What the Cleveland Cavaliers accomplish this offseason could hinge on the franchise’s ability to trade Dennis Schr\u00f6der, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported Tuesday on ESPN Cleveland. <\/p>\n
“They’ve been involved with some players that have been traded,” Windhorst reported. “They haven’t been able to execute anything. They’re not trying nothing. <\/p>\n
“I will tell you specifically, I think they’re trying to find a way to trade Dennis Schr\u00f6der. If they can trade Dennis Schr\u00f6der, they could potentially have a better chance of holding on to Dean Wade. They’ve been looking for deals like that. They haven’t been able to get it done.”<\/p>\n
Schr\u00f6der is signed for two more seasons with an average annual salary of $15.2 million, while Wade is a pending unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n
The news comes amid reports the Cavaliers could consider pursuing star free agent LeBron James.<\/p>\n
ESPN’s Shams Charania<\/a> reported Tuesday that James would be returning for another NBA season, but would not be playing for the Lakers.<\/p>\n NBA insider Chris Haynes reported shortly afterward the Cavaliers were interested in potentially reuniting with James.<\/p>\n Windhorst said Tuesday he doesn’t see the Cavaliers as “a realistic option” for James.<\/p>\n “I have not heard that the Cavs are out, but I have certainly not heard that they’re in,” Windhorst said Tuesday.<\/p>\n The Cavaliers were $42 million below the second apron after James Harden declined his 2026-27 player option, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Cavs are expected to work out a new multiyear deal with Harden, per ESPN’s Shams Charania<\/a>. The new contract will likely be at a lower salary, per Marks.<\/p>\n The Golden State Warriors, another potential suitor for James, are likely restricted from using the full $15 million non-taxpayer midlevel exception after re-signing Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks<\/a>.<\/p>\n Whether the Cavaliers maintain access to that exception this offseason will depend in part on whether Harden’s next deal brings the Cavs back over the taxpayer threshold.<\/p>\n It also depends on whether the franchise could move out salary. Michael Scotto<\/a>\u00a0of HoopsHype recently reported both Schr\u00f6der and Max Strus, who is signed<\/a> through next season at a $16.7 million cap hit, have been brought up in trade talks this offseason.<\/p>\n Scotto also reported Wade could have suitors including the Lakers and Cavs alongside the Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers this offseason.<\/p>\n The Cavaliers’ ability to move players like Schr\u00f6der and Strus could shape whether the franchise gains enough cap flexibility to re-sign Harden and Wade while still having a shot at acquiring James this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What the Cleveland Cavaliers accomplish this offseason could hinge on the franchise’s ability to trade Dennis Schr\u00f6der, ESPN’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-771788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}