Thompson is a nice young player... probably a better asset than anyone Boston has on their roster aside from Rondo and Smart. And they don't need him now that they have Kevin Love... so I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cavs make another impact trade before the start of the season.
Tristan Thompson is horrible.
He's basically been declared a bust by the Cavs fanbase. The Wolves would rather take an expiring Thadeus Young over Tristan Thompson. He's utterly hopeless defensively.
Sullinger, Olynyk, all our draft picks, even James Young is a better asset at this stage over Tristan Thompson.
Sullinger and Olynyk are both better than Mozgov, but Movgov's size makes him a good role piece on a contender. He doesn't have much potential left though aka reached his ceiling.
Except Thompson is a proven double double guy. Not sure how all our draft picks or James Young are nearly as valuable.
In 31 odd minutes a game.
Look at his per 36 compared to Sullinger, Olynyk and Zeller.
He was the 4th overall pick and he's entering his 4th year. Compare him to Brandon Bass last year and he puts up slightly better numbers in way more touches and 4-5 more minutes per game.
We couldn't even give Bass to the warriors for a trade exception... He's slightly older but he's a proven role player in the NBA on an expiring deal.
Bass' defense is on another level compared to Thompson's too.
He's worth about the same as Brandon Bass when his total production is poorer after taking his defensive ability to offset his mediocre offensive output.
Go to the Cavs board on RealGM and make a poll asking who wants to keep Thompson after next season.
He's another Cavs draft pick bust. Once he leaves the Cavs he'll go to the bench as a $3-$5 million role player or 6th/7th big man off the bench.
Anyway, I think our assets are much more valuable than Tristan Thompson. Just found it a bit of overkill by larbrd33 suggesting he was more valuable than anyone but Smart etc...