After locking up the core 4, there is not a lot of future cap wiggle room. The Cavs have about one player left. With this trade they are saving a few million while talking Niang/okoro/Levert and turning it into cam and cheap pieces.

Nets get the draft capital they want and Cavs commit to a top 6 rounded out with Cam and Strus. Levert will help the young nets team a lot this year as a secondary ball handler that can involve the young guys in the offense

Cavs still use TT as back roster insurance and Bertans is the minimum contract replacement for what Niang brings (minus the $8.5 mil contract) Cavs - PG Garland CPJ Jerome SG Mitchell, Tyson, Merrill SF Cam Johnson, Strus, Whitehead PF Mobley, Wade, Bertans C Allen, Sharpe, Thompson