Iman Shumpert agrees to a four-year, $40M deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers

[TheTruthFot18]

thats crazyyyyyyyyyyyyy

How do they have this money?

Is Lebron even coming back?

PS. Bradley's contract starting at age 23 looks very good now.

[Timdawgg]

Man Bradley is looking more and more like a bargain....

[wasi]

$10mil a year for Shumpert is absurd. I get why Gilbert is doing what he's doing.... But man is that tax bill gonna hurt when they take 2nd place again.

It's not at all absurd, it's market value. Bradley is identical to Shumpert and makes 9 million a year.

There is no way Shumpert is identical to Bradley. Avery is a better scorer and a better shooter from the outside. Other than offense they are somewhat similar.

This is very clearly a Lebron move. He'll have them overpay everyone and then when they're screwed in a few years he'll switch teams again.

[2short]

While I understand the new cap ? shumpert simply isn't that good of a player compared to other nba guys.

[hpantazo]

$10mil a year for Shumpert is absurd. I get why Gilbert is doing what he's doing.... But man is that tax bill gonna hurt when they take 2nd place again.

It's not at all absurd, it's market value. Bradley is identical to Shumpert and makes 9 million a year.

There is no way Shumpert is identical to Bradley. Avery is a better scorer and a better shooter from the outside. Other than offense they are somewhat similar.

This is very clearly a Lebron move. He'll have them overpay everyone and then when they're screwed in a few years he'll switch teams again.

Eh....we've had plenty of threads in here the last two years rehashing this point , many people described Shumpert as a Bradley clone.

[Roy H.]

Dan Gilbert is going to end up shelling out $200 million in payroll plus taxes this year! 

[dreamgreen]

Dan Gilbert is going to end up shelling out $200 million in payroll plus taxes this year!

Seriously they are going to have the largest payroll in NBA history.

[zubi.anaba]

Dan Gilbert is going to end up shelling out $200 million in payroll plus taxes this year!

Seriously they are going to have the largest payroll in NBA history.

And like I been saying, the dude is worth 5bill! ... The cap will go up lessening his tax load. Plus pls believe most if not all of that luxury tax money is paying for it self while he has cash cow Lebron on his team!!

He is bringing back a core that is a potential dynasty in the making. No brainer decision really!

[Who]

4th year is a player option. Bet he opts out for a larger payday in that 4th year.

[Tr1boy]

how can the cavs afford to do this? while danny is penny pinching

[wasi]

$10mil a year for Shumpert is absurd. I get why Gilbert is doing what he's doing.... But man is that tax bill gonna hurt when they take 2nd place again.

It's not at all absurd, it's market value. Bradley is identical to Shumpert and makes 9 million a year.

There is no way Shumpert is identical to Bradley. Avery is a better scorer and a better shooter from the outside. Other than offense they are somewhat similar.

This is very clearly a Lebron move. He'll have them overpay everyone and then when they're screwed in a few years he'll switch teams again.

Eh....we've had plenty of threads in here the last two years rehashing this point , many people described Shumpert as a Bradley clone.

Oh I'm sure they have and I don't know their arguments but just look at the scoring outputs and percentages. No Avery is not a ton better offensively but enough for it to be clear that he is.

Iman Shumpert: Career .396% FG shooter---Career 10.8 points per 36
Avery Bradley: Career .435% FG shooter---Career 14.7 points per 36

Avery has the edge in 3P% as well. It's hard to make a case that Avery isn't clearly a better offensive player. I would also argue that his best two offensive seasons which are the last two he was focused on more by the opposing teams than Iman has been.

The contract wont be considered crazy come next season and it was a move they kind of had to make so I don't have a real problem with it. Being that I'm a Celtics fan I wish he got more to further cripple the Cavs in the long run 

[ssspence]

Dan Gilbert is going to end up shelling out $200 million in payroll plus taxes this year!

Love it. He should buy a billboard downtown that say "I'm all about Runner Up"

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Haha but AB at 8m (I think it's 8 next season and 9 the next 2) is a bad deal? Some of the same people talking about the cap rising were the same ones not caring when people made the argument when AB got his deal. We got AB at what will be so much of a steal it's not even funny, the same people you guys are saying deals will look good after cap increase, AB's will look even better than those.

[SHAQATTACK]

Dan Gilbert is going to end up shelling out $200 million in payroll plus taxes this year!

Wow......won't he have to pay some fines ? 

[Moranis]

$10mil a year for Shumpert is absurd. I get why Gilbert is doing what he's doing.... But man is that tax bill gonna hurt when they take 2nd place again.

It's not at all absurd, it's market value. Bradley is identical to Shumpert and makes 9 million a year.

There is no way Shumpert is identical to Bradley. Avery is a better scorer and a better shooter from the outside. Other than offense they are somewhat similar.

This is very clearly a Lebron move. He'll have them overpay everyone and then when they're screwed in a few years he'll switch teams again.

Eh....we've had plenty of threads in here the last two years rehashing this point , many people described Shumpert as a Bradley clone.

Oh I'm sure they have and I don't know their arguments but just look at the scoring outputs and percentages. No Avery is not a ton better offensively but enough for it to be clear that he is.

Iman Shumpert: Career .396% FG shooter---Career 10.8 points per 36
Avery Bradley: Career .435% FG shooter---Career 14.7 points per 36

Avery has the edge in 3P% as well. It's hard to make a case that Avery isn't clearly a better offensive player. I would also argue that his best two offensive seasons which are the last two he was focused on more by the opposing teams than Iman has been.

The contract wont be considered crazy come next season and it was a move they kind of had to make so I don't have a real problem with it. Being that I'm a Celtics fan I wish he got more to further cripple the Cavs in the long run 

Shumpert is a better rebounder, passer, shot blocker, and steal generator.  They each generate about the same amount of points per shot (Bradley is 0.02 better).  They each have their strengths and weaknesses.  They are pretty similar players on the whole.