Wine & Gold Swap Big Men at the Deadline
Time to exhale and move on the Western leg of the road trip.
The Cavaliers didn’t make a monster deal at the Deadline, but did make the anticipated move of trading veteran big man JaVale McGee – who parlayed a solid partial season in Cleveland into being one of the league’s most sought-after reserve bigs as Thursday’s cutoff approached.
The Wine & Gold sent the 13-year vet to Denver, where he spent two seasons in 2012-14, and received a seven-footer in return – 22-year-old Isaiah Hartenstein – along with a pair of picks, the Nuggets protected second-rounder in 2023 and their second-round pick in 2027.