Cleveland has a deal with the devil... LeBron is high maintenance/pain in the ass, but he is the only person that will keep them relevant in terms of being a championship-caliber team.

If I was Dan Gilbert I would suck it up and let LeBron run the franchise.

If I was Dan Gilbert I'd have sold after last year's championship.

That'd be nuts. When Kyrie is on the Cavs don't lose.

Yep.

Why? Not that I disagree, I'm just curious to hear your explanation.

I don't recall the exact figure, but when LeBron left the Cavs the first time, the estimated value of the franchise fell by something like a billion dollars. Now if you're Gilbert, the NBA has just signed a massive new TV deal and you just won a championship. You have LeBron under team control for 2 more years and the goodwill in Cleveland is through the roof. Durant hasn't signed with the Warriors (yet).

If you're shopping that to potential buyers, there are a TON of positive selling points that could have netted him something near that same $2 billion that Balmer paid for the Clippers (maybe even more thanks to the crazy television contract). The Cavaliers were at the absolute peak of their value and he'd have likely been able to find a willing buyer.

Cash in your chips at that point because things were never going to get better and the best case scenario is that they stay the same for 3-4 years and then get worse.

Damn, you're probably right. It's going to be interesting to see if there's a power struggle and how it will play out.

Lakers with a big trade for Lopez

And the #27.

Russel and mosgov.

I think that is a raping. Horrible contract.

Getting ready for George and LeBron.

SUPERTEAM

It appears to me you have no idea what defensive value, an assist, a block, or what a steal is. Draymond Green is an absolute douchebag, but he's a fantastic all around basketball player.

They're keeping the #2, setting up a trade for PG and will have room for two max contracts in 2018.

The West just got way more interesting.

Dwight Howard traded to Charlotte. Doesn't seem he sticks around teams very long, Kobe was probably right about him

Warriors will still smash whatever bums the Lakers put together

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