BREAKING: The Cavs just ROBBED the Hornets...

We have breaking news per Shamshirania. The Cleveland Cavaliers have just traded Dennis Schroeder to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Trey Mann. This has major implications on the future of the Cleveland Cavaliers offseason. This is also very good for the Cavaliers. I believe that it is a robbery to the Charlotte Hornets and the Charlotte Hornets now get rid of a young backup point guard with some offensive upside, but they gain a veteran, which is something that they've been wanting. But for the Cavs' sake, they get rid of that contract, that salary, that $15 million salary from Schroeder, and now they can go ahead and hopefully pursue something. So I'm gonna talk about all of that today on the Cavs Digest YouTube channel. I'm gonna dive right into it, but I just want to say sorry for not posting recently. I've been moving. There's been a lot going on, but now we're gonna be back to being consistent. And some big news has happened, and it has major implications, and it is huge for the Cavaliers. So let's start off by just looking at the post itself, the ex-post per Shamshirania. This is gonna be two posts combined because he also talks about the benefit, how beneficial it is for both sides. Quote, the Cleveland Cavaliers are trading Dennis Schroeder and cash to the Charlotte Hornets for trade man sources at ESPN. Charlotte picks up an established veteran at point guard who has history with Hornets president Jeff Peterson and coach Charles Lee from his tenure in Atlanta at the start of his career. The Hornets, Cavaliers, and Schroeder's rep Mark Barlstein of Priority Sports worked for the last couple months on the deal, which also provides Cleveland with flexibility to continue pursuing roster moves and tax savings to keep them well under the second apron. So some positive notes for the Hornets side of things as well as the side of things for the Cavaliers that Shams talks about. I'm gonna talk about here. So let's start off by looking at what the Cleveland Cavaliers gave up. Let's start by diving into Dennis Schroeder's stats as a player. This was his time. This was his playoff stats. I'm specifically showing his playoff stats because I think that's when it matters the most. Of course, the Hornets didn't make the playoffs. So I can't really show you. I'm sorry about my camera, by the way. Ignore it. Okay, I can't really do anything about it. But anyways, I don't I can't compare trade man's playoff stats to Schroeder's playoff stats because trade man didn't make the playoffs. But but anyways in particular you're gonna notice 15 minutes, five points per game, and bad shooting splits. That's something that is practically unacceptable when it comes to the playoffs. You just can't have that. When he was against the New York Knicks, I believe it was one of the worst. He was probably the worst player for the Cleveland Cavaliers in that series. Yes, a lot went wrong, but I think that he was just absolutely abysmal in that game or in those four games. So he did I did like him in the regular season. I did like him in the Toronto series. I do like Schroeder's upside. I think he does have good ball handling, but you're just an undersized point guard that can't shoot and I think that there is a reason why he hasn't let it. Why he hasn't been a primary beneficial piece to a championship contending team. I'm just being honest. Okay, I like Schroeder in the regular season. I think he can handle the ball. He can pass. He has some layups, a couple jumpers here and there, but I just don't think his game, his skill set generates a lot of good quality minutes in the playoffs, especially in the big series like against the New York Knicks. The Cavs in exchange get trade man. A young Allen Iverson type of point guard is what a lot of people compare him to just for his outfits and his play style. But let's kind of look at trade man, give you guys a general background of him. Last season in 13 games, he was unbelievable for them, but then just got healthy. Played 54 games for the Hornets. In 12 minutes, he averaged about five points, which is like the same as Schroeder in the playoffs. One turnover, one at 1.6 assists. He's kind of more of like that crafty score. He's like a guard Imani Bates, I guess. But you can kind of see he's age 25. So he does have some room to develop. Trade man is not gonna be a superstar backup point guard. I don't think he's gonna be the Cavaliers backup point guard. I think that this is just the Hornets wanting to get rid of him. I also think that this is the Cavs just wanting to get rid of Schroeder. So before you guys overthink and say, oh, Schroeder's better than this guy. I don't disagree. I don't necessarily think that Schroeder is worse than trade man, but I think that you guys have to look at the implications from this trade and how it can lead to something big. Go watch Brock's video that he posted earlier today