11:06am: The Cavs are believed to be offering Rose a minimum salary deal, per Windhorst and Wojnarowski in their full ESPN report.
10:23am: Free agent point guard Derrick Rose is engaged in “serious” discussions with the Cavaliers about a possible one-year deal, sources tell Brian Windhorst and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
The Cavs don’t have much cap flexibility to sign free agents, given how far their team salary currently is into tax territory. The club also used a little more than half of its $5.192MM mid-level exception to sign draft-and-stash prospect Cedi Osman, so if Rose were to come aboard, it would be for the rest of that MLE or the veteran’s minimum.
A minimum salary deal would be more advantageous for the Cavs, who face a substantial tax penalty for each additional dollar they spend. A one-year, minimum salary contract for Rose would pay him approximately $2.12MM, but would only count for about $1.47MM for cap purposes for Cleveland. A minimum salary deal would cost about an extra $7MM in tax penalties, based on the Cavs’ current team salary.
Whether Rose is willing to accept a minimum contract remains to be seen. He’s one of the top free agents still available, but the market for his services appears to be dwindling. Rose met with the Clippers earlier this month, but L.A. ultimately opted to sign Milos Teodosic to address the point guard spot. The Bucks seem to have been Rose’s most active suitor, having reportedly met with him twice. However, Milwaukee is inching closer to the tax line, limiting the club’s ability to make Rose an aggressive offer.
Rose, who turns 29 in October, is coming off a season in which he struggled with his outside shot more than ever (.217 3PT%) and wasn’t an elite distributor or defender. Still, he continues to display an ability to get to the rim and put the ball in the net, averaging 18.0 PPG in 64 games with the Knicks. The possibility of having him coming off the bench to provide a scoring punch for the Cavs is an intriguing idea.
Cleveland has already signed one backup for Kyrie Irving this summer, inking Jose Calderon to a minimum salary contract. While the team doesn’t necessarily need more depth at the position, Calderon and Rose possess very different skill-sets, so both could see playing time if Rose signs.
The news of the Cavs’ discussions with Rose arrives in the wake of Irving suggesting the team is in “a peculiar place,” and also comes just days after a report indicated that LeBron James is concerned about the club’s offseason.
he can play the two
Playing the 2 might help with his injuries it would make him more of a catch and shoot player instead of a basket driver.
Chill he good as a 6th man.
But he can’t shoot.
He can really catch tho
6th man
Cavs 2018 Champs, D-Rose will score more then Deron and Shumpert ever did off the bench. I don’t see why he can’t average 13-18 ppg off the bench.
All LeBron wants is a “f***ing playmaker”
Rose is sufficient offense off the bench, he could score 15-30 easy every night.
lol
Dionis this like the 5th guy you said could average 15-30 off the bench. There is no player in the league who averages 20 or more off the bench so 10-15 is more realistic and that is 6th man of the year caliber so lets try to atleast be semi realistic
Rose shot 21.7 from 3 last season won’t get 30 a night or even close anymore
Rose won’t put them over the Warriors hump. They need to trade one of the bigs (love or thompson) and a better matchup with Durant and Green. Melo would move the needle more the Rose will.
For a better match up vs Durant and Green. Not AND
Nah I don’t want to lose Love’s rebounding.
Stop making the Warriors out to be this unbeatable team. You contain KD and they are nothing.
If you contain KD then you gotta contain Steph, contain him then they got Klay. They have so many ways to expose you on the offensive side of the ball
Lmao, nothing? I would’nt go so far as to say that.
You’re thinking of OKC circa 2016 playoffs but the Warriors can handle there own with or without KD on the floor.
You miss that stretch when KD went down?
Dionis on one post hates LeBron on the next he hates on KD. I give up
If he can come off the bench, give them 20 minutes, 10-15 pts, then this is a great deal. I doubt his ability to play crunch time minutes though to suit the Cavs iso style. Don’t think he’ll get them over GSW come June.
Don’t know what happened in the finals as that ISO went against everything the Cavs have been the past three seasons. James is an extremely smart player, but I’m thinking he panicked. When James panics, the entire team panics and therefore tends to play ISO. I put a lot of the blame on Lue for not settling the team down and getting back to that offense that won them a championship in 2016. I’m not sure why lifting the Warriors up to being some kind of unbeatable team is very wise. One bucket in game 3 and the series is tied and there’s a complete difference in mindset.
11:06am: The Cavs are believed to be offering Rose a minimum salary deal, per Windhorst and Wojnarowski
What kind of deal is that?
The Sixers have what 15 million still to spend, why can’t they make an offer? I think Rose could help despite it all.
The Sixers don’t need Rose it’s that simple
Derrick said if he signs with Cleveland that they’ll finally be a super team.
Now that’s funny! Rose doesn’t make ANY team super
Should make a much better upgrade over Jose. For that matter, Derin williams as well.
Rose to good for 6 man job
Yeah, there’s a reason why Rose is still on the FA market. Cleveland may sign him as another warm body for the league minimum, but he won’t be much help.
You have to take rose for what he is. He’s going to be a second unit scorer. This way Kyrie can take a break. However there’s no way this puts them over golden state unless Shumpert learns to shoot or JR Smith can be more consistent instead of being super hot and super cold and no in between. They really do need someone who can play d on KD to give Lebron rest and focus on offense.
Tony Allen is a FA just saying
how does this solve beating GSW? may even have problems getting out of east with Boston on the rise. not impressed at all with CLE front office. already too many questionable contracts on the roster