The NBA’s free agency moratorium passed at midnight on Thursday, and for the Milwaukee Bucks that led to the expectation that the Cleveland Cavaliers would have three days to match the offer sheet Matthew Dellavedova had agreed to with the Bucks.
Dellavedova agreed to a four-year, $38.4 million contract with the Bucks when free agency opened on July 1, and in the time since it had been widely reported that Cleveland would not match.
Still, both teams took all of that suspense out of the deal with an interesting transaction on Thursday afternoon.
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Rather than signing straight out as a free agent, Dellavedova instead joins the Milwaukee Bucks by virtue of a sign-and-trade deal.