including wiggins in trade for k.love?

[PancakeBrah]

Keep Wiggins.

I was initially for getting Love, if I were a Cavs fan.

But Wiggins-Lebron has potential GOAT wing defense possibilities.

Kyrie takes the burden of ball handling/offense a bit off LeBron

Wiggins, who's more refined as a defensive player at this stage, takes the burden of guarding the best wing player off LeBron.

LeBron goes into God-Efficiency Mode.

Love, obviously, has his positives, too. But let Wiggins grow and you'll have two connecting links that could set the franchise up for the next 12-15 years (once LeBron retires and Wiggins assumes alpha dog position).

The counter-point is, obviously, that Love is already a 26-12 guy. Wiggins may never turn into the talent Love already is. But Love is a notorious stat-chaser. If he were on the Cavs I'd imagine he'd be a 18-10 guy. Which is still, obviously, very good. But he offers no rim protection, and is a net negative on defense. I say try to trade for a defensive minded big man on a reasonable contract and roll the dice with the current power structure of LeBron->Irving->Wiggins->Waiters. Maybe hope that Bennett gets his act together and turns into a living, breathing NBA player.

The thought of Wiggins realizing his potential with LeBron is too enticing.

[Certain]

Originally Posted by El Pancake

Keep Wiggins.

I was initially for getting Love, if I were a Cavs fan.

But Wiggins-Lebron has potential GOAT wing defense possibilities.

Kyrie takes the burden of ball handling/offense a bit off LeBron

Wiggins, who's more refined as a defensive player at this stage, takes the burden off guarding the best wing player off LeBron.

LeBron goes into God-Efficiency Mode.

Love, obviously, has his positives, too. But let Wiggins grow and you'll have two connecting links that could set the franchise up for the next 12-15 years (once LeBron retires and Wiggins assumes alpha dog position).

The counter-point is, obviously, that Love is already a 26-12 guy. Wiggins may never turn into the talent Love already is. But Love is a notorious stat-chaser. If he were on the Cavs I'd imagine he'd be a 18-10 guy. Which is still, obviously, very good. But he offers no rim protection, and is a net negative on defense. I say try to trade for a defensive minded big man on a reasonable contract and roll the dice with the current power structure of LeBron->Irving->Wiggins->Waiters. Maybe hope that Bennett gets his act together and turns into a living, breathing NBA player.

The thought of Wiggins realizing his potential with LeBron is too enticing.

I concur, except that Wiggins is not ready yet to take on top-tier wing players in late-game situations. But he'll get there.

Now, if the T'wolves are interested in also sending Gorgui Dieng to the Cavs, that would change things. He has the look of an elite defensive center.