Cavs are reportedly looking to make an additional trade

The Cleveland Cavaliers have made two trades in the last week. The most recent being the sizemic move that sent James Harden to Cleveland and Darius Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers. From the looks of things, the Cavs could be looking to make more moves.

According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, the Cavaliers are still looking to move backup point guard Lonzo Ball.

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Trading Ball would only help decrease the salary for this season. His non-guaranteed contract for next season could be waived in the summer at no cost. Moving him would only be necessary if you’re trying to duck under the second apron this season. And even at that, moving Ball alone wouldn’t get them under. They would be roughly $3.8 million above the second apron.

Additionally, the Cavs only have two movable second-round picks that they could move to get off of Ball’s salary. They sent one out to Los Angeles in the Harden trade. They may have a difficult time finding a suitor for Ball with their remaining second-rounders.

It’d be unwise to rule out the possibility that the Cavs have another larger deal that they’re trying to work through. If so, moving Ball would be necessary to facilitate something like that. As reported earlier today by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Cavs have made calls to the Milwaukee Bucks about Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Dallas Mavericks about Anthony Davis.

We don’t know if the Cavs have anything more lined up. If they did, they would have to move Ball. And even if they didn’t have anything more planned, it would make sense financially to move him as well.

The Cavs have until the Feb. 5 deadline to find a trade partner for Ball.