Trade Grades
Click here for link to Portland Trail Blazers Trade Grades
Trail Blazers get: C/PF Brendan Haywood (waived), SF/SG Mike Miller, 2019 and 2020 second-round picks from Cleveland
Cavaliers get: cash considerations, $10.5 million trade exception, $2.85 million trade exception
The who-gets-what that you see above might be a little confusing, so let me explain: this trade was a salary dump by the Cavs, plain and simple. On a side note, Haywood was waived by Portland for financial reasons, meaning he is a free agent and no longer on the team. Cleveland also did this deal for financial reasons, namely for those two hefty trade exceptions that you see above. The numbers are derived from the players’ contracts that the Cavs traded away, Haywood with a $10.5 million deal, and Miller at $2.85 million. With a $10.5 million trade exception, Cleveland can acquire a player, only via trade, with a contract up to $10.5 million, and have it not count against the salary cap. For a team that is always working against the luxury tax and constantly looking to make improvements,those exceptions (which cannot be combined into one larger trade exception) are absolutely huge. If GM David Griffin fails to acquire a quality player within a year (when they expire), then the Cavs just lost two role players and a couple future draft picks for nothing. However, for a guy that has made something out of nothing in the past, we’ll trust that he can make something out of something.
Grade: A
Click here for link to Portland Trail Blazers Trade Grades
Trail Blazers get: C/PF Brendan Haywood (waived), SF/SG Mike Miller, 2019 and 2020 second-round picks from Cleveland
Cavaliers get: cash considerations, $10.5 million trade exception, $2.85 million trade exception
The who-gets-what that you see above might be a little confusing, so let me explain: this trade was a salary dump by the Cavs, plain and simple. On a side note, Haywood was waived by Portland for financial reasons, meaning he is a free agent and no longer on the team. Cleveland also did this deal for financial reasons, namely for those two hefty trade exceptions that you see above. The numbers are derived from the players’ contracts that the Cavs traded away, Haywood with a $10.5 million deal, and Miller at $2.85 million. With a $10.5 million trade exception, Cleveland can acquire a player, only via trade, with a contract up to $10.5 million, and have it not count against the salary cap. For a team that is always working against the luxury tax and constantly looking to make improvements,those exceptions (which cannot be combined into one larger trade exception) are absolutely huge. If GM David Griffin fails to acquire a quality player within a year (when they expire), then the Cavs just lost two role players and a couple future draft picks for nothing. However, for a guy that has made something out of nothing in the past, we’ll trust that he can make something out of something.
Grade: A
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