ANY CAVS TRADES COMING SOON WITH WINDY - 5 Good Minutes With Windy

We are back once again for another episode of '5 Good Minutes With Windy' and this week, our good friend Brian Windhorst is here to talk all things Cavs. Why haven't they made any moves? What will they do with Okoro? Will Mobley get extended. Windy answers all of that and MORE!

[@banditY2K]

Windy knows his stuff about salaries/contracts and cap stuff.

[@tropicalpnch4549]

are our backup bigs really going to be Niang and Thompson again?

[@Mr.Marsha11]

Probably Pete Nance or some shit

[@Ckproduction03]

We still only have one 3/4 on the roster

[@JR-px9gp]

Unfuqqinbelievable

[@chrishines45]

Those guys Suck! Thompson is way past his Prime and Niang isn’t mobile enough.

[@ChilledSoul216]

This guy here is dead!!​@@chrishines45

[@bowdownb41uservetrigger70]

The player that Windy alluded to for the Cavs wanted to "off-load" could very well be Ty Jerome. After doing a roster breakdown, Jerome seems like the most logical choice for the Cavs to free up a little more space on their salary cap as well as providing flexibility to opening up an additional roster spot, especially with the emergence of Craig Porter Jr.

[@jarren32]

It's obviously Levert dude

[@jarren32]

Ty is a 6 5 guard shooting 37% from 3 on high volume for 6 million a year.

[@bowdownb41uservetrigger70]

@@jarren32 Windy did state the Cavs would like to have "a little more space" under the tax apron to operate. LeVert is making over $16 million this season on an expiring contract, and traditionally contracts in that price range are easier to trade opposed to what Jerome is making $2.5 million (not $6 million) which is an expiring contract as well. I wouldn't consider $16 million "a little more space" in NBA terms, Windy was most likely referring to a player on or near minimum contract. Bottom line is that if the Cavs really wanted to trade LeVert and his expiring contract this upcoming season, they wouldn't have too much trouble doing so compared to trying to trade Jerome and his $2.5 million, especially if they are trying to trade those contracts individually on their own

[@LebronJames-kd6pw]

They better not trade LeVert unless they get a good backup point guard back.

[@jarren32]

@LebronJames-kd6pw we have two backup point guards, when reality they need zero. DM is the backup point guard and the team is worse when he is not

[@grego8992]

Seeing how Atkinson is using team Frances two bigs is getting me excited to see Evan this year

[@Bodave12]

I hate how people act like the cavs arrow is pointing sideways as windy put it meaning they aren't getting better or worse. Evan is young and no where near his full potential yet, Darius has shown he should be better than last season and he is also still young and improving, Jarrett has improved every season he's been here, Issac is still young, Craig Porter Jr showed really promising play, jaylon tysun was just drafted. This team is for the most part still full of young players who still have multiple seasons of improving and maturing to do

[@calvinkindell9924]

Sideways?...granted they're not legit contenders..but they are trending up considering all that they've done so far all of these guys are professionals and take pride in their craft so we will see a vast improvement across the board the biggest stumbling block is health but all teams deal with that..looking forward to season #Gocavs

[@realdean13]

@@calvinkindell9924 thank you! Got rid of our biggest issue…. JB Bickerstaff was awful.

[@Mikeondeck24]

Is this “off loaded” contract LeVert, Niang, or Ty Jermone?

[@ESPNCleveland850]

Do you think the Cavs HAVE to make a move?

[@OSUBoxkator]

No. We already have a big four. These other teams needed to make moves to get closer to a big 4. Our big 4 is also younger and still getting better. Making moves just to make moves does nothing.

[@devontebroom6800]

​@@OSUBoxkator Yeah right, Im a Cleveland fan and I totally disagree

[@OSUBoxkator]

@@devontebroom6800 ok.

[@Ckproduction03]

@@OSUBoxkatorwe have a big four that’s a negative 7 net rating in the playoffs lol

[@OSUBoxkator]

@@Ckproduction03 under JB....... Like, what's so hard to understand about that?

