Cleveland Cavaliers: Should They Look Into Lakers Guard Jose Calderon?

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In Conclusion

In conclusion, this is a trade that makes sense for both teams and has a serious likelihood of happening. While the Cavs like Osman, they’re on a championship run right now.

It’s possible that the Cavs could ask for a second-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers to try to recoup a young asset. The Lakers could decline but Osman does have value. In any case, it’s not likely to be a matter that the teams get hung up on in a deal. The Cavs seem to have keyed in on Shumpert and Liggins, Kay Felder and Jordan McRae to be the young legs on the perimeter.

While Mario Chalmers, Norris Cole and Jarrett Jack are all returning from injuries, they haven’t played in the NBA all season and expecting them to make important contributions during the most important part of the season may be foolhardy. They most likely won’t be in condition to play with guys who’ve played all-season long and worked themselves into game shape. There’s also the possibility that they can re-aggravate their injuries trying to perform at a championship-level right after rehabbing an injury.

Calderon gives the Cavs the best shot at resting Kyrie Irving and should Irving be out for an extended period of time, Calderon is at least able to do three things Irving does: pass, shoot and push the pace. The Cavs won’t be able to replace Irving’s scoring with Calderon as he averages 11.9 points per 36 minutes, less than half of Irving’s season average of 24.3 points per game. McRae would likely start in place of Irving and having scored 20 points or more in two out of his last three games.

Calderon, like Shumpert, would just be the steady hand in the second unit that the Cavs can rely on in their rotation.

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