about the Cavs master plan and what they're doing regarding Max Struess and Dennis Schroeder. This is gonna open up a whole new avenue now. Now that Schroeder's $15 million contract is gone and you still haven't signed James Harden, but you probably have the contract in place already. You can now go ahead and move on and focus on something new. That something new is something we've talked about so many times again. I'm not gonna show you his stats, but it's Mr. Watson, Mr. Peyton Watson from the Denver Nuggets. This is a piece that we desperately want the Cavs to have at their starting small forward spot. A young player who can play defense at a high level, score at a high level, can pass the ball, can get rebounds. This guy does everything as a 6'8", 23-year-old small forward, and I think he would be a pivotal addition to the Cavaliers. But now Schroeder being gone is just one domino falling. It really is just one domino. So this shows that the Cavs are trying to make those right salary situations in order to advance into a bigger move. So it's starting to look like the Peyton Watson or Kuminga deal is around the corner. I'm assuming we might see something about Struess soon. So and I think that for the Cavs, yes, I am saying that they robbed the Hornets simply for the deal that I can now see the Hornets are just getting a veteran point guard, but the Cavs can get younger. They can now clear up salary. Dennis Schroeder, they cleared up that salary. They also get younger with Trey Mann. They also now can have the room to get a young Peyton Watson. So me personally, I don't see any reason why we can complain about this trade. A lot of you guys in my comment sections have been telling me about how much you like Dennis Schroeder. Please zip it because I'm really getting sick and tired of the Dennis Schroeder love. Nothing against Dennis Schroeder, but stop acting like he's like the next big thing because he's a veteran point guard that can control the ball, but he's undersized and can't shoot. That's not, that's truly not a recipe for success. Let's just be honest with ourselves. So I kind of want to, I kind of overshadowed Trey Mann a little bit. I did just like kind of pass by him. He does need to stay on the court a little bit more and I don't, I don't think the Cavs are really gonna look to play this guy at the backup point guard immediately. Plus he doesn't play like a point guard. He's more like a shooting guard that you kind of just throw in. He just handles the ball. He does some little crafty dribble moves and a flashy layup. He is so fun to watch, but I do not think that Trey Mann is that guy. Of course, he is young. Maybe he can develop, but he is getting minutes on an NBA team. It's not like a Amani Bates where he's this flashy scorer, but he's stuck in the G League. This is a pure, this is a roster worthy player. It just comes down to is he the right fit at the backup point guard spot? And I think no. I think that the Cavs should be looking at Procter, Malik Thomas, Sam Merrill, and just focus on those three guys to be your backup backcourt. While Trey Mann can come in, if you can develop him a little bit. I mean, he's so inconsistent though. I mean, 35% from the field, 32% from the three, like he's taller. He's younger than Schroeder, but I think that this is just the Cavs just trying to dump off some salary. But I think they did it the right way. They acquired someone with potential. Maybe it's not someone that we're just going to throw out the window because he's had multiple seasons where he's averaged double digit points per game. It's not like Trey Mann is his bum. Yes, he's coming off of a bad year or a year where he was not really doing anything. But when he has with a thunder in the past, he was really good for them in his rookie season. He was also good for the Hornets, not this most recent season, but the season before. So I think that the Cavs do just kind of split the way when it comes to getting the point guards. You kind of just get younger, but you get, I guess, worse in the regular season, maybe more upside, maybe not. The veteran leadership from Schroeder, so you're kind of just like back and forth. But what you do get, you got rid of cash. You paid somebody to take Schroeder off your hands. But you also now get the salary well under the second apron. You have your apron situation figured out and that all signs point to Pam Watson. So let me know in the comments what you guys think real quick before you guys close out. Do you like this move? Maybe maybe you like Schroeder a lot, so you don't like this move at all. Maybe you like this move. Let me know in the comments what you guys think. I personally like this move for the benefit of the Cavs future and their ability to acquire more guys in the offseason. So that's my opinion. Let me know what you guys think in the comments below. I'm Matt Pelangi and thank you guys so much for joining me here on Cavs Digest.