When the Cavaliers traded long time fan favorite Anderson Varejao on February 18, 2016, along with a future first-round draft pick, to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a future second-round pick, most fans were upset and couldn’t understand the logic. He had been through so much with the city and team, only to be cast aside for Channing Frye.
Channing was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Jared Cunningham, Andy and a future second-round pick. Fryer was loaded with talent, however, never truly reached his full potential after coming into the NBA as the eighth overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft by the New York Knicks.