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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
Maybe he won't go to Cleveland as a FA, also easier to re-sign your own players usually.
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Exactly. There's no guarantee that Love signs there as a FA. If some other team trades for him now (or mid-season), they're doing so with the intention that he'll extend. In this case, for at least one more season before the new CBA. The team that trades for him isn't going to part with major assets without some sort of extension.
Even if Wiggins reaches his super high potential, if the cost for the future is gaining what you get with Love- you almost have to do it. Lebron's only going to be in his prime for a few more years and the city is starving for a chip. Wiggins still needs to work on ball-handling, but his defense is NBA ready. The east is only going to get better from here on out, so I think Cleveland has to do what it takes to get Love.