s/general - Cavs Offseason Plan - How do they improve?

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Pre-Draft Moves & Trades

———————————— *Releasing the rest of the teams because the lottery ruined everything Draft Lottery(Using Until Actual May 12 Lottery)

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NBA Draft

Trade the 2031 Cavs FRP with a top 8 protection for the 24th pick and the 2027 Nuggets FRP

Select F Noa Essengue with #24 Pick

Select G Tyrese Proctor with #48 Pick

Select F Alex Condon with #57 Pick

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NBA Free Agency

Sign Tyrese Proctor to a 4 year deal worth $5.9M (1.3-1.4-1.5-1.7) with the final 2 years being non guaranteed

Sign Richaun Holmes to a 1 year minimum contract worth $3,634,148

Sign Matt Ryan to a 1 year minimum contract worth $2,461,461

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Cavs Ideal Starting Lineup:

Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Max Strus, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen

Backup Five:

Craig Porter Jr., Isaac Okoro, De'Andre Hunter, Dean Wade, Richaun Holmes

Rest Of Bench:

Tyrese Proctor, Matt Ryan, Jaylon Tyson, Noa Essengue

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Outlook

The Cavs are a 2nd apron team with a need for improving the roster with limited possibilities to do so. While trades are much harder for teams in their position when involving players, draft capital is pretty useful to target. With the Thunder not having roster space for more rookies the Cavs strike a good deal for the near future at the cost of the long term. Losing Jerome and Merrill hurts but replacing them with a rookie and a minimum contract essentially cuts their tax bill in half. They also add a semi reliable big man for some much needed depth that they haven't had. They also add Alex Condon, Ryan Rollins and Keon Johnson on 2 way deals. All of this leaves the Cavs end up $17,889,096 over the 2nd apron with a tax bill of $145,396,819.

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