On a new episode of Locked on Cavs (Monday, July 3, 2023) hosts Chris Manning (@cwmwrites, DIME on UPROXX, The Just Basketball Show, SB Nation’s Fear the Sword, Forbes Sports) and Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan, Right Down Euclid) discuss if the price is right for Max Strus on the four-year, $63 million deal Cleveland signed him to via a sign-and-trade, how Strus fits into what Cleveland is doing and why two-years, $32 million for Caris LeVert is a reasonable deal for both parties involved.
This episode was produced by Jake Stephens. The intro music is from our friends at Astral Radio.
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4 Comments
Been waiting all weekend for this 😅
Love the moves the Cavs made!
A+ for Koby Altman. He got 3D wings. He got starter/6th at SF in Max Strus and Caris LeVert. He got Niang, who can play the 3, the 4, and the small ball 5 who can shoot (new version of Kevin Love). He also upgraded the backup PG in Ty Jerome and 3rd string C in Damian Jones. He got all of these players for on multi-year deals to play around our core 4 for at least 2 years. Koby paid everyone at market value for each of our new Cavs. We still have two roster spots for Koby to add more depth. It sucks that Cedi and Lamar were used correctly by JB as well as getting traded, but we clearly got upgrades over them. We do lose a little athleticism and foot speed on defense, but Koby believes in JBs ability to adopt this roster. We will see if we will see more zone on defense and give more Frobley more touches in the paint with all this spacing available now.
Here is the rotation and minutes distribution that Koby should tell JB to use:
Starters;
G Garland-33
G Mitchell-30
F LeVert-21
F E. Mobley-36
C Allen-36
Reserves;
F/G Strus-27
F/C Niang-24
G/F Okoro-18
G Jerome-15
F Wade-0
G Rubio-0
C James-0
F Merrill-0
G Bates-0 *
G League;
G Porter Jr.
Exhibit 10;
F Nance
RFA;
F I. Mobley
This team will compete with the Celtics for the # 2 seed and will make it to the ECF if JB adopts his coaching to our new roster.
The LeVert extension further validates giving up a first round pick for him.