The Deadline deal that the Wine and Gold made on Thursday afternoon wasn’t a massive move. But it was a difficult one.
Just hours before the Trade Deadline passed, the Cavaliers dealt 12-year veteran Anderson Varejao – the longest-tenured athlete in Cleveland – along with a conditional first round pick in 2018 to the Trail Blazers in exchange for a second round pick. The Cavaliers then traded that pick, along with Jared Cunningham, to the Magic in exchange for Channing Frye.
Frye, in his 10th season out of Arizona, comes to the Cavaliers having played in 44 games for the Magic this year – starting 29 and averaging 5.