2 players added into Nets-Cavs-Rockets James Harden trade

Two extra gamers have been included within the current NBA blockbuster trade that noticed James Harden take his skills to the Brooklyn Nets. In line with Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports, the Cleveland Cavaliers have now renounced the rights of Channing Frye and Ante Zizic as a part of the deal.

As a part of the method to finish the three-team commerce with the Brooklyn Nets and Houston Rockets, the Cleveland Cavaliers renounced the free agent rights for Channing Frye and Ante Zizic.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) January 14, 2021

It’s value noting that each Frye and Zizic weren’t a part of Cleveland’s roster this 2020-21 NBA season. Nevertheless, the Cavs nonetheless held the rights to each free brokers, and because the report acknowledged above, they may now must resign the identical.

Zizic performed three seasons with the Cavs between 2017 and 2020. The twenty third total choose within the 2016 NBA Draft, the 6-foot-10 large man averaged 6.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, and three.9 assists in a complete of 113 video games performed for Cleveland.

Frye, alternatively, performed a key position within the Cavs’ 2016 LeBron James-led title run. He parted methods with Cleveland in the midst of the 2017-18 season as a part of the deal that noticed Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. be part of the Wine and Gold from the Los Angeles Lakers. Frye then returned to Cleveland for one remaining season throughout the 2018-19 marketing campaign earlier than asserting his retirement from the NBA in the summertime of 2019.

As a part of the James Harden deal, the Cavs have been in a position to purchase Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince from the Nets. Allen, particularly, is anticipated to play a key position for Cleveland shifting ahead. The 22-year-old NBA large man may step into the crew’s franchise heart position, which doesn’t bode properly for the way forward for Andre Drummond.