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Cavs exercise option on Waiters, waive Edwards

Alan Draper

Sports Editor

Updated 2 years ago on October 15, 2021 • 1 min read

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The Cleveland Cavaliers exercised the fourth-year contract option on guard Dion Waiters, the team announced Saturday.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Waiters has averages of 15.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 29.2 minutes per game in 131 games (72 starts) in his two seasons with the Cavaliers.

Also, Cleveland waived forward Shane Edwards, reducing its roster to 15 players.

Edwards appeared in six preseason games for the Cavaliers, averaging 1.5 points and 2.2 rebounds in 7.4 minutes per game.

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Alan Draper

Alan is an expert gambling writer who works as one of the chief editors for Basketball Insiders. He has been covering online gambling and sports betting for over 8 years, having written for the likes of Sportlens, Compare.bet, The Sports Daily, 90min, and TopRatedCasinos.co.uk. His particular specialisms include US online casinos and gambling regulations, and soccer and basketball betting. Based in London, Alan holds an MA in English Literature and is a passionate supporter of Chelsea FC.