NBA Personality Believes This Cavs All-Star Could Be Traded This Offseason
A lot of questions surround the Cleveland Cavaliers as they head into the Summer. What will they do in the draft? Who will be the starting small forward next season? Will anything else happen with Donovan Mitchell?
The Cavs' biggest flaws were exposed against the New York Knicks in the playoffs and some changes need to happen, whether those are minor or major.
One NBA personality thinks Cleveland could enter a massive roster retool by trading away one of the rebuild's cornerstones.
Ryan Russillo was on The Bill Simmons Podcast and talked about the NBA's star players who could be dealt with this summer. Russillo's pick was Cleveland's center, Jarrett Allen.
Allen had a solid regular season averaging 14.3 points per game and 9.8 rebounds while playing 32.6 minutes a night. However, he was exposed and outplayed in the playoffs by New York's Mitchell Robinson.
Cleveland could recoup a solid return if they chose to deal Allen to a new team. He's still 25 years and has his best basketball ahead of him. The Cavs also signed him to an extension through the 2026 season.
For what it's worth, these are also some solid reasons to keep JA too.
Bill Simmons chimes in and said he could see Darius Garland being moved, but this seems even more far-fetched than an Allen trade.
We can have these conversations all we want about who the Cavs will trade and what players are safe or on the trade block. But at the end of the day, President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman said after the season they did not plan to make major changes to the roster.
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