Mike Dunleavy was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers as a salary dump for the Chicago Bulls in order to make room to sign Dwyane Wade. This will go down as one of the most underrated transactions of the summer.
The Cavs used part of Anderson Varejao’s $9.6 million trade exception to acquire Dunleavy, who is owed $4.8 million next season, according to The Vertical‘s Bobby Marks. So what did the Cavs actually give up to acquire Dunleavy? Nothing, essentially.
While teams are throwing a lot of money at free agents, the Cavaliers just acquired a veteran sharpshooter for nothing.