The Cleveland Cavaliers originally acquired Nik Stauskas in the previously reported Rodney Hood trade with the Portland Trail Blazers back near the week of the 2019 NBA trade deadline, and after Cleveland traded Stauskas shortly thereafter to the Houston Rockets in the previously reported three-team Alec Burks trade also involving the Sacramento Kings, Stauskas’ deadline coaster still wasn’t done.
From there, he was also reportedly traded to the Indiana Pacers by Houston, where he was waived shortly after, and because of that, as Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor initially reported at the time, Stauskas eventually signed with Cleveland, who had one open roster spot, for the remainder of the 2018-19 season (which was for just over $540,000, per Spotrac).