So many points it was a line

Schroder has made such an interesting career of being good enough that he’s always somewhat useful (if streaky) but cheap enough that he’s super easy to move whenever you need to dump salary.

Probably because he’s an expiring contract. The team receiving him could see him walk away for nothing next off-season. If they get a pick attached, they can be certain they are getting a permanent asset.

The Cavs would have to bring no salary back in the trade. So regardless of Struss’ value, the other team is doing the Cavs a favor and would demand atleast a draft pick for the cap relief. Ahh how I won’t miss the LeBron experience lol.

Good teams (in general) do not have the cap space to absorb his contract without sending salary back. That means that they have to deal with bad teams who are willing to take the salary. Why would a bad team take salary just for the sake of it? You need to attach something to incentivize them. There is a possibility of a 3 team trade but either way someone has to give the bad team something to make it worth their time

It’s probably cause Cavs need to trade either one to a team with cap space to take back less money instead of matching. So it would be a team that’s bad who won’t need a quality role player taking minutes from younger guys. Also they would probably recognize that you need to do this for LeBron (kind like how clippers needed to get George for Kawhi to come) so the price goes up.

It’s not about the value of Strus as a player, it’s about the leverage other teams would have in trade negotiations. If Cleveland *HAS* to move him, there’s only a handful of teams that have trade exceptions big enough to make it feasible so of course they’d try to squeeze the Cavs.

Cleveland’s also in an awkward spot of not having a bunch of 2nd rounders to counter with. Picks in the 2030s are the only attractive assets they have.

He missed 100 games last two seasons and was terrible in the playoffs. Nobody is taking him for free.

The disparity in the bench lineup was brutal. I had to look ut up and the Harden-only lineups had offensive rating of 121 and the Mitchell only lineups had an offensive rating of 104 and a net rating of -13.2

Good call, he’s just shakes his hair and runs around like crazy. Mainly cause he’s a step slower now. I do like hustle though.

Everyone can use a playable 2nd/3rd string point guard, but nobody ever desperately needs them.

Not yet but soon

¹¹⁄₃₀, all time record is Ish smith with 13 teams.

Captain LeMerica

Pretty please 🥺

Even if he joined the wolves he’d have to go up against the thunder and spurs. It’s not an automatic chip lol.

East has a much clearer path

Insane how the Knicks literally won convincingly and only lost Mitchell Robinson this offseason but somehow still an afterthought behind okc or the spurs lmao.

No chance he goes to the most recent champions nor the best team on paper who won a title two years ago. Spurs would be the only one he’d consider

Of the teams that made the conference finals, Cleveland is the only team he could join where people wouldn’t rip him to shreds for joining.

People would shit on him really hard for joining any of the other 3.

well he’s not joining the knicks, thunder, or spurs, and we’re the only other team that just made the conference finals, and the massive hole in our roster is his position

I know everyone thinks we suck ass and are basically a play in team, but it’s getting kind of ridiculous

And if he were to join the Cavs, why would he deteriorate the roster to do so?

Yall sound like bots repeating this braindead take over and over, like that team wouldn’t be one of the main contenders lmao.

Probably the same people who wouldn’t stop saying “Can we all agree that this is the real finals?” For OKC vs Spurs WCF. Always confidently wrong, you could get a job at ESPN.

Stop with this shit

Trying to reunite with the dude who IS the franchise GOAT and still an all star level contributor.

That said, if I’m Bron, I’d want my chosen destination to be as strong as possible since salary is now an afterthought 

Yes they are, their literally called the laKKKers already

I’m sure they would be in it for the draft compensation not the fit of players incoming

It would be for draft comp + players they could flip at the deadline.

Bucks have other players on their roster they could easily move for compensation & buyout Lavert for room.

Viltrumite approach to roster construction. Collect all the guards and make them battle each other to the death until only the strongest survive.

I would assume CLE would attach a pick to ditch Schroder but would keep Strus at all costs if they only need to ditch one.

I suppose so. I just think LeBron isn’t going to want to watch Harden dribble the air out of the ball on every other possession.

Note that he’s technically a FA. (Although I know he opted out with the understanding that he’d re-sign at a better number for the team)

I want players smart enough to know how to completely dismantle the other team but too old to make their bodies do what’s needed.

Supply x demand. From Spotrac, his contract is higher than the NTMLE. If the Cavs need to dump him, the market is Charlotte, Memphis, Boston, Milwaukee, Dallas and the LAC. It’s way narrower.

I do think he will be moved, he is a good player, but it takes 3 teams not being interested for Cleveland’s leverage to vanish. It is not likely, but it’s also not impossible.