- Damon Jones’ grateful response to LeBron James naming him one of the best shooters he’s ever played with
- Report: Rajon Rondo allegedly threatened to kill his former partner and pulled a gun on her
- Report: J.B. Bickerstaff and Koby Altman have discussed a potential change to the Cavs coaching staff
- Cavs insider indicates Rich Paul is expected to pursue extension in $180M range for Darius Garland
- Dan Gilbert’s confident statement regarding Koby Altman after he misses out on Executive of the Year
- Report: Kyrie Irving wanted LeBron James-like control with Brooklyn Nets
- Here’s how close Cavs exec Koby Altman came to winning Executive of the Year honors
- Darius Garland explains why it hurt so much that the Cavs didn’t make the playoffs this season
- Video: Kyrie Irving lashes out during GTA Twitch stream, calls other players ‘cockroaches’
- Report: 2 former Cavs big men open to returning to franchise
Cavs Rumors: Tristan Thompson to Toronto Raptors in 2016?
- Updated: August 28, 2015
It has already been publicly declared by Tristan Thompson’s agent that Thompson won’t return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016-17 if he is forced to accept the team’s qualifying offer.
Now there are more wrinkles developing in the story.
Michael Scotto of Sheridan Hoops reports that there are rumblings that Thompson could depart for his hometown team, the Toronto Raptors, during the 2016 offseason if he becomes a free agent:
“There are rumblings that agent Rich Paul could deliver another client to his hometown team in the near future. Several league executives believe Canadian Tristan Thompson may head north to Toronto in the summer of 2016 if he signs his one-year, $6.8 million qualifying offer with the Cleveland Cavaliers.”
An Eastern Conference general manager even commented that he thought Thompson would end up in Toronto this year:
“I always thought he was going to end up in Toronto this year. There’s going to be so much money next year so I think he will get it.”
For those that aren’t aware, the 24-year-old power forward has been a free agent for nearly two months now. His agent, Rich Paul, has been tough to please—he rejected the Cavaliers’ five-year, $80 million contract offer to Thompson earlier this summer.
When considering that Thompson is a role player on an already deep Cleveland team, that type of money is excellent. However, when considering the salary cap will balloon to $90 million next season, maybe it is smart that Thompson holds out for more money next offseason.
At the current moment, the Raptors have too much money tied up in salary cap for the 2016-17 season in order to sign the veteran forward. If they are to acquire Thompson, they would need to clear up cap space through trades.
Regardless, if Thompson is forced to accept the Cavaliers’ one-year, $6.8 million qualifying offer, it appears definitive that he won’t be back in Cleveland after the upcoming season.
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