REPORT: Cavaliers are willing to entertain trade offers for Darius Garland & Jarrett Allen
The Cleveland Cavaliers face a painful salary cap reality that might force them to trade All-Star point guard Darius Garland.
In a revealing episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast, hosts Chris Fedor and Ethan Sands explored why the Cavs might need to make dramatic roster changes despite their regular season success.
As Fedor explained on the podcast, “I just think the Cavs are at a point, where they’ve got some hard decisions to make because of the realities of the salary cap and the realities of the second apron. There are three potential second apron teams in the NBA. It’s Boston, it’s Phoenix, and it’s Cleveland.”
This financial constraint is pushing the Cavaliers toward a crossroads that could fundamentally reshape their roster.
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20 Comments
Just because former players ripped him that still doesn’t make it valid. Ever think that those players never cracked a rib therefore have no idea how painful that is. God ppl are dumb as rocks
Spicy McNuggets vs The Bull
The Cavs answer to getting better is not to subtract Allen and/or Garland! It’s to obtain better and more productive supporting players. They can do this by getting a thick center (like Valacenius) to support their center position, and add another long offensive skilled forward (like Kuminga) to improve the forward (3&4) position. The Cavs can and probably should get rid of players like Wade, Merrill, and Strus. I love Okoro, but he has trade value, so I would part with him for the advancement of the team as well. I would prefer to see them to keep Ty Jerome, but due to his likely high price tag I would let Jerome go and elevate the use of Porter as the backup point guard. I would also love to see Tyson’s floor time be increased next season. 🏀
Is Ja Morant available 🤔?
Why would any GM trade for Garland or Allen. They saw the playoffs. 😂
Can we trade Allen and Garland for KD?
I am glad Bull is giving Mikey the hammer on the head every day and showing him how his love of this flawed Cavs team is pure delusion. He has to stop being so attached to certain players that he feels he has to throw them a 'bone' when its them that are messing up and falling short every damn year
garland is a max one way player and top 5 worst defender in the league … Amen Adam the Bull haha
VOMIT haha
and tell Jason to stop with this whole 'if and when the Cavs are healthy' BS…THEY ARE LITERALLY NEVER HEALTHY IN THE PLAYOFFS WHEN THE TIME COMES. Their physical and mental conditioning sucks when it's winning time EVERY YEAR. Thats a Cavs not 'answering the challenge' issue…and Donovan doesnt get a pass either because he even ends up injured in the playoffs, even with heavy rest management we had this past year
Ty Jerome , Garland , Merrill not athletic/strong enough, … Allen too skinny and mental, Struss needs to play SG not SF lol , Wade inconsistent af and always injured … Hunter a bit skinny but at least defends himself, Okoro could have played in the 90s but cant shoot and you need 4/5 shooters on the floor at all times now … Tomlin no chance just like Bates ..
garland and allen , good players for bad teams
To be a die hard Cleveland fan and NEVER AGREE WITH Bull is crazy. How did he get in tv and radio is bizarre to me
Garland is a fraud who sat on the bench pretending like he was hurt
I get what Bull is saying 100% if you cant win or even come close after the season we just had
Darius and Evan for Giannis
These guy’s don’t know what they’re talking about.
I suspect that the organization goes to Mobley and asks him what he wants, and I bet he delicately indicates that it is time to move on from Mitchell, not Garland. He prefers playing with Garland. That was so clear two years ago. He seemed to be frustrated playing with Mitchell because Mitchell dominates the ball. I think that's why Mitchell came in last year and emphasized that he wanted to really get Mobley involved and play with him. He did that. But that changed in the playoffs.
You can’t trade allen and garland then who the center
Bull is crazy