07-12-2021, 11:53 PM
(07-12-2021, 11:31 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: People say this often, and I might be really stupid, but I feel like the exact opposite is proven true almost every year.
They have been trying to trade Kevin love for years. Look at the extent every team goes through just to unload Russell Westbrook. There are other examples, and I suppose it depends on what you mean by “untradable.”
Judging by the mess the Mavs are in right now with Porzingis, I’d say it’s at least much easier to build a team by avoiding overpaid, underperforming players. Sure, you can always move them, but not often in a way that makes you better.
The Cavs could probably trade Love, but they have no real incentive to unless they are trying to avoid the luxury tax which I believe they are below anyway. They are a bad team so they'd be better off not trading future assets to get off of Love's contract which would certainly be necessary to accomplish that task. There was a recent report that they want to move up in the draft. If they accomplish that, it will be due in part thanks to hanging onto the corpse of Kevin Love and his terrible contract.