C's interested in Loul Deng?

[barefacedmonk]

If Green lands us Deng in a S&T scenario, I won't hate that Perkins trade anymore. 

[JBcat]

I would do a sign and trade with the Cavs sending Green, Bogan's contract, and 2 second round picks, and that's my final offer.  The upgrade isn't enough to give up a first unless if it's something like top 20 protected.  Even then I'm heisitant as we drafted Sully and Rondo after 20.

Of course if we land Wiggins or Parker in the draft it doesn't make a ton of sense to go after Deng.

[Monkhouse]

No thanks.

Green as a 3rd option is just as good as Deng, and can space the floor better. He can defend almost as well as Deng, and isn't a egotistical guy. Yes Green is Uncle Snooze, but hes going to be relatively cheaper, and most likely easier to move due to the fact some GM will think Green could be that 'star.' His contract is also fairly decent given his production.

[Moranis]

Deng turned down 10 million a year over 3 years.  I just don't see the point in paying a role player the 13 million or so a year he is going to want.  Nor do I see the point in giving up any value to get him.  I would certainly use a trade exception (because that also puts him much more reasonable on the contract), and I'd probably trade Green straight up for him (though I would at least think about it), but I certainly wouldn't do anything else.  Boston is a long ways away from needing a player like Deng on the roster.  Now all that changes if Boston acquires Love (or someone like him) on draft day.

[colincb]

FYI

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/23/achilles-injury-may-have-influenced-teams-against-trading-for-luol-deng/

"It became clear shortly after Luol Deng arrived in Cleveland that his stay with the team wouldn’t extend beyond this season.

Deng was reportedly shocked by the internal chaos going on with the Cavaliers, so much so that any chance of him re-signing there as an unrestricted free agent this summer completely disappeared once he saw the inner workings of the franchise.

Cleveland realized this, and worked furiously to try to get something in return for Deng in trade before the deadline passed. But Deng’s reluctance to agree to an extension with a new team, along with a lingering Achilles injury left the Cavaliers without any takers.

From Bob Finnan of the News-Herald (via HoopsHype):

    Deng has rebuffed all talk about an extension with the Cavs, and might want to sign with a contending team in free agency. Since coming to the Cavs, he looks like he’s either lost much of his explosion and athleticism he once had or his Achilles is worse than he is letting on.

And from Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News:

    We’re surprised the Cavs did not move Luol Deng. He’ll be gone on July 1, no later than a minute past midnight, and despite an Achilles injury that prevents him from practicing on most days, he’ll be high on everyone’s free-agent list. The Mavs, Lakers, Celtics, Magic and Charlotte are all interested. Why not stay in Cleveland? Kyrie Irving doesn’t make players around him better and Dion Waiters is a me-first player.

That’s two independent sources that mention Deng’s Achilles, and it isn’t a coincidence. The fact that he isn’t practicing and that his game has suffered recently can’t be discounted, because there are plenty of teams that could have benefited from the addition of Deng for the remainder of the season in exchange for a draft pick in the future.

But that’s Deng at 100 percent, not the current version that’s been wildly up and down in recent weeks. And with draft picks at an all-time high, no one was willing to part with one for nothing more than a half-season rental of Deng’s inconsistent services."