LeBron James has not picked up his James' camp and the Cavs' office have been in regular dialogue since the end of the season, according to sources, and James' agent, Rich Paul de Klutch. Sports, the Cavs informed Friday morning that the MVP four times would not opt for the final year of his contract with Cleveland worth $ 35.6 million.
Paul, who represents several other players entering free will – Kentavious Caldwell – Pope and Nerlens Noel among them – will lead all their affairs by phone when the free agency will start, sources told ESPN
Still do not know if an in-person meeting between James and the Cavs has been scheduled down. line. Ramona Shelburne of ESPN reported this week that James would not be looking for complicated field meetings during the free agency process.
If James had chosen Friday, the Cavaliers' brass would have considered this a bad sign, the motivation to do so would be to accommodate a trade to another team that did not have ceiling space for to sign it outright, like the Houston Rockets.
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At present, the Cavs believe that they are still in the mix to keep the MVP four times and can offer a lot more money – $ 207 million over five years by compared to $ 152 million over four years – that the other two teams considered the most likely contenders in Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers.
A source familiar with the thought of the Cavs said re-sign James is "Plan A, B, and C" of Cleveland when it's a free agency.
Cleveland already exceeds the League's projected $ 101 million salary cap, even without James' contract, with the 10 contracts already guaranteed in the books. The Cavs' $ 3.4 million qualifying bid to make Rodney Hood a restricted free agent, as reported for the first time by Cleveland.com, would be the 11th player. James would be 12.
Which means that Cleveland will only seek to fill two or three free places as it is
Teams may carry a maximum of 15 players, but the Cavs will probably keep at least A list They are willing to accept Kendrick Perkins '$ 2.5 million contract in case they find a business partner who will require Perkins' salary to be added to the deal for the math to work.
The Cavs Have the Intermediate Level of $ 5.3 Million It was possible for them to spend for autonomous players, that they could offer to a player or attempt to share between two players in order to offer a slight premium to the minimum.
A familiar league source with the thought of the Cavs told ESPN that the franchise had a hard time planning his full team around James with the way he approached his free agency and he could show up in the # 39 hesitation by potential signatory free agents or teams interested in the trades, to complete transactions with Cleveland in the meantime
Yet, whatever pitfalls might come with how James goes about of his decision, the Cavs, according to the source, still hope a lot to sign him again because
Cleveland has some veterans of last year's team outside of James have been free agents – Jeff Green and Jose Calderon – but neither one nor the other is considered a "first pass" and should still be on the market after James' plans. 19659004] While it might seem that the Cavs are in a relatively quiet period of free agency apart from the pursuit of James, the summer was preceded by a crowd of arranged activity by general manager Koby Altman, trader for Hood, Larry Nance Jr., Jordan Clarkson and George Hill in February for designating playmaker Collin Sexton with choice number 8 in June.
