The Cleveland Cavaliers are going to have to make a signing within the next few days to get the roster back up to the league-mandated 14 players.
According to the NBA rules teams can drop below the league-mandated 14 players for two weeks at a time, but once the two weeks are up, they must sign another player.
After the Cavaliers made the fury of trades at the trade deadline they only had 13 players on their roster before signing guard Marcus Thorton from the G-League to a ten-day contract. His contract expired on March 3rd and the Cavaliers didn’t resign him, or sign anyone else to a contract.
When Thorton was signed, the Cavaliers were already looking at a hefty luxury tax bill.
The next guy they sign will only push that number high and higher. For the time being it seems like it will be another ten-day contract that the Cavaliers sign because it will be the cheapest guy in terms of the luxury tax. If the Cavaliers decide they want a veteran or two near the playoffs it would make the most sense to sign them closer to the end of the regular season so the luxury tax won’t be as high.