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Danny Green is nearing an settlement to signal with the Cleveland Cavaliers after agreeing to a buyout with the Houston Rockets, his agent confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Green was traded from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Rockets forward of the commerce deadline on Feb. 9 and got here to an settlement to a contract buyout with the Rockets Sunday afternoon.
Green now joins a Cavaliers staff that sits fourth within the Eastern Conference and has the potential to make some noise within the postseason. It’s unclear how a lot of a task Green will play on the Cavaliers, given he simply returned from a torn ACL on Feb. 1. He performed in three video games for the Grizzlies earlier than getting traded, the place he averaged 14.5 minutes off the bench. In these three video games, he shot 37.5 p.c from 3-point vary, displaying he can nonetheless be a top quality 3-and-D specialist.
There will seemingly nonetheless be some rust for Green to knock off as he will get acclimated with the Cavaliers. But if he manages to point out glimpses of the participant that shot 38 p.c from deep whereas enjoying over 20 minutes a recreation final season with the Philadelphia 76ers, then he will probably be a optimistic addition off the bench for a top quality Cleveland staff.
The Cavaliers had been considered one of simply two groups on the commerce deadline to not make any offers, with Cleveland president Koby Altman saying “We simply did not really feel like something was going to essentially transfer the needle for us.” Altman stated that the staff did its due diligence in canvassing the league to search for potential enhancements, however there weren’t any strikes he noticed that may enhance the roster.
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“Scoured the market and talked to each staff I might,” Altman stated. “We might have made a transfer that was lateral, a number of strikes that had been lateral, that I did not suppose appreciably made us higher. I actually wished to see what this group seemed like collectively, totally wholesome. A couple of of my guys over there, they stated, ‘Koby, I’m pleased with you. You might make offers. There’s issues you’ll be able to land the airplane on. Don’t simply do one thing to do one thing. Let’s be very, very intentional with what we’re doing. If the transfer wasn’t there to do it, do not do it.’ So, I suppose we sat this one out.”
Instead of giving up an asset to try to make a transfer forward of the deadline, the Cavaliers now add a three-time NBA champion in Green who has the potential of flattening pictures on the perimeter and enjoying stout protection on the opposite finish when totally wholesome.
