According to CBS Sports News this morning, the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise power forward has officially terminated his contract with the team after a dispute over a two-year extension. CBS Sports verified that the franchise was reportedly in negotiations with the Brooklyn Nets for a three-year, $72.7 million contract, but the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets declined the deal after…

The Cleveland Cavaliers got off to one of the best starts in NBA history, going a perfect 15-0 to start. They ended up with the first seed in the East and plenty assumed an easy path to the Eastern Conference Finals, if not a championship. But things didn’t go as planned. After a commanding series win over the Heat, the Cavs lost in five games to the Indiana Pacers.

Now the Cavs are rumored to be making only two players untouchable in trade negotiations: All-NBA First Team guard Donovan Mitchell and Defensive Player of The Year Evan Mobley. The guard duo of Mitchell and Darius Garland struggled to defend Tyrese Haliburton and was in part why they lost the series.

Needing help, why not install Haliburton’s cousin, Jalen Suggs, onto the roster?

NBA reporter Chris Fedor hypothesized that there could be a trade that works out between the Cavaliers and Orlando Magic which would see the teams swap Darius Garland and Jalen Suggs.

For Cleveland, Suggs would be an immediate upgrade defensively over Garland. Suggs provides a defensive tenacity that Garland cannot which will complement Mitchell well in Cleveland’s backcourt. Suggs’s ability to defend a larger guard such as Haliburton would allow the Cavaliers to be more versatile defensively as they at times lacked strong perimeter defense.