Cavs agree to deal with veteran sharpshooter Danny Green, sources say

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Danny Inexperienced is returning to the place his NBA profession began.

Sources inform cleveland.com that Inexperienced and the Cavs have agreed to a one-year deal and the signing will change into official as soon as the veteran sharpshooter clears waivers in a couple of days.

The 35-year-old Inexperienced, who started his profession in Cleveland in 2019, can’t signal till after 5 p.m. Tuesday, when he formally turns into a free agent. Inexperienced agreed to a buyout with the rebuilding Houston Rockets on Sunday after being dealt by the Memphis Grizzlies on the commerce deadline. The Rockets wished to offer him an opportunity to make an influence on a possible playoff crew.

Although he had curiosity from Boston, Los Angeles and Phoenix, the Cavs moved rapidly and the 2 sides finalized phrases on a rest-of-season contract late Sunday afternoon.

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Cleveland is predicted to offer him a $2 million deal, sources say, utilizing a portion of their midlevel exception. That leaves the Cavs barely under the posh tax threshold. Their roster is now full.

After tearing his ACL and LCL in the identical knee within the playoffs final season with the Philadelphia 76ers, Inexperienced lastly made his season debut with Memphis on Feb. 1, scoring three factors in 10 minutes that night time. He performed in three video games, totaling 44 minutes, earlier than being despatched to Houston as a salary-filling piece in a multi-team commerce that introduced Luke Kennard from the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday.

A 3-time NBA champion, Inexperienced has been a confirmed playoff contributor all through his profession, showing in 165 postseason video games with San Antonio, Toronto, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. He’s additionally a profession 39.9% 3-point shooter.

Cavaliers All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell posted a “welcome back” video of Inexperienced dancing on the sideline throughout his first stint with Cleveland.

Although the Cavs use a good eight- or nine-man rotation most nights, coach J.B. Bickerstaff is predicted to seek out enjoying time for the battle-tested veteran who will present expertise for a younger roster whereas additionally bringing added depth to the wing — a roster weak level that didn’t get addressed forward of the deadline regardless of Cleveland making calls on quite a few different targets.

At present driving a six-game successful streak, the Cavs are 37-22 on the season, the fourth-best document within the Jap Convention. They’re only one sport again of Philadelphia — Wednesday night time’s opponent — for the third spot. Cleveland hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2018, the ultimate season earlier than LeBron James left for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Inexperienced is one other piece anticipated to assist change that.

In 14 NBA seasons, the 2009 second-round choose has averaged 8.7 factors and three.4 rebounds.

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