Cavs Re-Sign Korver
2017-07-02
In a move that should please Cavalier fans, the team has agreed to a new contract with swingman Kyle Korver. According to reports, the deal is for three years and $22 million, with the third season only partially guaranteed.
The Cavs have agreed to a 3-year, $22 million deal with Kyle Korver, sources said. Partial guarantee in third year.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) July 2, 2017
This looks like a tremendous deal for the Cavaliers. While teams have been a little more cautious with their spending than they were last summer, there have still been some mammoth deals given out in the first two days of free agency. Considering that shooting guard J.J. Reddick, a similar (albeit younger and and better defensive) player agreed to a one-year $23 million dollar contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, it wasn’t out of this world to think that Korver would at least be looking for a figure that paid him seven figures annually. To re-sign him to a deal that will pay him less for three seasons than Reddick will make for one, and that is less than the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, is likely the best possible outcome for the Cavaliers.
Korver, who was the 51st pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, has also played for the 76ers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, and Atlanta Hawks in his career. He has led the league in three-point percentage four times, including last season, which he split between the Hawks and Cavaliers. His .536 mark from three for the 2009-2010 season is the highest single season mark in NBA history, and he is currently ranked fifth all time in three-point field goals and seventh all-time in three point percentage. In short, he is one of the greatest shooters in league history.
This deal will likely take Korver through the end of his career, and gives him the type of security players desire in their final seasons. In short, this is a win-win deal for both sides, and a move all Cavalier fans can be excited about.
Irony: the Clips finally get a SF who can score after Paul & JJ leave.
Celtics are a real threat now. Hopefully we can land someone as teams jettison players to make room for their signings.
Nah
So long as Isaiah Thomas and Al Horford are part of Boston’s “big 3” I don’t think the LBJ-led Cavs will worry at all about them.
Thunder signed Patrick Patterson for three years 14.5 mill. Was hoping the Cavs would be able to get a shot at him.
Cavs in four
Boston trying to go even smaller drafting Tatum and Brown, and signing Heyward. How are they going to find enough minutes for three small forwards who need playing time to develop? They already sucked at rebounding the ball.
Kinda interesting what pressure Durant is putting on LBJs legacy if this all plays out as expected in gsw favor. Like anyone who watched during this era would clearly identify lbj as head and shoulders above the rest, but in 20 years no one remembers Durant’s strategic surrender and just looks at his rigzzzz.
In short, I feel bad for LeBron having to tangle with this abomination of a gsw team
Anybody alive now and older than 14 or 15 will remember and you can take anyone’s memories who is younger than that during a given period of sports with a grain of salt. Beyond that, unless younger people have watched a lot of film of previous generations, their views on legacy of players in eras they weren’t around for or were young during don’t really count in my opinion. Suffice to say, most people don’t study the eras they weren’t around for, so they generally don’t have a clue what they are talking about. Subsequently, those people’s opinions mean didley… Read more »
YEAH CELTICS HAVING TO GIVE UP AT LEAST 3 PLAYERS THAT PLAYED KEY MINUTES —–MIGHT ACTUALLY HURT THEM MORE THAN HAYWARD HELPING THEM —AGREE WITH COLS –CAVS IN 5 —THINK THAT IS THE CAVS GAME PLAN LET THE BIG MONEY GET SPENT AND NOW GO AFTER SERVICIABLE PLAYERS AT A BARGAIN PRICES
Thing is, can we snag Jae Crowder off their team?
The rest, especially Olynyk, I never eant them on the Cavs.
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