Broussard: Rip to Cavs might be back on

**Tahoe** · 05-29-2011 03:29 PM

To sum this thread up for me...lol wut?

**micknugget** · 05-29-2011 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by shags

Maxiell is as much of an expiring contract as Will Bynum is (or Rip Hamilton for that matter). He's not going to turn down his player option, and it can't be bought out any more than any other guaranteed contract.

Except that Maxiell is a lot cheaper and can be bought out for maybe 3 or 3.5 mil of the 5 he is going to make. That's a BIG dollar difference from Gordon, Rip or CV which is why I took him out of the running. Bynum is considerably less and is possibly tradeable.

**Glenn** · 05-29-2011 03:42 PM

Bynum is absolutely tradable. Good production and heart, locked up on a decent contract.

I bet every one of the teams that he's torched coming off the bench would want him.

Hopefully, we get a coach that will know how to get the most out of him, ourselves.

**Joe Asberry** · 05-30-2011 10:37 AM

i would do this only if we get the 20th pick, giving up a lottery pick just for dumping salary is too much, even in a weak draft

we would have 36 mil in salary for next season, resigning Jonas and Stuckey + 10 mil, we could still have cap space after that, but who knows how the CBA will look like after the lockout

**Uncle Mxy** · 05-30-2011 11:01 AM

I can't imagine any smart team will do a straight salary dump without knowing what the CBA is like.

Dumars made that mistake last time in trading away Corliss. If he hasn't learned from that mistake, he should be retired.

**Glenn** · 06-01-2011 01:22 PM

Justin (Cleveland)
What is the likelihood of the Cleveland-Detroit-Minnesota trade we are hearing rumors of?

Chad Ford (1:20 PM)
Cleveland would love to get the NO. 2 pick. Minnesota is open to moving it. No way Detroit gives up the No. 8 pick to dump Rip Hamilton in his last year. If Cavs-Wolves do a deal, it will either be straight up or under a different configuration.

sigh