Oklahoma City Thunder
OKC receives: Iman Shumpert
CLE receives: Kyle Singler, Anthony Morrow
With J.R. Swish set to become an UFA, the Cavs may lose their beloved sharpshooter. Furthermore, they may need to sacrifice their J.R. Smith + defense in Iman Shumpert in order to bolster the bench that’s going to take a hit this offseason.
Anthony Morrow is like J.R. Smith in the sense that he’s a sharpshooter. Give him open looks and he’ll knock down a ridiculous number of threes. While Morrow isn’t as good of a shot creator as J.R., he’s not a bad replacement. LBJ won with Ray Allen coming off the bench, why can’t he with Morrow (That is, if he stays in Cleveland)?
Singler (as pictured above) used to play for Detroit and start. I don’t really remember hearing anything about him, but OKC extended him for multiple years last offseason and he’s young, and Cleveland could use some bench scoring.
OKC gets their Dion Waiters replacement in Shumpert, and if Harden goes back to OKC, Shumpert is allowed to remain in his bench role where he is most efficient.
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