Cavaliers' Traded Player Exception Extended Until December 16th

by Conrad Kaczmarek on Dec 10, 2011 11:58 AM CST in 2011-12 Season Preview

You may remember the $14.5 million traded player exception that the Cavaliers got in the sign and trade deal that sent LeBron James to the Miami Heat. It was slated to expire on July 8th, 2011, or one year after the deal took place. However, because of the NBA lockout, the Cavs now have until December 16th, 2011 to use the TPE, according to ESPN analyst, Larry Coon on Twitter.

@LarryCoon: Here's something important for Cleveland & others: Trade exceptions that expired during lockout now expiring Dec 16.

This does not necessarily mean that the Cavaliers will use the TPE before that date, but it creates some options. Chris Grant now has some more flexibility and if he were able to find the right deal, might be able to acquire more draft picks or young assets. I know that this has been a frequently asked question ever since the lockout started and ended, so there you go. The Cavs have six more days to use the TPE. Whether or not they choose to use it remains to be seen.

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I really doubt we use it anyway, unless it’s in a trade that lands us a sweet 1st round pick. We just aren’t in the market for the type of player that this would be used on and probably won’t be for another year or two.

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by Adrock2099 on Dec 10, 2011 12:00 PM CST reply actions

Agreed, but people were asking. So that’s where we’re at.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Dec 10, 2011 12:28 PM CST up reply actions

when r u going to get the big three ,what r u waiting for. make cleveland the place to come, i am tired of losing seasons.i am tired of hear about the lakers etc spend big bucks the fans will come.stop getting those has been players. spend the money we as fans deserve a winning seasons if u don`t meybe we need to ouccpy the cavs.com

by browndog on Dec 10, 2011 4:24 PM CST reply actions

Tired of losing seasons? The Cavs had one bad season and you start to cry like a baby? Did all the Flaker money buy them a title last year? Losing “he will not be named” tore the team apart what part of rebuilding do you not understand? I was a Cavalier fan before and after I doubt that’s going to change if bandwagons wanna find a different gravy train they are welcome to leave.

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by Suppa Bob on Dec 11, 2011 6:53 AM CST up reply actions

why do people want to use it so bad ?

like one player is going to help right now.we need to focus on the draft.it is only way we are going to get a winning team

by beanjames on Dec 10, 2011 5:26 PM CST reply actions

Nah, but you can take a bad contract and get a draft pick with it.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Dec 10, 2011 6:53 PM CST up reply actions

yes but

the thing is.that not many teams lining up too do thist teams seem to value there picks .with this draft being so deep but,maybe the nets will do something with us.

by beanjames on Dec 10, 2011 8:41 PM CST up reply actions

Lets speak on the obvious

Know one is speaking on it so allow me to speak on the Elephant in the room. Here, goes, Byron Scott need to be shown the door. Why, of all of the 30 teams, we have the worst and most unqualified person calling the shoots. He showed last season during the record seting losing streak that he does not have a clue, and his cocky arrogence reared its head before this season began with Byron Scotts his comments directed towards Baron Davis stating " He’s the most qualified mentor for Kyrie Irving". Furthermore, he is intent to sell the Cleveland fans that Alonzo Gee is a bonified ball player. Give me a break, if we are going to build a contender; lets start with some realistic approaches. Alonzo Gee is a joke for a ball player and he is prohibiting progress of this team establishing themselves as contenders.

I can go on and on about Byron Scott, Cleveland deserves better and I hope that Chris Grant and Dan Gilbert recognize his inabilities before it’s to late and we are starting over again.

by Styxmanondaball on Dec 10, 2011 6:10 PM CST reply actions

Really? He had one year with a garbage team. The guy has coached talented teams to the NBA Finals. He helped develop the best PG in the league in Chris Paul. He had an incredibly tough job last year. He deserves a shot.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Dec 10, 2011 6:55 PM CST up reply actions

I don’t think we could have picked a better head coach to help rebuild this team. The work that he’s done with CP3 and the things he was able to accomplish with J Kidd in New Jersey give me some hope for the future of this franchise. The team that we had last year was half full of d-league level players, and that was before the injuries piled up. There’s just no way you can place all the blame on Byron.

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by Adrock2099 on Dec 10, 2011 11:22 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah and “if they deserve better” would it not be smart to have the replacement lined up before you let the old coach go? One could argue that bailing on Scott early would make any potential coach wonder how long they will have to make things work. I find it hard to believe an interim coach would be any better than Scott. In most cases would probably be worse can Cavalier fans survive another losing season like that?

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by Suppa Bob on Dec 11, 2011 7:13 AM CST up reply actions

Dumb Should Not Speak

Just stop. If your orders are, “Build a team without Free Agents”, how are you supposed to build a team if you don’t LOSE in order to get quality players? So Byron Scott is supposed to go ahead and win 32 games a year, continually get the 15th pick, and remain mediocre. Because if we sat in that situation, you would be doing what? Calling for his job! So the man either wins what he can with scabs and you call for his job or lose epically, get a couple high draft picks and come to the next fight with actual bullets in the chamber… and you still call for his job.

No, the Cavs made an excellent executive business decision in starting Alonzo Gee and will chance losing you as a fan in an effort of replacing your tail in the seat with a more loyal fan when they get back up on their feet.

I hear that there is a team in the south that would love to have your support. Dumb flock to the heat of a candle like a moth.

by Tynion on Dec 13, 2011 7:27 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

scott needs another year

but people would rather we fire him. maybe we need become more like the browns changeing there coachs evry year.apart from be the fact that last years team was was pretty bad .so aleast one and maybe two year before we can tell

by beanjames on Dec 10, 2011 9:17 PM CST reply actions