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Why Cavs should keep JaVale McGee through the trade deadline

Cleveland Cavaliers big JaVale McGee dunks the ball. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired veteran center JaVale McGee in a trade during the offseason with the Los Angeles Lakers. McGee has by no means been a star player for the Cavs and has not played quite as big of a role for the team compared to when he was on the Lakers. He has only started a single game this season and has played in 32 of Cleveland’s 40 games so far this season.

Despite of this, McGee has seen a statistical jump during his time in Cleveland and is putting up around his career averages across the board.