With him seemingly a player that could be moved, with him mentioned in trade rumors throughout the offseason, it was not that surprising that the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Larry Nance Jr. on Friday.
Nance was dealt to the Portland Trail Blazers, who dealt Derrick Jones Jr. and a lottery-protected first-round pick to the Chicago Bulls. That was part of a three-team sign-and-trade where Cleveland inked restricted free agent Lauri Markkanen to a four-year, $67 million deal, and Nance was shipped out in the process, and Cleveland sent Chicago a protected second-round pick (via the Denver Nuggets).
Nance was a productive bench piece in recent seasons, particularly in 2018-19 and 2019-20 campaigns, when he was healthier, by and large. Last season, he still made an impact in a number of ways when healthy, with then mostly in a starting 4 role with Kevin Love often sidelined, but Nance had particularly tough injury luck last season.
And for Cleveland, with him having been one of their key trade pieces and the team needing perimeter shooting, he did appear to be clearly a player that could be moved, which played out. You can view more on reported details from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium here, anyway, via KJG’s Josh Cornelissen.
So what’s the draw with Markkanen? It’s again, the Cavs valuing his shooting. Along those lines, with him, at least currently, seemingly set to be a bench focal point for the Cavaliers, I do believe him and ...
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