LeBron excited about Cavs’ future with healthy Kyrie Irving

If Thompson agreed to take the qualifying offer from the franchise and leaves next summer, the Cavs won’t have the cap flexibility to find a comparable replacement.

Still, there’s no question that the Cavaliers are at their best with two of their Big Three NOT sitting on the bench. The problem with doing a deal at that number is that virtually everyone in Thompson’s talent range got substantially more, most receiving the National Basketball Association maximum salary, some for less years, but most for the same year one dollar amount.

As for now, Cavs fans can only hope that David Blatt and his team knows what they’re doing. The Cavaliers are offering him for less.

Earlier this month, August, we have reported that Tristan Thompson was seeking a long-term maximum contract worth almost $95 million from the Cavaliers. Cunningham is joined by Quinn Cook. Why get a player whose heart is not wholly for the team? It remains to be seen whether the team will gamble their budget to please James or simply risk facing the possibility of seeing his departure from the Cavaliers next season. Cleveland then handled the Bulls and Hawks before advancing to the Finals. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Terry Pluto, the team is looking to limit both LeBron James’ and Irving’s minutes in 2015-16. He added, “They did that in 2014-15, with his 36.1 average the lowest of his career”. The contract also included a capacity for the 11-year pro to refuse any trade that would involve him this coming season, which was the same with his teammates LeBron James, Matthew Dellavedova, and James Jones.

The same strategy will be implemented in Kyrie Irving’s playing minutes.

But all that would depend on Smith and how he performs in the coming season. In this manner, all stars will be well and healthy until the playoffs.