Cleveland Cavaliers Wiretap

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Jaxson Robinson have agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract. Robinson will go to Cleveland on a non-guaranteed training camp deal, with a chance to make the roster.

As a super senior at Kentucky, Robinson averaged 13 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-7 forward shot 43% from the field, and hit 37.6% on 6.9 three-point attempts per game.

Forward Luke Travers has re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a two-way deal. The Cavs had issued Travers a two-way qualifying offer to make him a restricted free agent.

Travers saw limited action in the NBA as a rookie. In the G League, Travers averaged 17 points, 9.9 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.

The Cavaliers drafted Travers in the second round of the 2022 NBA Draft. He spent the first five years of his career playing in the Australian NBL. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Tyrese Proctor to a four-year, $8.69 million contract, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

The first two years of the deal are guaranteed, with partial guarantees in the third year and a team option for the fourth year. 

The Cavs selected Proctor with the 49th pick in the 2025 draft.

Proctor averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists while shooting 40.5 percent on three-pointers during his junior season at Duke.

Larry Nance Jr. has agreed to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Nance spent last season with the Atlanta Hawks as their third center.

Nance grew up in the Cleveland area and previously played for the Cavaliers.

In 24 games last season, Nance averaged 8.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 assist in 19.3 minutes.

Al Horford is drawing interest from several contending teams, including the Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los Angeles Lakers, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

The Warriors are reportedly prioritizing signing Horford. 

Horford averaged 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists last season while shooting 36.3 percent from three.

Ty Jerome and the Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to a three-year, $28 million contract with a player option for Year 3. The Grizzlies will use their room midlevel exception to sign Jerome.

Jerome leaves the Cleveland Cavaliers after a breakout season. Jerome will give the Grizzlies depth in the backcourt after trading away Desmond Bane.

The Memphis Grizzlies could secure an agreement with Ty Jerome at the start of free agency on a deal starting at $9 million to $10 million per season, rival teams tell The Stein Line. Jerome is expected to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers following his breakout season after the team acquired Lonzo Ball.

Jerome had been looking for a deal that will start around the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception amount of $14.1 million. Jerome is expected to talk with multiple teams once free agency opens.

Jerome, who is represented by Mark Bartelstein and Kieran Piller, averaged 12.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists and a PER of 20.8 last season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have declined their $2.55 million team option on Chuma Okeke. Okeke, who is represented by CAA, will be an unrestricted free agent.

Okeke averaged 5.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 21.9 minutes across nine games combined with the Philadelphia 76ers and Cavaliers.

Okke was the 16th overall pick in the 2019 draft by the Orlando Magic out of Auburn.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Sam Merrill have agreed to a four-year, $38 million contract. Merrill was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

Earlier in the day on Saturday, the Cavs traded for Lonzo Ball in a deal with the Chicago Bulls. The combination of re-signing Merrill and trading for Ball signals that Ty Jerome is unlikely to be back in Cleveland next season.

Merrill played in 71 games for the Cavaliers last season. He averaged 7.2 points as a shooting specialist off Cleveland's bench. Merrill shot 37.2% on 5.2 three-point attempts per game.

The deal averaging $9.5 million per season is a significant windfall for Merrill. Prior to landing this contract, the 29-year-old guard has played on minimum contracts while in the NBA.

The Chicago Bulls are trading point guard Lonzo Ball to the Cleveland Cavaliers for wing Isaac Okoro. The Bulls are moving some guard depth to rebalance their roster a bit, while the Cavs get insurance against potentially losing Ty Jerome in free agency.

Ball made an impressive recovery to get back from missing parts of four seasons due to multiple knee surgeries. He appeared in 35 games for Chicago last season and looked healthy. Ball averaged 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 22.2 minutes per game.

Late in the year, Ball signed a two-year, $20 million extension with the Bulls. That deal includes a $10 million team option for the 2026-27 season.

Okoro signed a three-year, $33 million contract with the Cavaliers last year. He saw his role reduced with Cleveland last season, falling behind Max Strus and De'Andre Hunter in the Cavs rotation. The Bulls had a lot of guards under contract, and are likely to re-sign Josh Giddey this offseason. Adding a defensive-minded wing in Okoro brings some balance to the roster.

By adding Ball, Cleveland protects themselves against potentially losing Jerome, who is an unrestricted free agent this summer. Jerome is coming off a breakout season and has several interested suitors in free agency.