<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cleveland inks Alfonzo McKinnie to multi-year deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Cleveland-inks-Alfonzo-McKinnie-to-multi-year-deal.jpg"></figure><h1>Cleveland inks Alfonzo McKinnie to multi-year deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-07T09:08:54-08:00">February 7th, 9:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-07T09:09:22-08:00">February 7th, 9:09am</time><address><a>Kenny Honaker</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1016782131744946_1550922811664206&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Cavs are signing forward Alfonzo McKinnie to a multi-year deal, according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cavaliers are signing F Alfonzo McKinnie to a multi-year deal, league sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1225818398317318144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>McKinnie has played fairly well for the Cavs, when given the opportunity. He signed a pair of 10-day deals with Cleveland throughout this season, and it seems the team valued his services enough to offer him a multi-year contract.</p><p>In his 35 appearances with the Cavs this season (one start), McKinnie has racked up averages of <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mckinal01.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">4.2 points</a> on 41.4 percent shooting fro the field (22.2 percent from beyond the arc) and 2.9 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per outing.</p><p>Cleveland’s decision to sign McKinnie is interesting, as the team currently has a plethora of big men on its roster. Some thought Tristan Thompson would be moved at this season’s trade deadline, yet he remains. The Cavs acquired Andre Drummond from the Pistons on Thursday, leaving little to no room for playing time in the post. Still, McKinnie can serve as a capable backup, and the fact that he’s just 27 years of age likely had some appeal.</p><p>The Cavs have struggled to find a rhythm this season under first-year head coach John Beilein, as their 13-39 overall record can attest. Cleveland will look to snap a five-game losing streak in Sunday’s matchup <a href="http://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-kevin-love-has-seen-collin-sexton-become-more-confident-vocal-this-season/" rel="noopener noreferrer">against the LA Clippers.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-57567745-1', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cleveland inks Alfonzo McKinnie to multi-year deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Alfonzo McKinnie signs another 10-day deal with Cleveland');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent; 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Ultimately, Cleveland will need to decided if they want to sign the Chicago native for the remainder of the season after this deal expires, as players are only allowed to sign two 10-days by NBA rule.</p><p>McKinnie has played fairly well for the Cavs when given the opportunity. He’s made 29 appearances (one start), racking up averages of <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mckinal01.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">3.7 points</a> on 41.3 percent shooting from the field (22.0 percent from beyond the arc) and 2.7 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per outing.</p><p>In his last outing with the Cavs — a 118-116 loss to the Bulls on Saturday — McKinnie logged 20 minutes, scoring <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401161273" rel="noopener noreferrer">nine points</a> on 3-of-6 shooting (0-of-2 from downtown) and six rebounds.</p><p>Earlier this week, the Cavs announced that Ante Zizic will be out of commission indefinitely due to a vestibular condition. John Henson has been dealing with a back injury, but he’s expected to be available for Thursday night’s game against the Wizards. Injuries are unfortunate, but they could spell potential playing time for McKinnie.</p><p>Thursday night’s Cavs-Wizards matchup is set to tip inside Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse at 7:00 p.m. ET. Cleveland will be looking to snap a five-game losing streak. Washington has lost four of its last five.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-57567745-1', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Alfonzo McKinnie signs another 10-day deal with Cleveland

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cleveland brings back Alfonzo McKinnie on 10-day deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cleveland_brings_back_Alfonzo_McKinnie_on_10-day_deal.jpg"></figure><h1>Cleveland brings back Alfonzo McKinnie on 10-day deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-09T09:15:17-08:00">January 9th, 9:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-09T09:15:31-08:00">January 9th, 9:15am</time><address><a>Kenny Honaker</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1016782131744946_1550922811664206&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Cavs have decided to bring back forward Alfonzo McKinnie on a 10-day deal, the team announced in an official statement on Thursday morning.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ROSTER UPDATE: <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cavs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cavs</a> sign <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_Alvo_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_Alvo_</a> to 10-day contract.</p><p>— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/cavs/status/1215292124914233345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>The Cavs had just waived McKinnie earlier this week, which made him a free agent. However, it seems the team likes his game enough to bring him back. He’s played in 23 games off the bench for Cleveland, racking up averages of <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mckinal01.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">2.7 points</a> on 35.3 percent shooting from the field (28.6 percent from beyond the arc) ans 2.1 rebounds in 11.0 minutes per outing.</p><p>McKinnie, now 27 years of age, has spent time with several teams around the NBA landscape, including the Cavs, Warriors and Raptors. He’s also spent some time in the G League, as he played for Raptors 905 and the Windy City Bulls.</p><p>A 6-8 wing who went undrafted in 2015, McKinnie will be looking to make the most of this opportunity with the Cavs, who now have 16 men on their roster (including a pair of two-way contracts). The maximum number of players an NBA roster can have is 17, so let’s see if Cleveland makes another move.</p><p>The Cavs will kick off a five-game road trip on Thursday night with a matchup against the Detroit Pistons. Tip-off inside Little Caesars Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. ET. Cleveland will be looking to <a href="http://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-john-beilein-apologizes-clarifies-bunch-of-thugs-remark/" rel="noopener noreferrer">snap a five-game losing streak.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-57567745-1', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cleveland brings back Alfonzo McKinnie on 10-day deal

