So which team has more incentive to get the deal done?

[flybono]

Send them all the picks they want and be done with it..

Irving + Haywood alone will lure the top free agents over the next few seasons. We got all we need, thanks LeBron!

[86MaxwellSmart]

Cavs are not getting back a player anywhere good as Irving .....they need to face that fact ....they are calling the trade on their own terms.   


From what ive seen of all th actual asset Cavs can get ,  not spin ,  or guessing or wishing .   The Celtics Nets pick is the ONlY offering that remotely has the possibility of truely causing Lebron to stay .  Without that pick for trade bait or rebuilding ......Cleveland is a fast sinking ship.

Lebron is not staying to play with Rose / Bledsoe and Bender and Love .   That might not get them past even the Bucks or Raptors , Heat ...much less GS .

Lebron is a year older , while he can still dominate ,  I see him not mentally wanting to take on Irvings load of the scoring and play 100% energy enough nights .  Lebron puts less and less energy into regluar season games ever year.  Eventually father time will catch up . He always does.

Unless Uncle Steroid sidetracks Father Time for awhile.

[manl_lui]

Cavs are more of a hurry to get this done, or risk losing Kyrie for nothing or trade him to another team that can only guarantee a possible lotto pick (ie Suns) but that doesn't get you good player returns in IT and Crowder.

Not overrating our players but IT4 (star), Crowder (great 3 and D player, role player), and a 2018 Nets pick, guaranteed lotto pick.

They get a BKN pick that can help jumpstart their rebuild if LeBron leaves

[Celtics4ever]

We do folks but that does not mean that we will give them more.

It will be more than awkward having to take IT and Crowder back.   Cavs could easily trade Kyrie for a lesser offer though.

I would call their bluff.

Rose / Bledsoe and Bender and Love .

Bender thus far has a been a total dud.