heavy minutes.

I don't know who will emerge as our 3, but I'm hoping with the players I mentioned above, Dell can somehow swing a deal for a starting SF that's not too expensive. Gerald Green maybe... since Phoenix is going after Deng and has re-signed Tucker.

SHould be an interesting weekend. MM said we will know more on Monday, so that's what I'm waiting for now.

[Above the Rim]

Trading Ely and Babbitt.

I think that is a bit of a reach. If he had a deal in place to S&T some of our guys, I don't think he would have to pursue this Gee thing. But we will see.

[Bee-Fense]

So we keep our exceptions and Rivers? Dell Demps, you da real MVP.

[PelsFan2313]

Trading Ely and Babbitt.

So we trade Ely and Babbitt for Gee and then Gee for Asik?

[Above the Rim]

So we keep our exceptions and Rivers? Dell Demps, you da real MVP.

I don't think that will be the case.

Think Dell is gonna pull a nice rabbit out of his hat here. Not an elephant, though.

And thats fine. If we were told Asik and someone like CDR and all we would lose is Morrow, Aminu, Roberts, and Babbitt - who would have said no?

[greewe]

Here's my hope:

NOP out:
Ely
Babbitt
Roberts (S&T)
Protected 1st
Cash

NOP in:
Asik
---
HOU out:
Asik

HOU in:
NOP protected 1st
Gee (waived)
---
CLE out:
Gee

CLE in:
Pelicans cash
Ely (waived)
Babbitt (waived)
---
Fourth team out:
Nothing

Fourth team in:
Roberts (around $2.5M)
Cash
---
We keep Rivers, MLE, BAE, and Bird rights to Smith and Aminu.

[Smirk]

Trading Ely and Babbitt.

Interdasting

[Above the Rim]

Here's my prediction:

NOP out:
Ely
Babbitt
Roberts (S&T)
Protected 1st
Cash

NOP in:
Asik

HOU out:
Asik

HOU in:
NOP protected 1st
Gee (waived)

CLE out:
Gee

CLE in:
Pelicans cash
Ely (waived)
Babbitt (waived)

Fourth team out:
Nothing

Fourth team in:
Roberts (around $2.5M)
Cash

So, who is Double Jet Li and who is Elway in that scenario?

LMAO

[Smirk]

Here's my hope:

NOP out:
Ely
Babbitt
Roberts (S&T)
Protected 1st
Cash

NOP in:
Asik
---
HOU out:
Asik

HOU in:
NOP protected 1st
Gee (waived)
---
CLE out:
Gee

CLE in:
Pelicans cash
Ely (waived)
Babbitt (waived)
---
Fourth team out:
Nothing

Fourth team in:
Roberts (around $2.5M)
Cash
---
We keep Rivers, MLE, BAE, and Bird rights to Smith and Aminu.

That would be amazing.

[Rafa Brazil]

How can a team not trade anything and still get something??

[Rafa Brazil]

That fourth tema must send something for it to work

[Above the Rim]

That fourth tema must send something for it to work

Not if they have cap room or an exception - which numerous teams have

[Rafa Brazil]

Still have to send it, be it a part of the exeption or whatever it is

[Rafa Brazil]

if they only have cap room, then it's not a trade, it's a signing

[Above the Rim]

if they only have cap room, then it's not a trade, it's a signing

The team can send some fake 2019 top-55 protect 2nd round pick. Happens all the time.

[Rafa Brazil]

still gotta send something. as it is put there, it's misleading, one might believe a team don't have to send anything in a sign and trade or even a regular trade

[Rafa Brazil]

but got you!