Cleveland Cavaliers unlikely to find trades for centers
By Josh Hill
The Cleveland Cavaliers have a spectacular roster, but it’s an incomplete at that. What the team is lacking is a center who can protect the rim, as all Cleveland has is Anderson Varejao and that’s about it. Unless the Cavs want to play an undersized Tristan Thompson, something is going to need to be solved with the roster depth.
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It was looking like Timofey Mozgov could be a possibility for the Cavaliers this summer but so far no movement has been made on a deal with Denver. That’s why Jason Lloyd from the Akron Beacon Journal believes Cleveland will just have to skip making trades for the time being.
"They like Timofey Mozgov, but the Nuggets have shown no inclination to deal him. There doesn’t appear to be a trade available for any sort of rim protector right now, so the Cavs may look to bundle the trio of players they received from Utah (John Lucas III, Erik Murphy and Malcolm Thomas) in exchange for a trade exception to be used later."
Mozgov could become available later in the season but Denver has their own problems at center with Mozgov and JaVale McGee. That’s why it might make sense to just keep all the assets the team has now and try to either sign a center like Emeka Okafor if he’s healthy or trade spare parts and picks to land someone like Ronny Turiaf later in the season.
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