Cleveland Cavaliers Team Salary

Quick: Over the cap. Repeat tax eligible.

Salary Cap: $109,140,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000

Projection for 2020-21 ($116 million cap): Up to $42.4 million, less with a top-10 first-rounder and Cedi Osman’s cap hold.

Roster Count: 13 guaranteed, six non-guaranteed, one two-way

Depth Chart
PG: Collin Sexton, Darius Garland, Matthew Dellavedova
SG: Brandon Knight, Jordan Clarkson, Kevin Porter Jr., Sindarius Thornwell, J.P. Macura, Daniel Hamilton
SF: Cedi Osman, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Dylan Windler (injured)
PF: Kevin Love, Jarell Martin, Dean Wade (two-way)
C: Ante Zizic, Larry Nance Jr., Tristan Thompson, John Henson, Marques Bolden

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Exceptions

• Trade Exception (Sam Dekker, expiring 12/7/19) — $2,760,095
• Trade Exception (Rodney Hood, expiring 2/4/20) — $266,728
• Trade Exception (Wade Baldwin, expiring 2/7/20) — $1,544,951
• Trade Exception (Nik Stauskas, expiring 2/7/20) — $1,512,601
• Mid-Level Exception — $9,258,000
• Bi-Annual Exception — $3,623,000

Free Agents (with Cap Holds)

• Declined First: Marquese Chriss ($4,078,236)
• Non-Bird: Channing Frye ($1,620,564), Nik Stauskas ($1,620,564)

Non-Guaranteed Salaries

• Jarell Martin $1,737,145
• Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot $1,678,854
• Sindarius Thornwell $1,620,564
• Daniel Hamilton $1,620,564
• J.P. Macura $1,445,697
• Marques Bolden $898,310

Waived Players: J.R. Smith (stretched), Levi Randolph, Malik Newman, Alex Robinson

Traded Players: None

G-League Affiliate: Canton Charge (Mike Gansey general manager, Nate Reinking coach)

Two-Way Contracts: Dean Wade

Two-Way Daily Rate in NBA/G-League: TBD

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: John Beilein

Assistants: J.B. Bickerstaff (associate head coach), Lindsay Gottlieb, Antonio Lang, Lindsay Gottlieb, Dan Geriot, Steve Frankoski (player development coach), Michael Hartman (director of coaching analytics/player development), Sam Jones (player development coordinator), J.J. Outlaw (assistant coach/player development), Chris Darnell (player development/video assistant), Jay Shunnar (special assistant to head coach), Mike Gerrity (director of player development/assistant coach), Dan Vincent (head video coordinator/player development), Andrew Olson (shooting coach)

Trainers: Steve Spiro, Derek Millender (strength and conditioning), Albert Padilla, Ed Subel

Basketball Executives:

• Koby Altman — general manager
• Mike Gansey — assistant general manager
• Brock Aller — senior director of basketball operations
• Jon Nichols — senior director of analytics
• Brandon Weems — director of scouting

Pick Swaps:

• 2020 — Owe first-rounder (top-10 protected, otherwise converts to 2021 and 2022 second-rounders) to New Orleans Pelicans (Kyle Korver, Jaxson Hayes).
• 2020 — Owe second-rounder to Charlotte Hornets (Brendan Haywood, Anderson Varejao, Channing Frye, C.J. Wilcox, Miles Bridges).
• 2021 — Owed a protected (lottery protected in 2021, top-10 protected in 2022, conveys in 11-24 range in 2023, top-eight protected in 2024, otherwise converts to 2024 and 2025 second-rounders) first-rounder from the Milwaukee Bucks (George Hill), two years following Milwaukee’s obligation to the Phoenix Suns.
• 2022 — Owed a second-rounder from the Washington Wizards (Sam Dekker).
• 2022 — Owed a second-rounder from the Houston Rockets (Alec Burks).
• 2024 — Utah Jazz can swap second-rounders with the Cleveland Cavaliers (George Hill).

