Report: LeBron James won't talk to the Cavs until they re-sign Tristan Thompson

[Illuminatos]

Looks like LeBron's gonna have Dan Gilbert's balls in a vice grip for the rest of his tenure in Cleveland, haha I love it.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

I missed out on first page fukkery

 

[MikelArteta]

He didn't even play 30mpg

Tristan Thompson isn't even close to being the best rebounder in the league. He's ranked 5th for offensive rebounds, but he's not even in the top 20 for defensive rebounding & ranked 19th for total rebounds. He's also 26th in the league for rebounds per game for 2014-2015. And his total career rebound average is only 8.4 RPG. Plus, he has no other skills outside of rebounding, which is why it's stupid to pay him max dolllars. You Cleveland fans are over hyping TT when it's clear that he's just an average rebounder at best

Total Rebounds:
1. DeAndre Jordan ▪ LAC 1226
2. Andre Drummond ▪ DET 1104
3. Pau Gasol ▪ CHI 919
4. Tyson Chandler ▪ DAL 864
5. Nikola Vucevic ▪ ORL 810
6. Rudy Gobert ▪ UTA 775
7. Omer Asik ▪ NOP 748
8. DeMarcus Cousins ▪ SAC 747
Zach Randolph ▪ MEM 747
10. Kevin Love ▪ CLE 731
11. LaMarcus Aldridge ▪ POR 726
12. Marcin Gortat ▪ WAS 717
13. Tim Duncan ▪ SAS 704
Greg Monroe ▪ DET 704
15. Anthony Davis ▪ NOP 696
16. Jonas Valanciunas ▪ TOR 693
17. Enes Kanter ▪ TOT 671
18. Kenneth Faried ▪ DEN 668
19. Tristan Thompson ▪ CLE 657
20. Draymond Green ▪ GSW 647

Offensive Rebounds
1. Andre Drummond ▪ DET 437
2. DeAndre Jordan ▪ LAC 397
3. Tyson Chandler ▪ DAL 294
4. Enes Kanter ▪ TOT 277
5. Tristan Thompson ▪ CLE 274
6. Rudy Gobert ▪ UTA 265
7. Omer Asik ▪ NOP 244
8. Kenneth Faried ▪ DEN 242
9. Nikola Vucevic ▪ ORL 238
10. Ed Davis ▪ LAL 230
11. Greg Monroe ▪ DET 229
12. Zach Randolph ▪ MEM 225
13. Gorgui Dieng ▪ MIN 223
14. Pau Gasol ▪ CHI 220
15. Joakim Noah ▪ CHI 219
16. Jonas Valanciunas ▪ TOR 215
17. Brook Lopez ▪ BRK 214
18. Timofey Mozgov ▪ TOT 203
19. Steven Adams ▪ OKC 199
20. Zaza Pachulia ▪ MIL 197

Defensive Rebounds
1. DeAndre Jordan ▪ LAC 829
2. Pau Gasol ▪ CHI 699
3. Andre Drummond ▪ DET 667
4. Kevin Love ▪ CLE 589
5. Nikola Vucevic ▪ ORL 572
6. Tyson Chandler ▪ DAL 570
7. DeMarcus Cousins ▪ SAC 562
8. LaMarcus Aldridge ▪ POR 549
9. Marcin Gortat ▪ WAS 537
10. Tim Duncan ▪ SAS 534
11. Draymond Green ▪ GSW 533
12. Anthony Davis ▪ NOP 523
13. Zach Randolph ▪ MEM 522
14. Marc Gasol ▪ MEM 515
15. Rudy Gobert ▪ UTA 510
16. Omer Asik ▪ NOP 504
17. Jonas Valanciunas ▪ TOR 478
18. Greg Monroe ▪ DET 475
19. Al Jefferson ▪ CHO 449
20. Giannis Antetokounmpo ▪ MIL 442

http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2015_leaders.html


26: Tristan Thompson, C CLE 8.0 REB
Career RPG - 8.4

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/player/_/stat/rebounds/sort/avgRebounds/year/2015/seasontype/2

 

[Mr swag]

Sign Tristan and Bron

Then Durant

LOL I see the myth of him and not wade pulling those boss moves are alive and well

 

[Mr swag]

I like Bron but Tristan Thompson is

This is JJ hickson and amare 2.0

 

[FTBS]

This looking out for your friends first stuff is great...but as the great Kobe Bryant said "rings > friends." All I care about is how the Cavs overpaying TT impacts their ability to win a title. If it hurts it, then Bron's a fool for doing this strongarm shyt.

How exactly would it hurt it? What would be the difference in paying him $10 mil or $16 mil a year for the Cavs in terms of competing? They are well over the cap already without his deal.

 

[HiphopRelated]

All of 'em deserve each other

 

[wire28]

LeBron owns a piece of Rich Paul's agency, he just trying to get himself paid.

say word

bu bu but i thought lebron was trying to help TT get paid

 

[Mr swag]

Lebron has zero leverage

No NBA has max space anymore. The most a team can match is 12 million right now

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

and kevin love would want out than the team isn't that good

But k love is locked up isn't he

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

A lot of unnecessary talk goin on in here.

 

[NatiboyB]

But k love is locked up isn't he

if Lebron left do you really think that dude wouldn't be trying to get traded asap?

 

[Based Lord Zedd]

How exactly would it hurt it? What would be the difference in paying him $10 mil or $16 mil a year for the Cavs in terms of competing? They are well over the cap already without his deal.

I didnt say it would, I said if.

If it doesn't impact anything then fine have at it.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Lebron has zero leverage

No NBA has max space anymore. The most a team can match is 12 million right now

They could make some space for him. Houston would have a fire sale for him.

 

[Mr swag]

They could make some space for him. Houston would have a fire sale for him.

Would they give the max?