Iwasawitness wrote:JonFromVA wrote:Iwasawitness wrote:
Mobleys offensive game is developing and together they make Cleveland one of the best defensive teams in the league. I don’t buy the terrible fit narrative and until I see something substantial to actually prove it, there’s no reason to get rid of Allen.
Hell, if it’s that big of a deal, start one and have the other come off the bench. Allen as your sixth man would be utter insanity.
You're not wrong, but it looks like the players, their agents, and perhaps even a coaching change are going to push the Cavs away from their unconventional 2 big + 2 small lineup regardless of what may or may not make sense.
The Pelicans are a team to watch ... 49-wins, swept out of the first round, their PBO's are good friends, and they have complimentary pieces that could potentially help each other out.
So far the only change I for sure see coming is Cleveland getting rid of the two small guards. Otherwise, I fully expect Mobley/Allen to both stay on the team unless they manage to get a ridiculously good deal for Allen. Mitchell or Garland is understandable, but Allen's contract makes him tricky to trade as having someone as good as him on that kind of deal is bonkers and you're going to want a lot in order to even consider giving him up. At that point the question becomes what's out there that's worth pursuing in order to give him up?
The Cavs want players who want to be there, so unless they can un-ruffle a whole lot of feathers, things are going to shake out. Heck, something I've been saying for months is they may struggle to replace Bickerstaff with a quality coach until/unless they do something about their unconventional lineup. JBB embraced it, a desperate assistant might, but why would a quality head coaching candidate want to commit himself to figuring that out?
Koby Altman isn't shy about throwing together complicated trades, but there are some very simple things we can do with the Pelicans involving Garland and/or Allen who just so happen to have a bit of a glut of wings they need to resolve and have already said they don't plan to bring Valanciunas back.
Speaking of, depending how things go for JV finding a new team, he might be a guy we'd like to bring in to protect Mobley against teams with big C's. We may also wish to bring over our draft & stash Diop next season.