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Hey Krook,
all reports indicated before Verajao went down that the Cavs asking price for him was really high. Verajao has been outplaying the value of his contract by a wide margin which makes him a valuable piece for Cleveland. Rumors had it that they were looking for top of the line young players/draft picks in return for him, otherwise they'd just keep him and let him ride out his contract. I'm guessing not much has changed, even with his injury. So unless we were to put together a package of very tantalizing young players/draft picks (which half of C'blog is convinced we don't have, and the other half overvalue) I think the chances of getting him would be extremely thin.
Bass on the other hand has been the biggest disappointment on the team for me personally this year. Honestly, he's starting to enter that Mark Blount territory for me where I'm swearing at the TV when the ball touches his hands and it seems he's overly prone to making bad decisions/turning the ball over every time he gets it. It's clear from every statistical and visual appraisal of his play that he's struggling, especially compared to last year. So I doubt there's much we could get back for him at the moment, let alone a player who was averaging 14 and 14 before he was injured.
I just don't know that we realistically have the assets to acquire Verajao, and if we did, we'd probably be giving away too much in order to land him.
That's just my two cents.