Trail Blazers' Anderson Varejao: Expected to be waived

Feb 18, 2016, 21:12
Trail Blazers' Anderson Varejao: Expected to be waived

Portland receives a first-round pick from the Cavs and the Magic get a second-rounder from the Blazers, ESPN's Dave McMenamin reports. According to Yahoo, the Trail Blazers will waive Varejao. Well, one of the teams that apparently dropped an offer was the Cleveland Cavaliers, although the Magic don't seem as if they're gonna bite on that one. In the previously rumored Clipper deal, Orlando would have waived Lance Stephenson after acquiring him, but would still have C.J. Wilcox's rookie scale contract on the roster.

Channing Frye is moving to Cleveland.

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Here's a list of the players the Cavs have been linked to thus far: Kings center Kosta Koufos, Kings guard Ben McLemore, Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson and Magic center Channing Frye. Stephenson has another year on his deal but it's a $9.4 million team option, and if it does happen, it'll be another incredible step in his deterioration from his success on the Indiana Pacers to being a player very few teams in the National Basketball Association want to deal with at this point, not to mention he'll be costing a lot less the next time he signs a contract. In the reported Cavalier trade, Orlando has no firm salary obligations beyond this season aside from draft considerations.

To generate $45 million in cap space, the Magic also would have to renounce free agents-to-be Brandon Jennings, Dewayne Dedmon, Andrew Nicholson and Jason Smith - thereby eliminating Dedmon's, Jennings', Nicholson's and Smith's cap holds.

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The arrival of Scott Skiles as coach resuscitated Frye's game somewhat on the defensive end of the floor, and Frye made 39.7 percent of his 3-point tries this season. They may take part in another important deal ahead of the Thursday deadline, according to SB Nation.

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