Lebron Frustrated, Concerned About Cavs' Offseason #LeBronNeedsMoreHelp

[Bilz]

LeBron's interests and the Cavaliers' interests are not the same. They're idiots if they keep listening to him.

Once LeBron leaves, the team is going to be bad for a long time.

 

[Woodrow]

Golden State basically retained their own guys. They added Casspi, Young and spent $3 mil to get Bell. Cleveland brought in their own 2nd rounder from a couple of years ago in Osman and brought in Calderon and Jeff Green. Everyone else on the Cavs is more valuable to them than to anyone else. LeBron is having trouble understanding that.

i feel you. 100%. but they had a shot at butler. and george. and at keeping the GM who contributed to their success. they have nothing to show for it, so i get why lebron would be upset.

i'll never be upset with a player using his leverage to get what he wants. get as much as you can, while you can. fukk it. and if i were to get upset, i'd remind myself how the nfl treats its players and move on.

 

[charknicks]

Cavs vs. Warriors salaries (2017-2018)

Cavs (Top 8)
LeBron James $33.28 M (23.8% of cap)
Kevin Love $22.64 M (16.2 %)
Kyrie Irving $18.8 M (13.5%)
Tristan Thompson $16.4 M (11.7%)
JR Smith $13.7 M (9.8%)
Iman Shumpert $10.3 M (7.4%)
Channing Frye $7.4 M (5.3%)
Kyle Korver $6.5 M (4.6%)
-Other Key players that will get run:
Richard Jefferson $2.5 M (1.8%)
Jeff Green $2.3 M (1%)

Warriors (Top 8)
Steph Curry $34.6 M (25.4%)
Kevin Durant $25 M (18.3%)
Klay Thompson $17.8 M (13%)
Andre Iguodala $17.4 M (12.7%)
Draymond Green $16.4 M (12%)
Shaun Livingston $8 M (5.8%)
Nick Young $5.2 M (3.8%)
Zaza Pachulia $3.5 M (2.5%)
-Other key players that will get run:
David West $2.3 M (1.1%)
Omri Casspi $2.1 M (1.1%)
Patrick McCaw $1.3 M (1%)
Jordan Bell $800K (.6%)

CLE: Love + Thompson + Smith + Shumpert = $63 M
GSW: Green + Iguodala + Durant + Pachulia= $63 M

West, Casspi, McCaw, Bell and Young ($11.7) will make less then JR SMITH ($13.7) by himself

This is on LeBron/ Cleveland's front office

 

[Leasy]

He coming to Philly next year

 

[McPiff]

You niccas are idiots. Like legit idiots.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Tell Bron it's over

 

[Kings County]

if they dont get melo i dont see how they dont get swept
warriors will be better next year
They need to get javele mcgee right the fukk now

 

[NatiboyB]

I don't even know if it's even worthwhile to get to the finals just to play the damn Warriors and get destroyed....KD ruined the whole NBA...Only way the Warriors lose is if Curry or KD get hurt or if Kly or Draymond want to be moved.

 

[NoMorePie]

He's coming to San Antonio next year. Y'all deal with him

 

[O.T.I.S.]

If they lose that boy definitely gonna leave

Dude is like his fans, he ain't got no loyalty to one team. Where's the easiest place to go to win a title and he gonna try to get his ass there...

And he not coming out west either... even though it looks like he might have to. west not easy enough for him. I don't want to see him in LA unless Lonzo has the ball 75% of the time. No "Bron ball" over here


nikka got all these role players ridiculous contracts, got all-stars not meshing because they play Bron ball, got his coach fired and replaced with someone HE wanted... and he still gonna jump ship

 

[NvrCMyNut]

bytch ass whiny ass p*ssy nikka.
and you just KNOW the capes will come out for him again.
minus the unavoidable choke in the 2011 finals the media never holds him accountable.

 

[homiedontplaydat]

There is really nothing LeBron can do at this point. No matter what team he goes to he's not beating Golden State for the next 3 years at least.....he's better off just staying in Cleveland and running the East until he retires. He may get lucky again due to an injury or something in the finals and squeak another ring out. Going to the west is pointless for him at this time in his career unless he's that worried about his finals record.

