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Cavaliers get: PF Channing Frye
Magic get: SG Jared Cunningham, second-round pick
Blazers get: C/PF Anderson Varejao (waived), top-10 protected 2018 first-rounder (via Cleveland)
That first-rounder was pretty much the last tradeable asset the Cavs had, so they better hope this current roster configuration works out this time. Dumping Varejao's unsightly 2 year/$20 million contract, considering his averages of 2.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, is certainly a plus.
But Frye is really the player to evaluate here, and his 3 year/$20.5 million contract, while pricey, isn't quite so outrageous like Varejao's. His raw stats of 5.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game point towards a down year; however, according to advanced statistics, Frye is putting up 10.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game with a solid true shooting percentage mark of 58.6%. Frye is an efficient stretch-four that is an optimal fit to play next to LeBron.
While that sounds all well and good, the Cavs really did have bigger needs than another stretch four (isn't that supposed to be your job, Kevin Love?). Between Love, PF/C Tristan Thompson, C Timofey Mozgov, and LeBron often shifting over to power forward, another big man was much more of a want rather than a need. On the other hand, the wing depth is surprisingly thin behind SG/SF's Iman Shumpert and J.R Smith, and that should have been the primary need for Cleveland's front office to address. Oh well.
Grade: B+
Click here for link to Orlando Magic Trade Grades
Click here for link to Portland Trail Blazers Trade Grades
Cavaliers get: PF Channing Frye
Magic get: SG Jared Cunningham, second-round pick
Blazers get: C/PF Anderson Varejao (waived), top-10 protected 2018 first-rounder (via Cleveland)
That first-rounder was pretty much the last tradeable asset the Cavs had, so they better hope this current roster configuration works out this time. Dumping Varejao's unsightly 2 year/$20 million contract, considering his averages of 2.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, is certainly a plus.
But Frye is really the player to evaluate here, and his 3 year/$20.5 million contract, while pricey, isn't quite so outrageous like Varejao's. His raw stats of 5.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game point towards a down year; however, according to advanced statistics, Frye is putting up 10.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game with a solid true shooting percentage mark of 58.6%. Frye is an efficient stretch-four that is an optimal fit to play next to LeBron.
While that sounds all well and good, the Cavs really did have bigger needs than another stretch four (isn't that supposed to be your job, Kevin Love?). Between Love, PF/C Tristan Thompson, C Timofey Mozgov, and LeBron often shifting over to power forward, another big man was much more of a want rather than a need. On the other hand, the wing depth is surprisingly thin behind SG/SF's Iman Shumpert and J.R Smith, and that should have been the primary need for Cleveland's front office to address. Oh well.
Grade: B+
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