{"id":83120,"date":"2024-06-26T19:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=83120"},"modified":"2024-06-26T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:37:48","slug":"cavs-hope-of-dream-nets-trade-could-become-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/26\/cavs-hope-of-dream-nets-trade-could-become-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs Hope of Dream Nets Trade Could Become Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Brooklyn Nets looking <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/26\/whos-next-to-get-traded-by-the-brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">to complete a fire sale<\/a> in the wake of their decision to trade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bridgmi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikal Bridges<\/a>, the Cleveland Cavaliers are ready to pounce at the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>See, the Cavs \u201clove\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsca02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Cavs Hope of Dream Nets Trade Could Become Reality<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThey have for years,\u201d cleveland.com\u2019s Chris Fedor tells 92.3 The Fan\u2019s Baskin and Phelps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe worked for them in the 2019 draft. He was on their radar\u2026 blew them away in the workouts and in the interviews. And they were planning on using that second first-round pick on Cam Johnson.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisFedor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ChrisFedor<\/a> tells <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLETalkingHeads?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CLETalkingHeads<\/a> the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cavs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cavs<\/a> will be in the mix to make a trade IF the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Nets<\/a> make Cam Johnson available <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3u5fDzGqzy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3u5fDzGqzy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 92.3 The Fan (@923TheFan) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/923TheFan\/status\/1806002998709006488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he is available\u2026 the Cavs will be involved in those conversations,\u201d Fedor adds. \u201cThere&#8217;s no doubt about that. The question becomes, do they have the pieces to satisfy what Brooklyn would want in return for Cam\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Jarrett Allen, You\u2019re Up!<\/h3>\n<p>As Fedor notes, with the Nets taking a long-term view on their rebuild, Cleveland likely needs to offer a combination of draft assets and young players to acquire Johnson. Without any first round picks between 2024 and 2030 though, the Cavs would have to get creative. Their 2024 No. 20 pick should be up for grabs, but Johnson is worth a bit more than that.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, if Cleveland can flip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allenja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrett Allen<\/a> for one or more first-round picks, they could be in business. Indeed, Allen seems to have generated a solid amount of trade interest, as several teams reportedly want to make a deal for him. The Cavs may be able to pry the No. 9 pick away from the Memphis Grizzlies or wrest the No. 11 pick away from the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>If they can complete that Allen deal, a lottery pick and the Cavs\u2019 own first in the draft could be enough for Johnson. However, even if they don\u2019t those team\u2019s current firsts, they can make a play for future ones. This, too, could open the door for Johnson to leave Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<h3>Cam Johnson\u2019s Fit In Cleveland<\/h3>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s perimeter talents are what the Cavs have needed for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>At 6-foot-8 and 210 pounds, he\u2019s a deadly outside threat who has made 39.2 percent of his career 3s. In fact, he\u2019s converted at least 39 percent of his 3-pointers in all but one season. As he\u2019s able to play either forward position, he would be able to supplant the 6-foot-5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/strusma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Strus<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/okorois01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac Okoro<\/a> in the starting lineup. Because Johnson\u2019s also a staunch defender, this would be a net positive for Cleveland in either scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Strus is an intense defender who can catch fire from behind the arc. He\u2019s also quite durable, missing fewer than 15 games each of the last three seasons. However, he\u2019s severely undersized when he\u2019s at small forward and a streaky jump shooter.<\/p>\n<p>Okoro is an elite defender who has made incremental progress at the offensive end. This led to him shooting a career-high 39.1 percent from 3 in 2023-24. Yet, he\u2019s undersized as a forward and his 3-point stroke isn\u2019t yet reliable or reputable enough. He\u2019s also currently a restricted free agent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Brooklyn Nets looking to complete a fire sale in the wake of their decision to trade Mikal Bridges, the Cleveland Cavaliers are ready to pounce at the opportunity. See, the Cavs \u201clove\u201d Cam Johnson. Cavs Hope of Dream Nets Trade Could Become Reality \u201cThey have for years,\u201d cleveland.com\u2019s Chris Fedor tells 92.3 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":83134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1608,6,62,3,4721],"tags":[1781,2842,1043,1478,4557,4774],"class_list":["post-83120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cavaliers","category-basketball","category-nets","category-nba","category-news","category-trade-rumors","tag-cam-johnson","tag-isaac-okoro","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-max-strus","tag-nba-offseason","tag-rumors"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}