The Cleveland Cavaliers were not going to making huge splashes in the free agency market this summer, and we’ve touched on why that was going to be the case here at KJG.
It seems that Cleveland, which has two open roster spots going into next season for now, will fill one of those spots with a minimum-contract rotational project player, as Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor noted (and later said Cleveland will likely leave the other open).
Even after reportedly waiving J.R. Smith, the Cavs “remain about $22 million over the salary cap” for the 2019-20 season at this point, as Sam Amico of Amico Hoops emphasized, and because of the Cavaliers being limited, again, two names that are said to intrigue Cleveland are unrestricted free agents Ben McLemore and Sindarius Thornwell.