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[Who]

As a reminder, Cleveland is currently over the second apron.  They can't take on more salary in a trade than they send out, nor can they aggregate players. So, as things stand at this moment, a JB trade to Cleveland isn't possible..

Does that mean that it has to be a 1-for-1 swap?

Jaylen makes more than any player on the Cavs. Since the Cavs can't take back more money than they send out they can't do a 1-1 swap. But they also can't aggregate money. So there's no way to do the deal unless they first drop salary.

Currently they are only 200K over the 2nd apron, but they also have only 11 players under contract and will need to get to 14 to fill out the roster. So in reality they are more like 8 million over at minimum.

I was thinking maybe CLE could get below that mark by sign and trading J Allen for LeBron James. Get LeBron to give up a little coin to give them the flexibility they need to trade for Jaylen.

But that may no longer make sense without E Mobley on the team. No Mobley no J Allen. No big men.

G: Harden
G: D Mitchell
F: Jaylen
F: LeBron
C: (FA?)

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So they would need to trade one of their role players like Strus or Schroder to get below the 2nd apron. That looks doable.

[celticinorlando]

I would rather trade Brown for Mitchell. would solve the back court issue. Don't lose scoring.

Then find a big via FA.

[Bobshot]

I'm not sure Brown is going anywhere --much to the chagrin of that largely NY based media--unless it's for Jokic or something close to that in a post up big.
Mobley's name is getting thrown around. He might be expendable. Can't think of anyone else. Stevens isn't about to trade Brown for a poo poo platter. Kessler comes to mind if Danny Ainge is still active in Utah. But not for Brown.
Stevens is getting some unfair knocks from the media for apparently attempting to trade Brown (one never really knows). At the worst, Jaylen is showing he has a thin skin, and should stay away from ESPN. It doesn't help him with Celtics management.
The draft turned out well, as usual for Stevens. He got a big athletic 4-5 who will need some coaxing to stay inside and bang the boards. And then the kid from St Johns who reminds me of Dennis Rodman. The player, not the character.

[SparzWizard]

I'm not sure Brown is going anywhere --much to the chagrin of that largely NY based media--unless it's for Jokic or something close to that in a post up big.
Mobley's name is getting thrown around. He might be expendable. Can't think of anyone else. Stevens isn't about to trade Brown for a poo poo platter. Kessler comes to mind if Danny Ainge is still active in Utah. But not for Brown.
Stevens is getting some unfair knocks from the media for apparently attempting to trade Brown (one never really knows). At the worst, Jaylen is showing he has a thin skin, and should stay away from ESPN. It doesn't help him with Celtics management.
The draft turned out well, as usual for Stevens. He got a big athletic 4-5 who will need some coaxing to stay inside and bang the boards. And then the kid from St Johns who reminds me of Dennis Rodman. The player, not the character.

Denver would laugh and hang up if we're offering Jaylen Brown for Jokic. The starting price for Jokic is Tatum and that includes more pieces.