I called this back in November. I tried to get my brother to buy Cavs tickets for opening night for about a month, and they aren't on sell yet. What have the Cavs odds to win the East gone to from a week ago?
Really interesting from a basketball standpoint, as even without the rumoured Kevin Love deal he likely has found a better 2014 roster (and almost certainly better for the future). Houston looks awesome too.
The best part of this is that Miami's 2015 first round pick is held by... Cleveland.
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That Miami first rounder is top-10 protected, though, and the way the Heat's offseason is going, the Cavs won't be getting the extra pick.
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Originally posted by Big BadThat Miami first rounder is top-10 protected
How does that work? I've always heard about protected picks but I don't understand how you can trade something that can become so valuable it is no longer part of the trade? If Miami gets a top-10 pick, what do they give to Cleveland in its place?
Originally posted by Big BadThat Miami first rounder is top-10 protected
How does that work? I've always heard about protected picks but I don't understand how you can trade something that can become so valuable it is no longer part of the trade? If Miami gets a top-10 pick, what do they give to Cleveland in its place?
The pattern is like that for first round picks - if the pick is protected one year, it rolls over and is usually to the next year with lesser or no protection.
(There are second round pick trades that work differently, where if the pick is in the protected area, that's that and the trading team gets nothing - but they're second round NBA draft picks so no one cares much.)
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