[@jerrygoldfarb7739]

I'd love to get FA PG Tyus Jones. He is only 6'1 but had a career year last year and would be ideal to run the 2nd unit while Craig Porter refines hisgame

[@dalejanovsky987]

He would be a great sign

[@paramjotsandhu86]

Yes

[@hammerhead2362]

18 point “FIVE GOOD MINUTES”

[@dennisclanton5342]

Basically its bad time to be building a contender vs those who have one in place.

[@thacryinggame]

Nope they made awful moves face the truth dennis

[@dennisclanton5342]

@@thacryinggame you should go apply for an nba job since you're so qualified with your hindsight 😂

[@realdean13]

@@dennisclanton5342 he is being dumb. We resigned Mitchell and that’s all that matters. Now we still have 4 all stars and people act like they suck. Come on

[@GhostriderBA877]

It’s the summer of gummies

[@kdogglv]

😂

[@richardfratus7726]

please explain the "apron"...first and second? Sounds ominous and scary...ooo, don't get close to that second one!!!

[@cmo0324]

It’s just penalties the owner of the Cavs have to pay

[@Jjohnson27994]

if i were the front office i would look into Dorian finney-smith and cam Johnson and what it would cost them

[@mikewysong7205]

Would anyone be surprised if Isaac doesn't earn his way into the temporary starting lineup? It's the tried-and-true next man up due to injury status we are so good at. Good defense includes being able to stop a Brown or Tatum like player just driving and making layups and we need wings that have above average rebounding abilities.

[@thacryinggame]

Lmaoo

[@peymonbesh8620]

Did Windhorst just report he’s not hear to report multiple times??

[@michaelkirbysr8857]

The problem is too many guys led by garland on our team wear aprons

[@JulienPalmieri]

the player the cavs are trying to offload is 99% cari’s levert he’s making like 20+ mill a year hopefully they can make it happen

[@davidlewis2681]

Windy the best NBA insider that there is...💪💪💪

[@realdean13]

He is making 16 mil which is tradeable as he said. Dont know where you got 20?

[@kdogglv]

Man its ridiculous Windy has to sit through the lame commercial read every time!!

[@jaymonneyy]

S/o to Windy but it’s never 5 mins 😂

[@smhpilot]

Hard to watch this after listening to how much average players are making.,,

[@banditY2K]

Now go research how much money the owners make.

[@charlesthompson5645]

Mobley doesn’t deserve a max yet

[@ImOutOfMtDew]

He didn't even want to be drafted by the Cavs.

[@tmoneyfotwenty]

Also there's plenty of time till next off-season. Let's see what he does first.

[@ronaldresseger]

Why do he can test fa next off season that’s a HORRIBLE IDEA AND HORRIBLE BUSINESS MOVE

[@AndrewPolander]

They should make Mobley wait just like Philly did with Maxey!

[@doublej7293]

Lmao the nba disagrees, if not the Cavs someone else would give it to him

[@mspeedm5849]

The Cavs are a solid roster with a better coach but no means to add a 5th core player. Koby Altman has made it next to impossible to improve around the core 4 besides Jalen Tyson. Fans and media saying otherwise really need to wake up. Koby himself is asleep at the wheel ( again ) , and the fact is they took themselves out of the trade game for any substantial upgrades, not moving DG on draft day. They have no draft assets to attach to DG or any lesser non core expendible either. Let's just hand Mobley the bag while we are at it.

[@deionowens997]

Max & Wade r the 2 players outside of the core 4 other teams want. Trading Max w/Okoro n a S&T gets u out of the Aprons. Trading Wade w/Okoro n a S&T doesn't. The Hawks rite now package of Hunter, Fernando & Vit Krejci (w/picks if Max is traded) works 4 both trade scenarios.

