Falling leaves return to their roots! US media shows 5 major reasons to support the Cavaliers’ trade James: Fairy Tale Ending + Free Space

Fallen leaves return to their roots! After James fell into rumors of leaving the team with a trade, the US media "bleacherreport" posted five reasons to support the Cavaliers' deal to welcome James back, creating a fairytale ending together, and helping the Cavaliers free up space.

After James executed the $52.6 million player option, he was dissatisfied with the Lakers' reinforcement operations since the offseason. Therefore, his agent Ritchie Paul revealed that four teams have contacted him and asked about the possibility of trading James.

Venthorst followed up and revealed that the four teams were the Warriors, Clippers, Heat and Cavaliers. In addition, James appeared in Cleveland in the offseason, wearing a "Welcome Home" hat made the outside world speculate that the two sides might reunite.

Reason 1: The Cavaliers are tight in salary

Calligraphy is currently the only team with a salary of $226.3 million, and a luxury tax of $149 million. If two more players are introduced to fill the full list, the Cavaliers are expected to spend nearly $400 million in the 25-26 season.

What's worse is that the rookie contract of the inside core Mobley has ended, and his salary soared to $46.4 million in the 25-26 season.

Plus Mitchell's new big contract will also be executed, and Garland also bears a contract worth nearly 40 million. The current salary situation of the Cavaliers cannot last for a long time and some changes must be made.

Reason 2: James' contract is about to expire

As the league has increased the punishment for the teams above the line, the importance of the expiration contract is getting higher and higher, and James just happened to be carrying a large expiration contract.

James has implemented a $52.6 million player option, and if the Cavaliers can get him, it can successfully solve the team's current unsustainable salary situation.

The Cavaliers can fully build trading plans around four players, Garland, Hunter, Allen and Struz, such as packaging Garland, Hunter and Struz for James and Brownie, so that the team can reduce their overall salary to below the second-level luxury tax line, and at the same time, they can free up $81.8 million in the 26-27 season.

Reason 3: The importance of the second-level luxury tax line

Compared with the past, the second-level luxury tax line is almost an untouchable restricted area because it will bring huge punishment.

Not only can you not use contract signers with a contract that exceeds the base salary, you cannot buy high-quality players whose contract exceeds the middle class before buying out in the buyout market, and even involve various reinforcement methods such as trading, first-round pick ranking, middle class special cases, and biennial special cases.

Therefore, all teams are actively selling stars to reduce spending and avoid triggering second-level luxury taxes, such as the Bucks sending away Mis God, the Celtics sending away Posses and Ju Holiday, the Timberwolves sell Downs, and the Suns sell Durant at a low price, and then buy out Bill's big contract.

Reason 4: The Cavaliers have completed reconstruction and have grown into one of the best regular season teams in the East, but there is still a certain gap between winning the championship and need further transformation and growth.

Due to unsustainable salary, the Cavaliers need to complete their transformation as soon as possible. The best way to get a trade like James, an experienced veteran and superstar.

James will once again bring huge attention and penalties to the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers also have enough depth to help James compete for the championship again.

Reason 5: The fairy tale ending

NBA is a business alliance in the final analysis. How to create topicality and traffic is the top priority. James' "falling leaves return to the roots" is undoubtedly a fairy tale story and a huge marketing selling point of the Cavaliers.

Whether it is for the Cavaliers, James, or local fans, performing a "retirement tour" after the reunion is a perfect choice.

Especially considering that James' last return to the Cavaliers brought the team the first championship in team history and contributed historic finals performance, if the chips are right, the Cavaliers have the motivation and reason to promote this reunion.