Would you offer Tristan Thompson the max?

[D.o.s.]

Grudgingly yes -- but only in a hypothetical universe where Cleveland lets Love walk before locking down Thompson, and only to force Gilbert to overspend.

[LGC88]

Grudgingly yes -- but only in a hypothetical universe where Cleveland lets Love walk before locking down Thompson, and only to force Gilbert to overspend.

Yes, because D.o.s. hightly respect Gilbert, don't you know? 

[D.o.s.]

Typically people who should be in jail for screwing over thousands of people don't find themselves lauded by many.

Two NBA owners have been sued by the Department of Justice while owning NBA teams. One is Dan Gilbert. The other was Donald Sterling. They would seem to be of a similar cloth.

[Robb]

I don't think the question is too helpful. Everything here is situational. The Cavs have a limited ability to add talent, especially young talent, whereas the Celtics have many avenues to add young and talented players, hence Thompson is probably worth a max contract to the Cavs, but why bother if you're the Cs?

This was the same issue with the Mozgov thread a while back. Is he worth two firsts for the Cs? No, probably not, but was he to the Cavs? Obviously, yes.

We'll probably see a lot of those situations in the coming months, but these numbers for contracts and for trades aren't in a vacuum.

[flybono]

Thompson has certainly proven himself in the playoffs as a legit rebounder who provides great defense around the rim and is also very athletic.

He's certainly given fits to every team the Cavs have played in the playoffs (including us.)

So here's my question:

What do the Cavs do during the offseason: They offered TT a 4 yr/52 million offer last offseason and he turned it down.

If Kevin Love does opt in, would the Cavs have enough money to retain Thompson? Or what if Love opts out and the Cavs decide to go after Lamarcus Aldridge instead?

Would they match a max offer from the Celts for Thompson? I think Thompson would be a very nice addition to our team and we could slot him at PF or even at center if need be.

Thoughts?

He's not leaving Curry

[D.o.s.]

Thompson has certainly proven himself in the playoffs as a legit rebounder who provides great defense around the rim and is also very athletic.

He's certainly given fits to every team the Cavs have played in the playoffs (including us.)

So here's my question:

What do the Cavs do during the offseason: They offered TT a 4 yr/52 million offer last offseason and he turned it down.

If Kevin Love does opt in, would the Cavs have enough money to retain Thompson? Or what if Love opts out and the Cavs decide to go after Lamarcus Aldridge instead?

Would they match a max offer from the Celts for Thompson? I think Thompson would be a very nice addition to our team and we could slot him at PF or even at center if need be.

Thoughts?

He's not leaving Curry

Wrong Thompson.

[get_banners]

One thing I will say...the Cavs seem likely to give him a stupid big contract. This smells a lot like LeBron's previous Cavs stint, where he encouraged/pushed the front office to pay good money to role players, which greatly limited their roster flexibility. Granted, LeBron plus a team of the right role players is actually really good, but still, they couldn't do a lot. This time, they have Kyrie, so that's a big improvement, but if they pay through the nose for Thompson (likely), they almost certainly can't keep Love (who might leave, anyway), and they might have to cut salary elsewhere, since that would be 3 max contracts, and only 2 guys who actually deserve them.

[Donoghus]

If I was the Celtics?  Heck no.

If I was the Cavs?  I'd strongly consider it.

[vjcsmoke]

LOL.  Are you serious?  NO.

[CelticGuardian]

I would offer something along the range of 15 million, just to force the Cavs hand... I want to make things as hard as possible on LeBron as he is Boston's mortal enemy.

[chambers]

Thompson has certainly proven himself in the playoffs as a legit rebounder who provides great defense around the rim and is also very athletic.

He's certainly given fits to every team the Cavs have played in the playoffs (including us.)

So here's my question:

What do the Cavs do during the offseason: They offered TT a 4 yr/52 million offer last offseason and he turned it down.

If Kevin Love does opt in, would the Cavs have enough money to retain Thompson? Or what if Love opts out and the Cavs decide to go after Lamarcus Aldridge instead?

Would they match a max offer from the Celts for Thompson? I think Thompson would be a very nice addition to our team and we could slot him at PF or even at center if need be.

Thoughts?

He's not leaving Curry

Wrong Thompson.

Good butter chicken in Ohio ?

[bleedGREENdon]

No, only reason why his stock is anywhere near a 10mill per is because he plays with Lebron. Can argue if Sullinger was on the Cavs he'd be Max money. If Mozgov was a free agent, teams would pay him max money after this offseason, Lebron has made a lot of players a lot of money, Phil PRESSEY is comparable to Mario Chalmers, I'm sure Chalmers contract is quite nice compared to PRESSEY.


Rather draft Montrezl Harrel with a 2nd rounder for 1mill per 360 days of the year over Thompson on this celtics roster.

[colincb]

Celtics - No.

Cavs - Should not as there will be no one else banging down his door to offer the max. However, they might if James pushes for it.

[Ilikesports17]

As many have said it makes some sense for the Cavs because they are over the cap and I think if they keep all their relevant players long term they will be title contenders untill Lebron isnt the best and that seems to be a ways away.

However,  I really dont see any difference between Tristan Thompson and Thomas Robinson.

[Ilikesports17]

No, only reason why his stock is anywhere near a 10mill per is because he plays with Lebron. Can argue if Sullinger was on the Cavs he'd be Max money. If Mozgov was a free agent, teams would pay him max money after this offseason, Lebron has made a lot of players a lot of money, Phil PRESSEY is comparable to Mario Chalmers, I'm sure Chalmers contract is quite nice compared to PRESSEY.


Rather draft Montrezl Harrel with a 2nd rounder for 1mill per 360 days of the year over Thompson on this celtics roster.

first, I agree he is going to be way overpaid, but I am fairly certain he turned down a 4 year 52 million dollar contract prior to ever playing with Lebron. Now I think this was more Cavs stupidity than him being a 13 million dollar player, but the fact remains that even without lebron he would probably be getting big $ this offseason

edit:
my mistake, the contract was offered during this season, but it was in October, before Lebron had really had that big of an impact, so I think the fact remains that he probably could have gotten 10+ mil without Lebron