In an interview with HoopsHype’s Jorge Sierra, 32-year-old free agent center Tiago Splitter revealed that he received a call from the Cleveland Cavaliers in the offseason for a training camp invite.
“I’ve received invitations to training camp, but no formal contract offers. I didn’t think I was ready for that, so I decided to pass and start thinking about a potential coaching career. Pretty much all teams reached out with invitations to camp. I talked to Cleveland, Utah, Clippers… I did some workouts, but no guaranteed offers.”
With 32-year-old Kendrick Perkins receiving a training camp invite (and recently waived, though he could latch on with the coaching staff), it’s not hard to fathom Cavs general manager Koby Altman calling up Splitter to gauge his interest in coming to training camp although Splitter has only played in 44 games in the past two seasons and only played in over 60 games once in his career.