(Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer)
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Sometimes it's difficult to truly measure a player's value. If Tristan Thompson's brand new $82 million contract wasn't enough to show his importance to the Cleveland Cavaliers, general manager David Griffin tried to explain it another way, using a popular multi-use tool as an analogy.
"He makes us a Swiss Army Knife," Griffin said following Friday's practice. "We literally can deal with anybody in the frontcourt the way we're built when we have Tristan in the fold. We have something for every type of big man that we'll come across.