After months of looking for a suitable trade partner, the Cleveland Cavaliers have found what they were looking for. On Sunday, the Cavs traded center Brendan Haywood and guard/forward Mike Miller to the Portland Trailblazers, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports reported it first.
Cleveland has traded Brendan Haywood and Mike Miller to Portland, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 27, 2015
In exchange for the two players, Portland will send two future second-round picks. Although those are far ahead in the future, the Cavs could always flip those picks in another trade for players they’d want in return.
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Portland will send two second-round picks to Cleveland, league sources tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 27, 2015
The biggest win here is that Cleveland received two trade exceptions in this deal, as reported by Wojnarowski:
Cleveland gains a $13.35M trade exception in the deal. The Cavs will have one year to use it.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 27, 2015
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To be accurate on trade exceptions, they cannot be combined. Cleveland will have two exceptions — $10.5M and $2.85M.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 27, 2015
The Cavs will now have some space to re-engage Tristan Thompson and J.R. Smith in contract talks. Stay tuned for the latest trades and deals the Cavs make.
