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Will Cavs, Tristan Thompson agree to new contract?

Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin discuss why the Cavaliers and Tristan Thompson have not agreed to a new contract and when the two sides could finalize a deal.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers and restricted free agent Tristan Thompson failed to come to a contract agreement prior to the team's media day on Monday

The Cavs did not accept Thompson's most recent offer of a three-year maximum contract that his side put on the table last week.