Bibby To Cleveland Talks Heat Up Again

[Keo]

Cleveland is the team everyone's watching as the 55-game Vegas circuit dribbles to a close Sunday.

For a couple reasons:

The Cavs, according to NBA front-office sources, are getting even more serious than they were in February to assemble a deal that lands them Mike Bibby.

The Cavs, sources say, would have to send Drew Gooden to Sacramento in any deal for Bibby, which would make re-signing restricted free agent Anderson Varejao even more of a priority for Cleveland than it was a week ago. Yet Varejao is said to be strongly weighing the prospect of calling off negotiations this summer and invoking Cleveland's $1.3 million qualifying offer for next season, because the sides are so far apart in negotiations. If he chooses that option, Varejao would become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2008.

A trade involving Gooden would restore a good bit of the leverage Varejao appeared to lose when Memphis decided to use its salary-cap space on Darko Milicic as opposed to the Big Brazilian.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/s ... id=2935125

Well I think the Cavs really need a legitimate starting point guard if they're serious about winning, and Bibby would be a good fit; if that means shipping Gooden + whatever else to Sacramento, then so be it.

As for the Kings, it's hard to see exactly where they're trying to go with this. Gooden would give them the immediate big man presence that they're looking for but the hole which would be left by Bibby's absence would be hard to fill.

[-Young Buck-]

I think this would be good for cleveland. They get rid of a player that isnt very intelligent, even though he was good in the playoffs. Bibby would be a nice addition. But they still need to do more. Hughes needs to be traded or become the 3rd man behind lebron and bibby if this deal happened. As for Sacramento, this would give them Kevin Martin, Hawes, and Gooden to build around. Maybe they are trying to get younger? Start Douby and see what he is worth. They also have Garcia that has been a good young player.

[nylia]

I vouch for this trade.

Veteran leadership, outside shooting, high IQ. POINT GUARD

[Sauru]

this angers me, the celtics should be trying to get bibby. if not bibby then a real center though i feel they are not doing either. bibby would be great for us.

as for bibby to cleveland, great deal for cleveland, pull the trigger in a heartbeat.

[NovU]

bibby/pierce/allen trio would have been nice just like kidd/carter/jefferson
sux not happenin

but i can't wait to see bron & bibby playing together
maybe hughes can benefit from bibby, and play at SG while bron is at SF
if it happens, the roster will sound really good

C: ilguaska
PF: Varejao if gooden is gone
SF: bron
SG: hughes
PG: bibby

and i like gooden. imo he has a heart that he'll be a solid contributor eventually.

[Sauru]

ok, i dont know who that guy is in the center position of you sig but he really creeps me out. his head is like 2 feet tall.

[NovU]

Hong Man Choi (K-1 fighter BIGGGG dude!!)
Semmy Schilt (K-1 Champ)
Bob Sapp (K-1, former NFL)
Mirko Fillipovic the Cro Cop (UFC, from Pride)
Emelianenko Fedor (Pride Champ, prolly the best fighter in the world w/o doubt)

killer line up huh

click on my sig and u might be able to see some clips of them... funny k-1 fighters
Brock Lesnar just had a debut match(K-1 mma) a few weeks ago and won by KO!
i heard Dennis Rodman is signing up with K-1 pretty soon... I wonder how he will turn into a fighter from nba star.
even mike tyson almost signed with k-1 but backed out... would have been nice to see rodman vs tyson... or vs lesnar

[CMJ3]

Why would they want Bibby when they have a potential superstar in Gibson waiting for some playing time, if i was Cleveland i wouldnt get someone as high profile as Bibby but an average to good point guard would do them, imo they need a dominant Big man because Ilglaskus is a dead man walking and Varejao shouldnt be a starter. If they got someone like Gasol or someone similar they would be a much better team and would have a better chance against Duncan and the Spurs for example.

[Andrew]

It would be a shame for Gibson to get pushed aside after he came on strong in the Playoffs but the Cavs could use a player who will take the big shot if LeBron will not and can share playmaking duties with him as well. Bibby may not be a point guard in the same mold as Jason Kidd or Steve Nash but right now I'd say he can handle playmaking duties better than anyone on the Cavs not named LeBron. If Bibby is available then he's an option the Cavs should explore.

[1CenT]

Why would they want Bibby when they have a potential superstar in Gibson waiting for some playing time, if i was Cleveland i wouldnt get someone as high profile as Bibby but an average to good point guard would do them, imo they need a dominant Big man because Ilglaskus is a dead man walking and Varejao shouldnt be a starter. If they got someone like Gasol or someone similar they would be a much better team and would have a better chance against Duncan and the Spurs for example.

I agree with you on how it would be nice if they had like.. Pau Gasol and stayed with Gibson and Hughes as their PGs...

But wait how do they do this?

.....

I don't think Gibson is superstar potential.. I doubt he'll ever make the all-star team for that matter..

Big Z, Andy and Gooden is a good front court rotation...
What they need are big shooters such as Kapono, Matt Carroll, Mo Pete.

Gibson should be fine.. I don't see them getting Bibby for cheap... Gooden and Bibby swap is... too good to be true for the Cavs..

[-BHZMAFIA-]

I see this deal dying down with the Kings signing Moore.

[MaD_hAND1e]

Hong Man Choi (K-1 fighter BIGGGG dude!!)
Semmy Schilt (K-1 Champ)
Bob Sapp (K-1, former NFL)
Mirko Fillipovic the Cro Cop (UFC, from Pride)
Emelianenko Fedor (Pride Champ, prolly the best fighter in the world w/o doubt)

For a minute there I thought Bob Sapp was an NBA 2k7 rendered Shaq

[Axel]

The closest person I could relate him to was Suge Knight.

[shadowgrin]

Bob Sapp can kick Suge Knight and Shaq's ass at the same time.

[Fitzy]

i rekon the addition of bibby could be that x-factor they were missing in the play offs