^ Brader, I'm no CAVS fan, pero pinaglalaruan lang nang CAVS ang EAST the past few years ......... hindi malayong, CAVS ulit pumasok sa NBA Finals this coming season.
For a team whose ownership is willing to pay salary luxury taxes and has poor coaching (I agree that Lue is an iinferior coach, but preaches decent defense though) and plays heavy ISO basketball, I'm sure that all the other EAST teams will gladly exchange places with the CAVS to have a shot at a championship.
That Thompson deal was huge, but its the price that elite teams pay to get a shot at a championship (which they did) ......... besides, with the last annual spikes in the salary cap, Thompson's deal doesn't look too big now.
CAVS need a GM first, then find those complementary trades - faster wings, backup PG.