My pitch to Bron today if I'm Pat Riley...

[LarBrd33]

Riley to LeBron later today:  "... So uh... like.. umm... so... is it too late to get me hired as Coach of the Cavs?  Me, you, Kyrie, and Love... Come on buddy!  Showtime 3000!  Let's do this!!!"

That team is going to be RI-DIC-U-LOUS.    Whereas Wade + Bron always had the potential to be a clash of styles, a Big 3 of Kyrie/Love/LeBron has the potential to be insane.   Love beasting on the boards with his epic outlets to a streaking Kyrie and LeBron... LeBron taking it to hole while Kyrie and Love spread their floor with their elite shooting (two of the best in the entire league)... They'll probably need another defender other than varejao, but that team should put up 150 points per game and win 70+.

Kyrie is 22.  Love is 25.  Bron is 29.   Team should be dominant for the next 5 years... probably a contender for the next 10.  And then they just build around 32 year old Kyrie.

[D.o.s.]

This is still the foreplay and you've already blown it.

[Kuberski33]

How can they fit all 3 under the cap?

[cman88]

This is still the foreplay and you've already blown it.

pretty much...lebron hasnt signed with cleveland yet, and last I checked the Cavs havent offered wiggins for love

[LarBrd33]

This is still the foreplay and you've already blown it.

pretty much...lebron hasnt signed with cleveland yet, and last I checked the Cavs havent offered wiggins for love

I think by the end of the week this will be over.

"The Decision" happened on July 8th, 2010... the first day of signing.  The first day of signing this year is tomorrow... July 10th, 2014.  There's a reason why his meeting with Riley is happening today.  He's not going to drag out his decision.  And if he goes to the Cavs (which still isn't a guarantee),  Love to Cleveland is all but certain.

[MBunge]

Riley to LeBron later today:  "... So uh... like.. umm... so... is it too late to get me hired as Coach of the Cavs?  Me, you, Kyrie, and Love... Come on buddy!  Showtime 3000!  Let's do this!!!"

That team is going to be RI-DIC-U-LOUS.    Whereas Wade + Bron always had the potential to be a clash of styles, a Big 3 of Kyrie/Love/LeBron has the potential to be insane.   Love beasting on the boards with his epic outlets to a streaking Kyrie and LeBron... LeBron taking it to hole while Kyrie and Love spread their floor with their elite shooting (two of the best in the entire league)... They'll probably need another defender other than varejao, but that team should put up 150 points per game and win 70+.

Kyrie is 22.  Love is 25.  Bron is 29.   Team should be dominant for the next 5 years... probably a contender for the next 10.  And then they just build around 32 year old Kyrie.

On the other hand, Kyrie and LeBron could struggle to mesh even worse than Bron and Wade and Love could wind up standing around like Bosh.

Mike

[LarBrd33]

How can they fit all 3 under the cap?

Sign LeBron... trade for Love.  Piece of cake.

[LarBrd33]

Riley to LeBron later today:  "... So uh... like.. umm... so... is it too late to get me hired as Coach of the Cavs?  Me, you, Kyrie, and Love... Come on buddy!  Showtime 3000!  Let's do this!!!"

That team is going to be RI-DIC-U-LOUS.    Whereas Wade + Bron always had the potential to be a clash of styles, a Big 3 of Kyrie/Love/LeBron has the potential to be insane.   Love beasting on the boards with his epic outlets to a streaking Kyrie and LeBron... LeBron taking it to hole while Kyrie and Love spread their floor with their elite shooting (two of the best in the entire league)... They'll probably need another defender other than varejao, but that team should put up 150 points per game and win 70+.

Kyrie is 22.  Love is 25.  Bron is 29.   Team should be dominant for the next 5 years... probably a contender for the next 10.  And then they just build around 32 year old Kyrie.

On the other hand, Kyrie and LeBron could struggle to mesh even worse than Bron and Wade and Love could wind up standing around like Bosh.

Mike

Doubt it.  Kyrie is one of the best shooters in the league... same with Love.   Their talents will match perfectly with LeBron. 

