Just a few days ago it was the anniversary of the Smith/Shumpert trade where the New York Knicks went into the tank and the Cleveland Cavaliers gained what we thought were the final piece(s) of the puzzle.
Jeez that’s probably the first time ever we’ve considered J.R. Smith as a “last piece of the puzzle” eh?
Anyway the trade before that one was the Wiggins/Love trade, which will help the Timberwolves in the long term and help the Cavs in the short term. Everybody wins and LeBron is very happy with the trade. I mean he should do since he’s basically the GM.
“It’s a lot of things that goes into a trade, and everyone always kind of focuses on the first tier of it,” James said before the Cavs held their shootaround Friday morning. “They just focus on Wiggins for Kevin and how the teams match up. There’s so many things that happen throughout the course of a season.
“Without Andy [Varejao] going down and being injured, do we get Timo [Mozgov]? And do we make the trade for Shump [Iman Shumpert] and J.R. [Smith]? So, so many things happen throughout the course of a season. I think if both sides are happy with what happened — we’re happy with having Kev and I know they’re happy with having Wiggins — so, that’s all that matters.“
The Cavs definitely balanced out their season with those trades and now they have one of the best teams in the league. Well played LeBron whoops I meant David Griffin.
