Hey LeBron James, here’s your backup point guard.
The Cavaliers cleared out a roster spot a couple of weeks ago letting Chris Andersen go, that was all about creating a space for a quality player waived by another team to come in.
How about Deron Williams? The Dallas Mavericks waived him just after the deadline passed on Thursday, the team announced.
Multiple reports say that once he clears waivers, he plans to sign with the Cavaliers.
Multiple teams interested in Deron Williams tell ESPN they believe Williams has already decided to join Cleveland upon clearing waivers
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 23, 2017
It makes sense, Williams gets to contend for a title and will make a lot of playoff money with the run the Cavaliers make to the Finals (more than $300,000 if they get that far).
At age 32, Williams has accepted a smaller role and evolved from elite into a solid NBA point guard, averaging 13.1 points and 6.8 assists per game this season and shooting 34.8 percent from three. He’s more a floor general than a dynamic scorer anymore, and he’s not a great defender, but he will be perfect in the 15-20 minutes a night he has to play with Kyrie Irving resting.
Cleveland also is expected to make a run at landing Andrew Bogut, who the Sixers will waive in the coming day.