[@thacryinggame]

Lol

[@deionowens997]

@@thacryinggame what? Okoro by himself is not getting the job done unless u want DFS

[@jeffreycooper5187]

Cavs are now the 7th best team in the East behind Boston, New York, Milwaukee, Orlando, Philadelphia, and Detroit

[@Ckproduction03]

Behind Detroit???? What are you smoking LOL

[@bowdownb41uservetrigger70]

14 win total Detroit, good one. Nice try though lol

[@officialwestupktee]

Definitely a 6-7 seed but they better than Detroit though

[@samholik8127]

Not behind Orlando and Detroit, and Philly remains to be seen

[@kdub_4]

What are you smoking ? 😂 just knocked off orlando in the playoffs and you said Detroit??!!

[@salem927]

Emoni Bates needs to play

[@dalejanovsky987]

Yes yes yes

[@dearmas9068]

Dude aint ready yet.

[@hakeemfawzi3668]

I do not wanna experience another season with that same lineup. Get BI asap stop playing

[@realdean13]

He isn’t as good as we think he is. The idea of him is better than how he really plays.

[@hakeemfawzi3668]

@@realdean13 still better than no change at all don't you think? wouldn't hurt to try. I just need my team to get better. a conference finals appearance is all I want for next season. we been progressing every year because we improved the roster every postseason.

[@realdean13]

@@hakeemfawzi3668 I think it is better because Ingram wants a max deal and we would be paying 4 max contracts and that is impossible to do in the nba. Jarrett Allen has one of the best contracts in the nba. I think we are over reacting because Allen way out and so was Mitchell and this is only our second year together. Sometimes the best move is no major move. Remember, the media wanted Boston to trade brown for years because he did the same things as Tatum. It is not always greener and I’d love it better if we could offload niang or levert and do a sign and trade for a cam Johnson or similar

[@dearmas9068]

I agree on BI. He is better than his play has been. He just suffers from the same problem that Garland does where he is sharing the ball with a guy who plays the same position. Thats always tough.

[@LawrenceAnderson-hp5ot]

And let bates play more

[@BigJ-Bone1800]

The Cavs are gonna have to seriously look at the players on the roster such as Isaiah Mobley and Imani Bates and hope Luke Travers can make the team and give the Cavs the length they are looking for. And Georges Niang was embarrassing looking watching him check into the game last season and Struss only fouled and complained and pouted especially the second half of the year and the entire playoffs!!! But I blame Altman for all of this!!!

[@dalejanovsky987]

Struss is way over paid. Hard to unload. Naing Bucks. Dream to dump both

[@z6CSlick]

They need to give minutes to Emoni Bates

[@dalejanovsky987]

Absolutely

[@LawrenceAnderson-hp5ot]

We need to leave the roster as is....remember we lost in the playoffs because if injuries....we're young, so run it back but I think we do need to bench max stress, he does not fit our starting lineup ...meaning he just wants to shoot shoot shoot but he plays no d......at least Levert and okoro play both

[@richardfratus7726]

what about George Niang? Seems like a total zero, but probably impossible to trade.

[@ronaldresseger]

He had a bad year he’s a CAREER 40% 3 point shooter on VOLUME AS WELL

[@eddiecohnmusic]

I'm still STUNNED that KOBY isn't getting more heat. A roster FILLED with mediocrity, a max player in Garland who is FAR from a max talent, not to mention this team is too small and lacks physicality. They're also far too close to the second apron so their hands are tied. AND now Mobley may be a max player and he's not a max player talent-wise either. Oh, AND he traded away Lauri. This team is stuck in the mud thx to Koby's ineptitude.

[@chrishines45]

They should make u the GM cause u spoke straight up Facts!

[@eddiecohnmusic]

@@chrishines45 Ha, THX, Im still waiting for DG to call! Apparently They'd rather sit in an abyss of middle of the road mediocrity for an eternity.

[@brownshead123]

@@eddiecohnmusicwell you see the problem is they are a small market team that has to ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS gonna have to overpay players whether you think they are worth it or not. Otherwise they’re live below mediocrity for years

[@jswede1]

Koby is doing great. I don’t think you understand what type players get max contracts. In this case it’s a 24 year old with an AS selection under his belt and a 23 year old with a top 3 DPOY and runner up Rookie of Year. These are the players that get max contracts. Garland is currently the 26th highest paid salary for 2024-25 and that will drop by the fall. By his last year he won’t be top 60 or 70 in salary. Also Jarret Allen may be on the most team friendly contract in all teh NBA.

