Cleveland finally fill that 3 role they have been deeply missing with Caris and Okoro never making the jump. They also unclog the paint and allow JA to play a classic 5, while providing a luxury scoring option that unleashes DG’s playmaking. One of Okoro and Caris gets traded for a decent PF like Toppin.
Clippers don’t have to deal with 4 ‘systems’ anymore and also get an extremely valuable young piece they can slot in at C for easy P&R with Harden or Russ. Zubac can come off the bench or be traded for young wings while leaving Plumlee as a backup C.
The trade has upside and downside for both teams (Clips lose one of their most beloved players, Cavs lose a young perennial DPOY candidate), but who would eventually come out on top?
PG is 34 Mobley is 21
And was 1st team all NBA defense and 3rd in voting for DPOY I think? Like it’s insane, Cavs would have to be mentally ill to want an aging PG for a young potential defensive superstar.
Yea that’d be an insane pivot to what’s looking like a failed attempt at contending just in time for their new arena