What trades CAN the Cleveland Cavaliers make this summer & which ones DON’T WORK because of the cap
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a second apron team right now which makes figuring out any kind of trades this offseason incredibly difficult.
Jason Lloyd and Mikey McNuggets dive into which deals can work, which deals can’t work, and why.
At the end, it’s up to you to decide if the Cavs best course of action is to just keep the Core 4 together of if its worth trading off pieces for the sake of switching things up.
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18 Comments
I like the houston trade
Kobe delusional, cavs soft
I took the Simmons/Russillo discussion of Mobley for Giannis as more of a thought experiment, who would you want going forward rather than an actual 1 for 1 deal being proposed.
lol Houston is not giving u tari Eason and Jabari your nuts
Houston can just sign brook Lopez they have no interest Jarret don’t have the value u think Mikey
They need to move Allen, Wade and Merrill. All three contribute jack shit in the playoffs
Is garland for lavine not a plausible deal? I really like the offense when Mitchell runs point
Jrue Holiday would be a great addition, not sure if it's even possible with the cap.
Hunter needs to be starting at small forward
Why would any team be interested in Jarrett Allen!
It's simple. You can trade multiple players if you are under the second apron post-trade!
there's plenty of different trade options, but Koby Altman wants to run it back and lose in the 2nd round again!
Koby Altman is making so many excuses.
If you're serious about trying to win a championship you can't leave things to CHANCE. There is a CHANCE Evan Mobley becomes a superstar, but it's not guaranteed. Major changes must be made if we are serious about competing for championships. You have to be ALL IN now! Altman clearly wants to run it back and lose in the 2nd round again.
There are plenty of trade options. Second apron teams can trade multiple players as long as they are under the second apron POST-TRADE. Stop the excuses!
Darius Garland is 25, he is who he is as a player. He's one of the worst defensive players in the NBA and in the playoffs he is inefficient on offense. Jarrett Allen is soft and always gets outplayed in the playoffs. Koby Altman likes soft undersized players who are nice guys.
Koby Altman keeps using the excuse that Darius Garland is 25 years old and Evan Mobley is 23, like we didn't watch the 2016 NBA Finals where a 24 year old Kyrie Irving averaged 27 points per game against the 73-9 defending champion Golden State Warriors. Tristan Thompson was 25 years old…
And he keeps making the we had injuries excuse…
Garland is one of the worst defensive players in the NBA and that won't ever change. Jarrett Allen won't stop being soft.
Koby is doing this because he wants to run it back and the only way to justify running it back with the same roster is by making up excuses. Our team is full of undersized players who are nice guys, and it's clearly NOT working.
Cleveland fans be ready for another 2nd round playoff exit.
Koby Altman says he loves our core roster.
I think what he is really saying is that he loves having good regular season teams and it's fine if the Cavs have early playoff exits every year.
LeBron showed this organization the blueprint to winning a championship and our front office refuses to put together a roster that can actually compete for a championship.
It's pathetic he's trying to keep this core group together. We lost in 5 to New York in 2023. Lost in 5 to Boston in 2024. Lost in 5 to the Pacers, got embarrassed in 2025.
This core group doesn't have what it takes to make a deep playoff run. 11 combined playoff wins in 3 years. You seriously think they will win 16 playoff games in 1 year?
Major changes need to be made, but it looks like it won't be happening. This is pathetic!
the core 4? more like the SORE 4!
dude this McNuggets guy is putting out false info.
if you are under the second apron POST-Trade you can trade multiple players that deal… you dont have to get under the 2nd apron first, u just have to be under 2nd apron post-trade if u want to trade multiple players
Luv are team add a couple of bigs
Off the bench
I've never liked Coby Altman . He's worthless . His press conference said Nothing as usual . His brain doesn't comprehend " He's had the same lame players for 3 years plus and they've done absolutely NOTHING!!!!!
Coby's elevator doesn't go to all the floors and neither does the soft players .
Donovan Spida-Mitchell is the only smart, tough player on that team .
Trade :
Merrill
Allen
Garland
Wade
Okoro
These players are WORTHLESS!!!!
Bobby Marks confirmed on Twitter that the 2nd Apron rule against aggregation of players only applies if the team finishes the trade above the 2nd Apron. So the Cavs could aggregate players in a hypothetical trade as long as it also dumps enough salary to get back under the 2nd Apron. I believe this would then hard-cap them at the 2nd Apron which could present some other issues, but it makes the trade legal.