OKC Thunder trade deadline series: Cavaliers fire sale doesn’t afford many valuable options

Stats:

Entering week 17 of action here’s how the Cavaliers rank in key categories:

Offensive Rating: 23rd (105.4)
Defensive Rating: 30th (116.8)
Net Differential: 30th (-11.4)

Points per game: 102.5(28th)
Offensive field goal efficiency: 44.3 percent (tied 28th)
3-Point percent: 35.4% (tied 12th)

Opponent points per game:113.3 (23rd)
Opponent field goal efficiency: 49.2 percent (30th)
Opponent 3-point percent: 37.3% (30th)

Record: 14th in EC
Home:  6-20 | Road: 5-22 | Back to back sets: 9
Versus the West: 2-17 | Versus the East: 9-25

Cavaliers Salary Situation:

As per Spotrac:

"Active Roster Cap: $118,431,576 Dead: $1,273,529 Cap Hold: $12,023,000 Total Cap: $119,952,257 Cap Max Space: $-18,083,257 Practical Cap Space: $-18,083,257"

To view the full team salary by player up to 2021-2022 click this link to Basketball Insiders.

Draft Pick Situation:

As per Real GM

2019:

• Own first-round pick to Hawks (protected 1 – 10, if not conveyed by 2020 then Cavaliers will convey their 2020 and 2021 second round picks to Hawks).
• Own second-round pick to one of Magic, Rockets, Blazers or Magic (see Real GM for the detailed explanation).

2020:

• Own first round-pick to Hawks (protected 1 – 10 and only if not already settled in 2019, see notes above).
• Receive Jazz second-round pick
• Own second-round pick to Hornets

2019 free agents

• Alec Burks
• Jaron Blossomgame – restricted
• Channing Frye
• Rodney Hood
• Jalen Jones – restricted
• David Nwaba – restricted

2020 free agents

• Jordan Clarkson
• Matthew Dellavedova
• John Henson
• Cedi Osman – restricted
• JR Smith
• Tristan Thompson