Cavs looking to add Joe Johnson

[thescout5]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13202763/cleveland-cavaliers-interested-joe-johnson-brooklyn-nets

 

Gee another day another rumor about the Cavs landing another player. 

Edited July 5, 2015 by thescout5

[IheartVolt]

So someone explain to me how the Cavs resign Leroid after all this. I understand the bird rights and situation of how they are acquiring all these players. Someone correct me of I am wrong but the Cavs do not have Lehgh's bird rights because he has only been there one year? They currently have three max contracts , and if you add Joe that's four. How the hell do they sign Lecheat?

[thescout5]

Good question I would like to know that as well. Cleveland seems to write the rules when it comes to fanagaling the cap. Need an extra $20million no problem let me sprinkle some of this magic dust to create more cap room. 

[Plainview1981]

It's amazing that Cleveland can do all of this while the Hawks are capped out with a roster full of role players.

[capstone21]

Joe would be a great fit there .... They held bird rights on all of those players but jr smith ... So they can sign them over the cap. They also have Brandon Haywood's 10 million contract which they can use towards Joe. They will have lux tax up the wazoo

[IheartVolt]

Joe would be a great fit there .... They held bird rights on all of those players but jr smith ... So they can sign them over the cap. They also have Brandon Haywood's 10 million contract which they can use towards Joe. They will have lux tax up the wazoo

But how do they sign Lebron? He turn down the player option

[ATLien_]

But how do they sign Lebron? He turn down the player option

I believe they have early Bird rights on LeBron and LeBron is going to accept his early bird max. We could have done the same with Millsap, but Sap wanted more than the roughly 16 million his early bird max afforded, so we had to use our cap space to sign him. If Sap would have accepted his early bird max we could have signed free agents up to the cap and then went over the cap to sign him. I'm not going to hate on Sap for wanting his money, but him wanting 2 million more really limited us.

[Guest]

They'll have to include more salary to make it work. Joe's deal is $24 mil, Heywood is $10 mil. Options will be including Anderson Verajao or SnT involving JR Smith.

[IheartVolt]

I believe they have early Bird rights on LeBron and LeBron is going to accept his early bird max. We could have done the same with Millsap, but Sap wanted more than the roughly 16 million his early bird max afforded, so we had to use our cap space to sign him. If Sap would have accepted his early bird max we could have signed free agents up to the cap and then went over the cap to sign him. I'm not going to hate on Sap for wanting his money, but him wanting 2 million more really limited us.

How ? He has played one year?

[ATLien_]

How ? He has played one year?

Good point. I'm not sure because Lebron definitely wasn't traded to Cleveland.

[Guest]

My guess would be he signs for whatever his caphold is?