NBA Trade Deadline 2019: One trade every team should make

Poor John Henson. Let’s hope he didn’t sign a one-year lease after he was traded from Milwaukee to Cleveland. I’d have more sympathy for him if he didn’t always play in a t-shirt.

Henson has another year on his contract, but the appeal that he has for the Timberwolves is that he can actually play when he’s healthy, and they don’t have another big if Dieng or Towns gets injured. He’s a tad expensive for a fifth big, but with just one year remaining, he gives them a big contract they can always flip in another deal next season or hold onto to get a boost to their cap sheet. Bayless isn’t doing anything for them, so they might as well get an asset they can try to use in the future.

For the Cavs, they don’t need the cap relief, but they can free up space this offseason by acquiring Bayless’ expiring contract. As a struggling team, the more cap space they have in the offseason the better because it allows them to be a team that can absorb a bad contract or two in exchange for draft pick capital. The Cavaliers have a long road to travel to get back to the playoffs, and part of that journey means watching unproductive players get paid millions of dollars to miss jump shots and sit on the bench unhappy with their role.