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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 2253358, member: 1674"]
Yeah, Middleton obviously makes more sense for Cleveland if they're trying to remain in the Finals hunt this season, which I assume they would be. I'm not sure how badly I'd want to make that trade from the Bucks end though. Kyrie is a great player, and his ability to create in the halfcourt would hugely benefit this team since Giannis still struggles a bit at that. On the flipside, having both Kyrie and Jabari is probably catastrophic defensively. And on the flip-flipside, one of the underrated parts about acquiring Kyrie is that Milwaukee could potentially attract a third star to play with Kyrie and Giannis if they're able to clear the cap space to fit another in.

If hypothetically, we assume the deal ends up being Middleton + Brogdon for Kyrie, Milwaukee would be left with a lineup this season of:

PG: Kyrie
SG: Sterling Brown?
SF: Tony Snell
PF: Giannis
C: Monroe/Thon

I don't know...the SG/SF position would be brutally thin in the short-term at least.

I guess I'd probably expect Middleton to be the centerpiece, but I would hope that it would instead be Jabari, who Cleveland could convince themselves would potentially give them someone to build around if Lebron leaves in a year.
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