ferry probably gone too?

[jb]

rampant speculation on rbs

[FUDU]

Depending on the coach, yes. Top flight coach might, might want control, gotta give it to him, no?

If it is a Calipari hire then Ferry should just leave, that has used car salesman and hostage written all over it, no?

IMO I almost want to this become a Gilbert v LeBron saga, if Gilbert feels deceived he should, and he has money to put up a good fight.

Who gets the ring first Gilbert or LeBron, I like the sound of it.

[Larvell Blanks]

I think Brown is gone first and foremost. Than Gilbert and Ferry will sit down and decide what path is best to go down, along w/ James. If it's decided that the Spurs way is not working, expect Ferry to contact an real estate agent.

[noles1]

Ferry may make one last ditch effort in a call down to Durham. (Where he will get a polite, "no, thank you")

That said, Danny's got too much class to ever think of doing it before Mike is gone. Not sure that his writing won't be on the wall after that so he maynot bother though.

[Ziner]

If Lebron leaves why bother? Doesn't matter who is coach or who is GM, its going to take a few years to even tear it down. Ferry built it up might as well let him tear it down. No reason to pay someone else to do the destruction. Hell really if Lebron doesnt come back you might as well keep Brown to save on the salary, maybe make up for the playoff game revenue I am sure Gilbert was banking on.

[TouchEmAllTime]

rampant speculation on rbs

Good point made by Riz, calling into his own show. Lebron can leave the 30 mil on the table and make up for it with a couple new endorsements and this incident that was the second round is not going to be what defines him. I think if this happened in LA or NY then maybe it could, but since it happened here, it will be forgotten eventually. I personally don't think he cares about an extra 30 mil either. And the more I think of it, as much as he says he loves Cleveland, there's no way he's going to do a sign and trade, strictly for the power play. At this point I'm ready to move on without him, maybe the Q won't be a circus environment with some blowhard male cheerleader and fire being shot up like a WWE event, and the focus can be put back on the basketball, and the pre Lebron fans.

[Ziner]

Fuck the sign and trade, if he wants to go, make him go with out his contract. U,nless he can somehow in one trade, manage to gut our roster and get us 4 lottery picks. Anything less he can kiss my ass. Make up the money endorsing Malnati's pizza.

[TouchEmAllTime]

Fuck the sign and trade, if he wants to go, make him go with out his contract. U,nless he can somehow in one trade, manage to gut our roster and get us 4 lottery picks. Anything less he can kiss my ass. Make up the money endorsing Malnati's pizza.

More than likely how it will go down, part of me would like to see Gilbert tell him to GFY if he comes to him with the sign and trade proposal, just so someone can finally say no to him.

[e0y2e3]

Fuck the sign and trade, if he wants to go, make him go with out his contract. U,nless he can somehow in one trade, manage to gut our roster and get us 4 lottery picks. Anything less he can kiss my ass. Make up the money endorsing Malnati's pizza.

That would be beyond retarded Ziner, use your head.

The sign and trade would at least give us a big as trade exemption would could use to buy draft picks from teams trying to shed salary, ala the Presti Plan.

http://www.frontofficefans.com/2010/4/2 ... presti-the

[Ziner]

Fuck the sign and trade, if he wants to go, make him go with out his contract. U,nless he can somehow in one trade, manage to gut our roster and get us 4 lottery picks. Anything less he can kiss my ass. Make up the money endorsing Malnati's pizza.

That would be beyond retarded Ziner, use your head.

The sign and trade would at least give us a big as trade exemption would could use to buy draft picks from teams trying to shed salary, ala the Presti Plan.

http://www.frontofficefans.com/2010/4/2 ... presti-the

Well obviously I was exaggerating, I get a 24 hour window to be irrational. I guess I didnt know the true benefits of the trade exceptions or how you obtain them. Thanks

[daddywags]

If LeBron leaves, I'd like to see Ferry get a chance to build a team from scratch the right way, when he doesn't have to worry about "win next year" or "win this year" at all costs. Somehow, I don't think that meshes well with his GM personality.

[Triple-S]

Interesting situation a brewing now that Brown is officially out.

Could the Cavs wait around and see if Phil Jackson will be leaving LA? There's only a 10% chance of that happening, but I believe if he came here, we would win a title that very year.

Coach K. ain't happening, he's probably very happy down in Durham and probably sees no need for it.

Calipari seems a viable option at this point, but, I believe we'll be third in line for his services. The Bulls being numero uno, who are a good team and could be contenders very soon, you add the fact that Rose is already there waiting for him there, and then you have the Nets who are probably most likely landing Wall in the draft. Why would he be third in line? Well, if LeBron hasn't commited to the idea of sticking around, why would he come here to potentially be foiled.

[jb]

The reality is that we can't do squat until Bron deems the org worthy of an answer.