Stephen A. Smith says Dan Gilbert is trying to sell the Cavs

Would Lebron come here if we beat GSW this year?

I can see him looking at that, like Durant. And because of the flack, not come.

SIL

 

I would lean toward Stephen A. Smith simply on context. Teams values have increased on average from 200 Million to 1.2 Billion over the last 20 years. That's incredible. No reason to sell. However, the Cav's have essentially matched that exponential growth, yet, you would expect more given that they won championship, and have Lebron, not once, but twice. So I almost feel like they've underperformed. I don't think you can go wrong holding the asset, but now is the right time to sell, because once LeBron goes the Cavs will be dragging those nba avarages down again.

 

He should have sold the team after the first championship. Sure it's easy to say now but it's not as if Gilbert couldn't see this level of drama and dysfunction coming after the first time LeBron left the team.

It'll be a billion dollar sale I'm sure but he probably could have fetched doubled that after the first ring.

 

People are saying he did this in Boston, too, so it’s not a big deal. My initial reaction was that this was bad, and the fact that he did this before makes it look worse; not better. Either way, it’s weird.