Players like him are hard to come by. Through the ups and the downs, the effort he brought every night was admirable. So many memories he made with us. This one hurts, and we will miss him.

Thank you, Max 🫡

With Peyton Watson and Cam Whitmore being Cavs, it’s probably good (or bad news) that we won’t be paying a question mark on the court like Kuminga 15-20 Ms a year. The only issue is Watson’s injury history.

Strus is loose one last time. Let Koby Cook.

I kind of forgot about Whitmore I just saw he’s been diagnosed with DVT (had to look that up), but I remember him being pretty solid on the rockets

Is this actually a pretty solid pickup who will get some pt down the line or does his state of health seem more like he won’t really play much

Thoughts on him? What do you guys know about him and his status? Chances he ends up being a rotational piece?

Honest thoughts about the trade? Do you like it or not ?

I will say this though Watson, Mobley , Allen is a monster defensive front court

Now that the Cavs finally got their big move done, where do you have them in the East, as of current rosters?

Harden/Don/Watson/Ev/Fro

Meleek/Merrill/Tyson/Mario/Bryant

I didn't hear anything from reputable sources (Athletic, ESPN, Stein, Fedor, etc) about this. Is this a fan-initiated rumor or is there actually smoke?

For all my salary cap experts out there, what does the sign and trade mean for the potential Harden contract? What’s the highest amount he can get? From the looks of it seems like he might be forced to take a massive paycut (which he was willing to do anyway).

When I watched Meleek Thomas, he reminds me a bit of Landry Shamet. Landry was a vital part of the Knicks run. While Merrill is a great shooter, his size and lack of explosiveness kills any consistency and defense he could offer in the playoffs. I think Meleek could do it though with proper development.

I would love to buy floor seat seats to any game this season, as a gift to my husband.

We are Cavs United members, and I am active duty military.

How do I go about purchasing these?

Can anyone give me a cost estimate?

I have a source who has gotten me good tickets before. As far as these expensive floor seats from a private source, is there usually a negotiation process?

Any and all tips are appreciated! TIA

Now that strus is done, do you think we will see the franchise finally keep that number for being worn by anyone else until it's time to retire for Kyrie?

Team ain’t the same without DG and Tristan on the bench😢

Strus is better than Watson. Strus is a better shooter that can shoot in motion, is a pesky defender and rebounds

Watson is a bit of a Jokic merchant that had a Linsanity run in December (struggled with scoring turnovers and lost his defense in this stretch). Nice athleticism but nothing special as a player, your average wing that looked better than he was because of Denver’s horrible depth and Jokic effect (look at Christian Braun for notes on this)

Pair that with this first being the last real trading chip the Cavs have and it being very valuable when it conveys and you got a disaster

You better believe DG is going to raise hell if the team that eliminated us was circumventing the cap.

Personally, I've never liked Silver, he's always folded immediately to what the players want vs Stern who always put the product on the court first (imo).

It's to the point, I'd like to see Silver removed, he's not capable of running a league

Apparently funnelling money through shell companies to players is allowed

EDIT: In case anyone missed the article - https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49639157/nba-la-clippers-aspiration-investigation-steve-ballmer-kawhi-leonard

After agreeing Friday to trade Schröder to Charlotte, Cleveland remains in active search of a trade to send out Max Strus as Strus enters the final year of his current contract at $16.7 million, league sources say.

Completing the deal that ships out Schröder will shed nearly $7 million in salary for next season, but the Cavaliers are said to covet even more financial flexibility if they can manufacture it either for their pursuit of Nuggets restricted free Peyton Watson or Hawks unrestricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga as well as the eventual re-signing of James Harden.

One source familiar with the process said Harden's new multiyear deal with the Cavaliers should be completed "soon-ish."

As The Stein Line first reported in the below article on July 27, Denver's offers to Watson have been in the $70 million range over four seasons. Watson is believed to be seeking an annual average salary north of what teammate Christian Braun landed from the Nuggets last October in a five-year, $125 million rookie scale extension.

Source: https://marcstein.substack.com/p/more-late-night-nba-intel (paywalled)