Cash Paid ($5,617,000 max): $0

Cash Received ($5,617,000 max): $0

Deadlines

• 10/31/19 — Team options on Ante Zizic and Collin Sexton.
• 12/15/19 — No-trade restrictions lift on Daniel Hamilton, Marques Bolden, Jarell Martin, J.P. Macura and Sindarius Thornwell.
• 12/23/19 — No-trade restriction lifts on Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot.
• 1/10/20 — Jarell Martin’s $1,737,145 guarantees for 2019-20.
• 1/10/20 — Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot’s $1,678,854 guarantees for 2019-20.
• 1/10/20 — Daniel Hamilton and Sindarius Thornwell’s $1,620,564 guarantees for 2019-20.
• 1/10/20 — J.P. Macura’s $1,445,697 guarantees for 2019.20.
• 1/10/20 — Marques Bolden’s $898,310 guarantees for 2019-20.
• 6/29/20 — Qualifying offer deadlines for Daniel Hamilton, Sindarius Thornwell, Marques Bolden and J.P. Macura.
• Before first day of 2020 season — Extension deadline for Ante Zizic.
• 12/7/19 — Sam Dekker trade exception expires.
• 2/4/20 — Rodney Hood trade exception expires.
• 2/7/20 — Wade Baldwin and Nik Stauskas trade exceptions expire.
• 6/29/20 — Qualifying offer deadline for Cedi Osman.
• 10/31/20 — Team options on Collin Sexton, Kevin Porter Jr., Darius Garland and Dylan Windler.
• 6/29/21 — Qualifying offer deadline for Ante Zizic.
• Before first day of 2021 season — Extension deadline for Collin Sexton.
• 10/31/21 — Team options on Kevin Porter Jr., Darius Garland and Dylan Windler.
• 6/29/22 — Qualifying offer deadline for Collin Sexton.
• Before first day of 2022 season — Extension deadline for Kevin Porter Jr., Darius Garland and Dylan Windler.
• 6/29/22 — Qualifying offer deadline for Kevin Porter Jr., Darius Garland and Dylan Windler.

Teams and players can renegotiate guarantee dates.  The NBA’s general cut-down date is January 10, although players need to clear 48 hours of waivers.

Transactions

• 4/11/19 — Parted ways with Coach Larry Drew.
• 5/13/19 — Hired Coach John Beilein.
• 5/14/19 — Received the 5th pick in the draft lottery.
• 6/20/19 — Drafted Darius Garland (5th) and Dylan Windler (26th).
• 6/27/19 — Traded 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 second-rounders and $5 million to the Detroit Pistons for the rights to Kevin Porter Jr. (30th).
• 6/28/19 — Declined to extend qualifying offer to David Nwaba.
•  7/1/19 — Signed Dean Wade to a two-way contract.
• 7/1/19 — Signed Darius Garland (2019-5th) to a $24,665,868 rookie-scale contract.
• 7/1/19 — Signed Dylan Windler (2019-26th) to a $10,449,718 rookie-scale contract.
• 7/3/19 — Signed Kevin Porter Jr. (2019-30th) to an $8,009,193 rookie-scale contract.
• 7/15/19 — Waived and stretched J.R. Smith.
• 8/5/19 — Signed Levi Randolph to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
• 8/5/19 — Signed Malik Newman to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
• 9/3/19 — Waived Levi Randolph and Malik Newman.
• 8/16/19 — Signed Jarell Martin to a non-guaranteed $1,737,145 minimum summer contract.
• 8/19/19 — Signed Alex Robinson to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
• 9/3/19 — Signed Sindarius Thornwell to a non-guaranteed $1,620,564 minimum summer contract.
• 9/3/19 — Signed Daniel Hamilton to a non-guaranteed $1,620,564 minimum summer contract.
• 9/3/19 — Signed J.P. Macura to a non-guaranteed $1,445,697 minimum summer contract.
• 9/3/19 — Signed Marques Bolden to a non-guaranteed $898,310 minimum summer contract.
• 9/23/19 — Waived Alex Robinson.
• 9/23/19 — Signed Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot to a non-guaranteed $1,678,854 minimum summer contract.

Trade Kickers:

• None

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses.

No-Trade: None

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

Unsigned Draft Picks

• First-rounders: None
• Second-rounders: Arturas Gudaitis (2015-47th), Sir’Dominic Pointer (2015-53rd), Ilkan Karaman (2012-57th), Milan Macvan (2011-54th), Chukwudiebere Maduabum (2011-56th), Sergey Gladyr (2009-49th), Renaldas Seibutis (2007-50th), Ejike Ugboaja (2006-55th), Edin Bavcic (2006-56th)

Arena: Quicken Loans Arena

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Cap Holds

For notes on some of the rules and an explanation of cap holds, please refer to the following Salary Notes.

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(Updated on 9/28/19)