I am going to be completely honest with you… The Cavs will NOT trade Z. Not saying that it would be a bad move on thier behalf, but I assure you that his loyalty and contribution to this franchise does not go overlooked and he will be able to retire a Cav. He is still serviceable. The only problem he had was against Howard. In the first two rounds he wss very good and in the regular season as well. Next, Utah will NOT trade Millsap because of the uncertain status of Boozer. You have to figure why whould they sign and trade for Z who would not be able to play anything but 15 min per game on that team. Lee is out of the question b/c NY wil match that MLE offer. Frye could be had but he plays too soft and is not very agressive. I would prefer McDtess who can hit the open J. is a really good rebounder, a savy veteran and would not cost much at all for a cpl years. The Cavs adding another post PF wouldn’t make sense. That would clog up the lanes for Delonte and LeBron. They need one who is athletic and can stretch the floor. You can’t have both C and PF in the paint and then LeBron (who get’s mostly all of his baskets down there.) Will Bynum isn’t a 2 guard. And bringing in another gurad who is barely 6 foot is counter productive. If any guard comes here it will be Barnes or Parker, both 6’6" plus who can defend on the perimeter. A 2nd unit of Gibson and Bynum would get destroyed evry time out on the floor mainly because they would not be able to defend.

No way you resign Andy for that much. If C Vill is setting the bar at 8 mil per year, why would you pay Andy more and he is not even as valuable of a player. Artest didn’t even get that much. He averages 8 and 8 in 30 min a game. And if you sign him to that deal and use the MLE or Bi annual than you WOULD be taking yourself out of the race for a big time FA. ANd with your scenario a sign and trade for Millsap would take you out even more b/c Z and Shaq our our biggest assets coming off the books next year. I know that he is an energy guy, but there are ones like Birdman who only got paid 1 mil last year… he is an unrestricted free agent btw.

Cavs will likely end up with Parker and McDyess. But an interesting name is Travis Outlaw from Portland. He’s a free agent and they lave a log game at the 3 spot. He’s real athletic and is 6’9" so he can defend multiple positions. He also has a knack for coming up huge in the clutch if you wayched any of thier games last year…. Do a little more hw before you post next time

we need to resign V, we need to sign millsap, parker or marion, and shop Z, he has a massive expiring contract that could get us someone good, the reason we need to do something with him is right now all he is is a back up declining big man, we got enough bigs that are good enough to be backups in v and darnell and jj, we need to get a good wingman to help out with perimeter d in exchange for Z’s expiring $$$

Detroit picked up his option. He’ll be available next year, so long as Detroit doesn’t re-sign him.

Cleveland doesn’t need him though, there are enough undersized guards on the roster

PG – Mo/Boob/a LLE PG
SG – West/Parker/Kinsey
SF – LeBron/Wally/Green
PF – Varejao/Frye or Dyess or Bass/Hickson
C – Shaq/Z/Jackson

15 players – with Kinsey, the LLE PG and Wally/Green alternating in street clothes.

Nobody without cap room is getting Millsap. Utah is stuck with 2 expirings in Okur and Boozer and want to keep Millsap. A sign and trade for Millsap would likely require bringing back a horrible contract (Kirilenko).

I don’t believe anyone will want Z, at least not until close to the trade deadline so he can be bought out for less. Z will be the player that brings in the next wave of talent to Cleveland, Z or Shaq. It’ll be an interesting trade deadline in Cleveland this year, that much is certain. Shaq and Z will make up more than 50% of the cap alone, which could bring back a superstar who could opt out (Bosh, Wade) and some role players.