It was a good run LeBron but youre not winning anymore rings

 

[etrofllenrod504]

There is really nothing LeBron can do at this point. No matter what team he goes to he's not beating Golden State for the next 3 years at least.....he's better off just staying in Cleveland and running the East until he retires. He may get lucky again due to an injury or something in the finals and squeak another ring out. Going to the west is pointless for him at this time in his career unless he's that worried about his finals record.

It was a good run LeBron but youre not winning anymore rings

I dont understand it got to be he might get lucky? Do we not remember they took the warriors to 6 games with no love no kyrie in the 1st match up? I think it's more like the warriors lucky to have 2.

 

[Curtis Nightfish]

I dont understand it got to be he might get lucky? Do we not remember they took the warriors to 6 games with no love no kyrie in the 1st match up? I think it's more like the warriors lucky to have 2.

And the Dubs didn't have KD the first go around.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

If you're trading for Love, you're not rebuilding though. Chicago got what they got because they're rebuilding. Chicago can't justify that direction while acquiring Love. Indiana is kinda doing the same thing (with Oladipo being a draw for them as a former Hoosier). The only team that had a legit interest in Love regardless of fit was Phoenix and then they fell back altogether.

Love has a lot of years left with his style of play. But even if Chicago doesn't want Love specifically, they could work a three-team trade. There are plenty of teams that want Love and who would be wiling to give up more than freaking Zach Lavine to get him.

Cavs vs. Warriors salaries (2017-2018)

Cavs (Top 8)
LeBron James $33.28 M (23.8% of cap)
Kevin Love $22.64 M (16.2 %)
Kyrie Irving $18.8 M (13.5%)
Tristan Thompson $16.4 M (11.7%)
JR Smith $13.7 M (9.8%)
Iman Shumpert $10.3 M (7.4%)
Channing Frye $7.4 M (5.3%)
Kyle Korver $6.5 M (4.6%)
-Other Key players that will get run:
Richard Jefferson $2.5 M (1.8%)
Jeff Green $2.3 M (1%)

Warriors (Top 8)
Steph Curry $34.6 M (25.4%)
Kevin Durant $25 M (18.3%)
Klay Thompson $17.8 M (13%)
Andre Iguodala $17.4 M (12.7%)
Draymond Green $16.4 M (12%)
Shaun Livingston $8 M (5.8%)
Nick Young $5.2 M (3.8%)
Zaza Pachulia $3.5 M (2.5%)
-Other key players that will get run:
David West $2.3 M (1.1%)
Omri Casspi $2.1 M (1.1%)
Patrick McCaw $1.3 M (1%)
Jordan Bell $800K (.6%)

CLE: Love + Thompson + Smith + Shumpert = $63 M
GSW: Green + Iguodala + Durant + Pachulia= $63 M

West, Casspi, McCaw, Bell and Young ($11.7) will make less then JR SMITH ($13.7) by himself

This is on LeBron/ Cleveland's front office

Oh, please, you're not really this ignorant are you.

First off, you're lying about the cap. The cap was $94 million last year, projected to be $99 million next year. So all your numbers are WAY off.

Second, Curry just signed that big salary this offseason. Before that he was only making 11 million because of his injury issues. Livingston and Iggy were making less money last year too. THAT is what gave them the cap space to sign Durant.

Lebron, Kyrie, and Love have all been max-level players since Lebron came. That's already $75 million of your cap, and then you have $24 million left to pay 9 guys. There simply isn't any cap room possible. There was NO WAY to get max-level player to Cleveland in 2014 without paying them the max. They hadn't drafted anyone like Klay and Draymond who turned out to be a steal, instead they drafted Waiters and TT and Anthony Bennett at the top of the draft.

JR's salary, Shump's salary, TT's salary are completely irrelevant. Even if they had signed them for half as much, they'd still be way over the cap. Even if all they had was players no one wanted signed for $3 million/year, they'd STILL be over the cap.

The reason the Warriors were able to get Durant was because Curry was on a half-price contract due to his injuries, because Harrison Barnes turned down the contract GS offered him, and because Klay and Green got locked down in 2014 and 2015 before they became All-NBA players. How was Lebron supposed to magically replicate that?