Cavs: FA Garrison Mathews could bring shooting pop off bench

Washington Wizards guard/wing Garrison Mathews shoots the ball. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

The Cleveland Cavaliers were not going to make a big splash in free agency this go-round, once again really after a pretty dormant past offseason in that way.

The Cavs were set to have their $9.5 million non-taxpayer mid-level exception, and the roughly $3.7 million bi-annual exception. Cleveland did make a crucial move in selecting Evan Mobley at #3 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft, although that was a no-brainer, but I do give them credit for filling a backup point guard need by trading for Ricky Rubio.

Mobley could very well be the player the Cavaliers build around from here, and at least for…