The Cavaliers have already made quite a bit of moves after LeBron James decided to return home. They also signed Mike Miller, James Jones, Shawn Marion and traded for star power forward, Kevin Love. Well despite all that, there’s one area they still need help in so they’re not done yet.
The Cavaliers still badly need rim protection and there’s a chance they can look to either Roy Hibbert or Larry Sanders to fill the void. Here’s how via Jason Lloyd of Ohio.com:
Remember the unique Brendan Haywood nonguaranteed contract, worth $10.5 million for the 2015-16 season, that the Cavs acquired on draft night? At the time, it was viewed as a shrewd maneuver aimed at adding a high-priced veteran next summer. Now with three stars already in place, it becomes a lavish luxury.
The Cavs still badly need a rim protector, so how would Roy Hibbert or Larry Sanders look playing alongside James and Love in 2015?
Hibbert crumbled last year with the Indiana Pacers, who are now without star Paul George for this season. Hibbert holds a $15.5 million player option for 2015-16, but he’s playing for a historically tight-fisted franchise that has never entered the luxury tax and has no intention of starting now.
The Cavs could take the Haywood contract, cobble together smaller nonguaranteed deals and easily make the money portion match in a deal for a 7-foot former All-Star.
Sanders, meanwhile, is beginning a four-year, $44 million extension with the Bucks that he signed last summer. He celebrated by getting into a bar fight, tearing a ligament in his thumb and appearing in just 23 games during a miserable season.
Sanders ranked third in the league in blocks two years ago (behind Hibbert and Serge Ibaka) and if he returns to form this year. there shouldn’t be an issue. But if he struggles to live up to the contract, how will a new ownership group in Milwaukee — which wasn’t around when the deal was agreed upon — feel about paying him that much money on a rebuilding team?
