The new scuttlebutt is not unlike the rumor I posted earlier with a coupla wrinkles.
Cavs get K Love
Sixers get Anthony Bennett
Wolves get Wiggins, Thaddeus Young, Sixers 2015 1st round pick
A little bit less to go around but the Cavs still get the guy they want, the Wolves get a decent haul for the star they're going to lose anyway and the Sixers get younger and cheaper (which at the moment is all they want out of life).
The Sixers could absorb Kevin Martin or JJ Barea but I doubt they'd be willing to throw in the draft pick (maybe a swap of 2015 1st rounders, giving the Wolves the right to the better pick). Just think: if the Sixers could talk the Wolves into swapping the expiring contracts of Jason Richardson and JJ Barea, then the Sixers' 3 highest paid guys (Bennett, Embiid, Noel) would have 0 career NBA starts and combined earn less than Kevin Love.
Seems like the Cavs would have to throw in a little more salary but I could be wrong about that. The upshot is Dion Waiters appears to be off the table, as apparently Lebron likes his game (even if Kyrie doesn't....hmmmm.....).
The Wolves probably thought they were going to get more for Love or at least get rid of other contracts they'd rather not have. But a solid PF, the top prospect in the game and a great pick in
next year's draft isn't bad. Would you rather have David Lee, Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes? (I don't think I would: Lee is already the poor man's Kevin Love at a Kevin Love price, Thompson is good but Wiggins has that beautiful unknown-ness about him and Barnes is definitely not better than a top 10 pick)
And supposedly this has all been sealed with a handshake and, you know, that's like a binding thing.
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Our long national nightmare is over! Love to the Cavs for Wiggins, Bennett and the Cavs 2015 #1 pick to the Wolves. Kinda ho-hum after all the talk, especially since this could've been done 6 weeks ago.
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