[hpantazo]

I gotta wonder how much Riley really tried. I mean, his moves to improve the roster were getting Napier, Granger, and McRoberts. It's like he tanked the Lebron sweepstakes.

[D.o.s.]

This is still the foreplay and you've already blown it.

pretty much...lebron hasnt signed with cleveland yet, and last I checked the Cavs havent offered wiggins for love

I think by the end of the week this will be over.

"The Decision" happened on July 8th, 2010... the first day of signing.  The first day of signing this year is tomorrow... July 10th, 2014.  There's a reason why his meeting with Riley is happening today.  He's not going to drag out his decision.  And if he goes to the Cavs (which still isn't a guarantee),  Love to Cleveland is all but certain.

It'll be over in roughly 10 hours.

[Fafnir]

I gotta wonder how much Riley really tried. I mean, his moves to improve the roster were getting Napier, Granger, and McRoberts. It's like he tanked the Lebron sweepstakes.

What other moves can he make?

He has no cap space unless Wade/Bosh/LBJ take paycuts. LeBron is demanding the max, Wade isn't getting less than his $42 million stretched out longer, and Bosh doesn't want to take a huge cut.

[manl_lui]

Riley to LeBron later today:  "... So uh... like.. umm... so... is it too late to get me hired as Coach of the Cavs?  Me, you, Kyrie, and Love... Come on buddy!  Showtime 3000!  Let's do this!!!"

That team is going to be RI-DIC-U-LOUS.    Whereas Wade + Bron always had the potential to be a clash of styles, a Big 3 of Kyrie/Love/LeBron has the potential to be insane.   Love beasting on the boards with his epic outlets to a streaking Kyrie and LeBron... LeBron taking it to hole while Kyrie and Love spread their floor with their elite shooting (two of the best in the entire league)... They'll probably need another defender other than varejao, but that team should put up 150 points per game and win 70+.

Kyrie is 22.  Love is 25.  Bron is 29.   Team should be dominant for the next 5 years... probably a contender for the next 10.  And then they just build around 32 year old Kyrie.

On the other hand, Kyrie and LeBron could struggle to mesh even worse than Bron and Wade and Love could wind up standing around like Bosh.

Mike

Doubt it.  Kyrie is one of the best shooters in the league... same with Love.   Their talents will match perfectly with LeBron.

and if they do not mesh, Kyrie is out of CLE in a heartbeat...choose between Irving and LeBron? Seems like an easy question to me

There probably would be teams lining up to trade for Irving...or if they want to be creative, they try to trade Irving for another star swap

[sed522002]

The Cavs expressed to Paul  that, after their discussions with the Timberwolves, doing a deal "would not be easy," according to one source.

That source also expressed that the Cavs were reluctant to include No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins in any potential deal.

http://msn.foxsports.com/ohio/story/sources-cleveland-cavaliers-kevin-love-trade-lebron-james-minnesota-timberwolves-070914

Flip really playing hard to get huh.

[Fafnir]

The Cavs expressed to Paul  that, after their discussions with the Timberwolves, doing a deal "would not be easy," according to one source.

That source also expressed that the Cavs were reluctant to include No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins in any potential deal.

http://msn.foxsports.com/ohio/story/sources-cleveland-cavaliers-kevin-love-trade-lebron-james-minnesota-timberwolves-070914

Flip really playing hard to get huh.

Aka Cavs tried tried to lowball and didn't want to include Wiggins. If they did I bet they didn't want to send Martin or any other assets.

[Cman]

The Cavs expressed to Paul  that, after their discussions with the Timberwolves, doing a deal "would not be easy," according to one source.

That source also expressed that the Cavs were reluctant to include No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins in any potential deal.

http://msn.foxsports.com/ohio/story/sources-cleveland-cavaliers-kevin-love-trade-lebron-james-minnesota-timberwolves-070914

Flip really playing hard to get huh.

Aka Cavs tried tried to lowball and didn't want to include Wiggins. If they did I bet they didn't want to send Martin or any other assets.

No surprise there. Flip knows that Boston now has more to offer, and he's going to let the bidding begin.

EDIT: meaning Boston has "more to offer than it had before", not that Boston has more to offer than Cleveland.