NBA Trade Rumors: Six teams have reportedly made offers to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Kyrie Irving
As the Cleveland Cavaliers move closer and closer to moving Kyrie Irving, we finally have an official list of teams that are genuinely interested in the all-star.
Or, at the very least, seriously interested enough to make an offer.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, there are six teams that have made an offer to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Those six teams are the LA Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns.
Perhaps most interestingly, the only offer that was leaked in further detail was Miami’s reported Goran Dragic and Justise Winslow package.
"[via ESPN]So far, these are among the teams who’ve made offers to the Cavaliers for Irving, league sources tell ESPN: The San Antonio Spurs, LA Clippers, Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks and Miami Heat. There were approximately 20 teams that inquired with Cleveland upon the news of Irving’s trade request, league sources said, but far fewer have registered legitimate proposals. More loom in the shadows, and many simply don’t have the assets to make a deal happen."
In this same report, it’s reported that the Cavs are looking for a young piece, win-now pieces and draft picks in exchange for Kyrie Irving. That will likely prove tough for any team in the NBA to match, probably much more difficult for the teams that are reportedly interested enough to sit down and have talks with Cleveland.
But it’s probably best for Cleveland to set its bar so high. Taking this report a step further, perhaps Cleveland’s offers for Kyrie Irving are so bad (at the moment) that they had to leak the best one thus far – Miami’s Dragic and Winslow package – in an attempt to drive the price up, or begin a bidding war?
If so, it likely hasn’t worked yet.
Cleveland is in a bind right now. They would probably want to appease Kyrie Irving – and LeBron James – but also can’t execute a trade just for the sake of it. They need to do what’s best for their franchise moving forward. And, right now, waiting it out seems like the best course of action moving forward.