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Topic subjectPerused thread. Love the trade. It made the right people mad.
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2620768, Perused thread. Love the trade. It made the right people mad.
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Tue Aug-22-17 11:34 PM
I think there are a lot of assumptions in here about Cleveland's end of the deal. Boston got the concrete chip but they paid a pretty steep price for stability. Then again they had too many assets if anything, plus they got an extra pick that made this one potentially expendable. Overall their offseason has been great. Cleveland needed a way to get deeper and restock a future asset, they did it, also at a high price. I think they got what they needed here. Bigger picture though, Boston wins this summer because net draft picks they are even (and potentially ahead in terms of position), they got Hayward who is an even better signing than he appears IMHO and now they get a guy who can do what Thomas did last year for several years.