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Cavs: Instant reactions to the Lauri Markkanen sign and trade

Lauri Markkanen, Chicago Bulls. Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

The Cleveland Cavaliers conducted a relatively quiet offseason. They made one trade to rotate veterans on their bench, made a single draft pick and their only move in free agency was to re-sign their center. Careful, modest moves for the Cavs.

That all changed Thursday when the Cavs leaped into the fray, seizing the national headlines during the quietest portion of the offseason. A classic “Woj Bomb” announced to the world that the last meaningful free agent was now on his way out of Chi-Town and into Believeland.