Earlier this week, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded for Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee. The veteran center was definitely the biggest name involved in the trade between the two teams, but is not the real reason why the Cavs benefit when you look ahead to the future of this team.
On the daily Locked On Cavs podcast, Chris Manning broke down the JaVale McGee trade and what the Cavs get out of it to bolster their future.
Manning: The Cavs acquired center JaVale McGee from the Lakers in exchange for a second-round pick and sent out Alfonzo McKinnie and Jordan Bell. Now, the highlight of this deal for the Cavs is not McGee. I think he can be a decent lob threat off of the bench. Taking on McGee’s money so that the Lakers can sign Mac Gasol gives the Cavs a future second-round pick. Now, it will likely not come until 2023. The Lakers’ second-round picks over the next two years are already spoken for so this pick will be a little bit further down the road.
That is a good thing in my mind because that might be coming when LeBron might be coming off, maybe he’s immortal maybe he’s great forever, who knows, but that’s certainly in the timeline of when he might fall off and you could potentially get a high second-round pick and take a flyer on a guy you like and you could end up taking him or you could use it in a trade of some kind. You get this pick, you get a veteran center on a contract that does not harm the Cavs books going forward, you are still under the tax. It is kind of like you get a free draft pick.
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