After Timofey Mozgov signed a four-year, $64 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers were in dire need of a center who can bring physicality off the bench. In turn, they signed Chris Andersen to a one-year deal worth the veteran’s minimum, according to The Vertical‘s Adrian Wojnarowski.
In order to make room for the Andersen, the Cavaliers traded center Sasha Kaun and cash to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum. The deal also created $1.