4:47pm: Despite Perkins’ enthusiastic tweet, he hasn’t officially signed with the Cavs yet, according to Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, who tweets that the team may let the dust settle and head into the All-Star break before filling their open roster spots.
4:32pm: There has been no official announcement yet from the Cavaliers, but Perkins has published a tweet announcing, “I’m back!” with a #Cavs hashtag, suggesting that he’s claiming one of the team’s open roster spots.
2:55pm: The Cavaliers may sign veteran center Kendrick Perkins to fill one of their newly open roster spots, tweets Marc Stein of The New York Times. He adds that Cleveland’s front office values Perkins’ strong leadership and believes it will be needed to bring the team together after today’s roster shakeup (Twitter link).
Cavs should wait and try to sign Joe Johnson. I don’t know if it is possible with all the salaries they have, but I don’t see how it could hurt them.
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Rodney Hood will be a free agent. Gilbert wants to buy out George Hill. With Clarkson and Nance Jr. the Cavs payroll would be $83,368,741. Add in $60 million for LeBron and Hill, you have $143,368,741. LeBron would be asking for another superteam player to stay, and that’s if they don’t trade Love. The luxury tax is $119 million.
For Johnson the Cavs now have Hood, Smith, Korver, and Clarkson at shooting guard. That’s $52 million right there.
Hood won’t be a FA until 2020.
I looked up NBA Basketball Reference for the entire NBA. It showed on the Utah Jazz this was his last year. Look it up. Doesn’t matter. If Lebron wants to stay, they’ll be over the luxury tax. Gilbert will cut payroll. Have you been reading the Cleveland Plain Dealer the last week? Pluto and Vardon explained all of this.
I looked it up again on Basketball-Reference.com.
Hood makes $2.3 million this year and this is the last year of his contract.
They need to keep hood at all costs. To good and to young to let him walk
They need to get rid of J.R. Does it scare you without Love, they have a frontline of LeBron, green, T.T., and Nance jr. and that’s it?
I like this new team a lot more. With love out for a while it gives the new guys more playing time and a chance to get use to playing with LeBron.
And ya JR needs to go. Either off the team or to the end of the bench
Again. Hood isn’t going anywhere.
Hood will be a Restricted Free Agent, the Cavs can match any offers he may get.
Not without going into the luxury tax if LeBron stays.
They’ve been paying tax. Gilbert has paid more tax than any owner in the history of the nba. He doesn’t care.
After trading Frye, they need a veteran presence who will keep everyone accountable, including LeBron. Perkins seems like a good fit for that.
Perkins got cut by the G League team he was on!
Perkins was playing on the Cavs G-League team. He was not cut, he “retired” so him leaving does not count toward a roster move since G-League teams can only make 14 of them a season. And this was the plan all along, he would stay until the trade deadline and then try and catch on with another team…the Cavs plan to sign him after the All Star Break unless they can get two better players, but odds are he will be with them after the break.
I just read this week he was looking into going to China. He couldn’t help the Cavs anyway.
He wouldn’t play much, would be that locker room voice that keeps people in line…..and to come in when someone needs to receive a hard foul. And every article that’s out says he’s looking for an NBA job
Perkins is NOT playing for the cavs. Don’t believe everything you read on the web.
For…? Keep a bench warm?
Since Love won’t be back until 2 weeks before playoff, the Cavs frontline will be LeBron, Tristan, and Larry Nance jr. Ouch!
And he cavs will roll into the playoffs winning.
Got the Uber from McDonald’s, 3050 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115, only an 8 minute ride.
He hasn’t played an NBA game in almost 2 years. Dont see why the Cavs would want him
Read the article. They want him mainly for his strong locker room presence, and leadership skills. This team basically needs a likable drill sergeant that can keep everyone in line.
Be better off with Bogut. Has some mongrel about him and wont take shit in the locker rooms.
Cavs should give him another chance, wasn’t his fault he snapped his leg after a minute in the court
If true, they’d use him for the goon role. Although I don’t know why they didn’t wait until the last week of the season to do this. Much like they did with Dahntay Jones the last two seasons.
Perkins just took it down. Vardon from Cleveland PD said the Cavs did NOT sign him.