[@tybo8377]

Koby was smart enough to trade for Lauri in the first place plus the player we got back was better and we were able to extend him which made it worth it. Garlands was an Allstar before Mitchell came so he's had to adjust plus he broke his jaw last year and had to eat thru a straw. Koby traded for Allen too. Honestly this team could be in alot worse shape after having lebron leave for nothing for the second time. Ur options dont seem to be very well thought out

[@thacryinggame]

Dan Gilbert is a monster. Should be in prison.

[@DeVinci33]

Not much moves to make. I wanted to trade Allen for a solid SF but his contract is way too nice.

[@rustywagner30]

Ok good for evan now who is are true SF there aren't many left we can get specially after not taking 2nd picks (6) from OKC for another small guard that makes 7 under 6'6" and since this F.O. doesn't care about the most chess piece position in the NBA theres no1 to blame but them the NY Knicks show the book how to beat this team by being physical

[@dearmas9068]

nothing you just said makes sense. Not just because you don't understand what you're talking about, but also because you dropped a word-salad with no punctuation.

[@rustywagner30]

@dearmas9068 yeah your the JB lover that call me a casual cause i said he needed to go too

[@dearmas9068]

@@rustywagner30 You are a casual, son. You are an embarrassment to this entire fanbase. Like it or not JB is a good coach. Replacing him now resulted in a lateral move - not an upgrade. No, it doesn't matter if you don't like it.

[@dearmas9068]

@@rustywagner30 and you write your thoughts like a drunken teenager who repeated the 5th grade 3 times.

[@rustywagner30]

@dearmas9068 No, it was a yr too late firing him. Now, we will have 3 small guards out on the court instead of all the changes being done it's a wasted yr

[@Hawkeye62]

Cavs are screwed no real trade assets or cap space giving a non superstar Garland the Max Wasn't a good move. Giving Strus 14 million a year? He's a bench player he isn't A Starter. Dean Wade is garbage another bad resigning Wasted Money Drafting Okoro at #5 was sad he's a roll player he's a liability on offense teams don't ever bother covering him he can't consistently make wide open shots??

[@ronaldresseger]

Max earned all 14 mil and then some bro he helped the team tremendously

[@AndrewPolander]

Strus got 16 mill per year....terrible contract! Thanks Koby!

[@eddiecohnmusic]

TOTALLY agree. I get the sense, most fans of the CAvs, dont watch other legit contenders around the league. Most of our top 9 roster spots wouldnt sniff more than 5 min on the floor on say BOS< NY< OKC< DEN, MIN or PHI. This team isnt close to a contender. too small, too soft, Cant shoot, too inconsistent and they lack grit. Theyre a long way away and I blame Koby the most. Dont think he knows what he is doing.

[@thacryinggame]

@@ronaldressegerYou’re a sick individual.

[@realdean13]

Man I can’t wait for us to actually be healthy to shut yall up. All doom and gloom when we have the Celtics their best fight and JA didn’t play at all and Mitchell only played 3 games. Everyone said Mitchell was gone cause we sick and he stays for 2 more years minimum and still all doom and gloom. We are a good team and if we stay heathy we will be second in the East. Only team better is Boston. The knicks have one superstar and all role players, you’ll see

[@dennisclanton5342]

Im just here for the youtube GM peeps that all know what moves to make and when to make them vs anyone else.

[@thacryinggame]

Are you mad that fans are correct more than dan and koby? Awwwww you poor little THING!

[@dennisclanton5342]

@@thacryinggame not at all.

[@greatness3928]

Kobe should be fired

[@chrishines45]

Altman is Terrible and his decision making has led to them being in the shape they’re in.

[@AndrewPolander]

7 years of Koby and we aren't even in title conversation at all!

[@eddiecohnmusic]

Man, totally agree. Niang is enough for him to be fired.

[@thacryinggame]

Its Dan.

[@thacryinggame]

IT IS DAN