So, the Cleveland Cavaliers did not blow up their Big Three. They didn’t ship Kevin Love out of town, as had been widely rumored in the weeks leading up to Thursday’s trade deadline. No deal available to them made that worth their while.
But Cleveland did announce one move that will have an immediate impact, shipping Anderson Varejao and Jared Cunningham out in a three-team deal with the Orlando Magic and Portland Trail Blazers, coming away with sharpshooting big man Channing Frye.
It was a deal made with June in mind.