Trade idea with CLE

[PhoSita]

Purely from a CLE perspective:

1. Try to trade Waiters for some better talent on the wing.  If you could make a deal the Charlotte to get Gerald Henderson and MKG in return for Waiters + other pieces, I think that'd be a great trade.

2. See if it's still possible to get some value for Varejao.  He's on the wrong side of 30 for such a young team.


Generally, I think the issue for Cleveland is that while Kyrie is by far the best player on the team, there isn't enough off-ball talent around him.  Guys like Waiters, C.J. Miles, Gee, Jarrett Jack etc all perform better when they have the ball in their hands.

[PhoSita]

Here's a BOS - CLE trade that could make some sense if the Cavs are serious about winning this season.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=nxjx4cq

Bradley, Bass, and Green are all solid off-ball shooters.  The trade clears up the front-court a bit for the Cavs.

For the Celtics, it's not necessarily about current fit or competitiveness.  Thompson and Waiters are still nice prospects even if they were drafted too high.  The trade is purely about adding pieces.

A different version of this trade with Bynum in there instead of Varejao plus a future 1st coming from the Cavs could maybe work for both sides, too.