The Cleveland Cavaliers it seemed were headed for a pretty darn underwhelming NBA trade deadline.
There was a bunch of rumors swirling involving where expiring big man Tristan Thompson would ultimately end up, and it was reported by Yahoo! Sports’ Chris Haynes close to Thursday’s 3 p.m. deadline that the Houston Rockets, who were a logical trade suitor for TT, were no longer in that running, and Haynes also noted had he not get traded by Cleveland, Thompson would not be bought out.
Granted, the deadline has passed, and Thompson was not moved, and given that Thompson’s camp wanted him to be moved by the deadline, according to a report earlier this week from The Athletic‘s Joe Vardon (subscription required), I’m still very uncertain how things might play out from a team dynamic sense with Thompson still here.