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Cleveland will explore possibilities of re-signing McKinnie if he clears waivers.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1214279268223660033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cavaliers are waiving undrafted rookie F Tyler Cook, league sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1214280108250456067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Creating a pair of roster spots could mean that a Love trade is coming and the Cavs are willing to take a few players back.</p><p>Love signed a four-year, $120 million contract extension with the Cavs during the 2018 offseason a few weeks after LeBron James left the Cavs for the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency. Love is making $28.9 million this season. He has three years left on his contract with the Cavs after this season ends.</p><p>Love is averaging <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/loveke01.html">16.4 points</a>, 10.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game for the Cavs. He’s shooting 44.7 percent from the field, 37.6 percent from beyond the arc and 84.9 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>A bevy of contenders would love to acquire Love. He has career averages of 18.2 points and 11.2 rebounds with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Cavs.</p><p>Along with waiving McKinnie and Cook, Cleveland signed guard Levi Randolph to a two-way contract. Randolph has played in 20 games this season with the Canton Charge, Cleveland’s G League team. 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Cavs waive Alfonzo McKinnie, Tyler Cook as Kevin Love trade rumors heat up

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);   ga('set', 'page', '/what-will-alfonzo-mckinnies-role-be-with-the-cavs');   ga('set', 'title', 'What will Alfonzo McKinnie’s role be with the Cavs?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Alfonzo-McKinnie.jpg"></figure><h1>What will Alfonzo McKinnie’s role be with the Cavs?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-10-22T05:35:23-07:00">October 22nd, 5:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-22T11:52:50-07:00">August 22nd, 11:52am</time><address><a>Sam Penix</a>NFL, NFL Draft, and NBA writer. Pro Football Focus Analyst.Obsessed with the Cleveland Browns to an unhealthy extent.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After days of speculation, the Cleveland Cavaliers claimed small forward Alfonzo McKinnie off waivers from the Golden State Warriors (he was released to create roster spot for former Cavalier Marquese Chriss). The third-year pro fills a huge need for the Cavs, and should be able to carve out a significant role with the team. What will that role be, and does he have a future in Cleveland?</p><p>After joining the Cavaliers, McKinnie will be on his third team in three years. He is 27 years old and will play on a non-guaranteed veteran’s minimum contract. During his college career, he played at both Eastern Illinois and Wisconsin-Green Bay, suffering two meniscus injuries and even having the cartilage removed entirely. He entered the 2015 NBA Draft, but was not selected. Over the next two years, he played in Luxembourg and Mexico, before paying the $175 fee for a tryout with the NBA G-League’s Windy City Bulls. A month later, he was awarded a roster spot.</p><p>In July of 2017, McKinnie was signed by the Toronto Raptors, making his NBA debut on October 19th. He played in 14 games for Toronto, averaging 1.5 points in 3.8 minutes. The Raptors waived him after the season, and he ended up on the west coast, earning a roster spot for the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors. He played in 72 games for the team, even starting five.</p><p>He averaged 4.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in 13.9 minutes. But more important than his regular season performance is that he remained a part of the rotation during the playoffs, even through the NBA Finals. He averaged 10.7 minutes per game during the postseason, and played over 18 minutes in Game 3 against the Raptors.</p><p>McKinnie may not have won a championship with the Warriors, but he was part of that locker room for a year. He knows what a winning culture looks like, and hopefully will provide a veteran presence (despite being in only his third NBA season, he is 27 years old) as the Cavaliers begin to construct their own winning culture.</p><p>So what does McKinnie bring to the Cavs? He’s a long an athletic wing who make an impact on both ends of the floor. He can shoot from beyond the arc at a solid rate; he shot 36% on 1.6 attempts per game last season, and should get more opportunities with the Cavaliers. Defensively he’s a solid rebounder and on-ball defender; he graded out at a -1.31 defensive real plus-minus, which ranked 69th out of 76th eligible small forwards. That isn’t great, but it’s better than any Cleveland backcourt player or SF not named Jaron Blossomgame or David Nwaba, both of whom are gone. It’s entirely possible that McKinnie is now the team’s best perimeter defender.</p><p>Here’s a brief glimpse of what McKinnie can do:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Quick highlight reel of latest Cavaliers addition Alfonzo McKinnie <a href="https://t.co/s7Y4e1DdGG">pic.twitter.com/s7Y4e1DdGG</a></p><p>— Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmNotEvan/status/1186394273941377024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>He would be part of Cleveland’s best defensive lineup, which would also likely include Matthew Dellavedova, Brandon Knight, Larry Nance Jr., and Tristan Thompson. For the most part, McKinnie should come off the bench as Cedi Osman’s backup at the three, especially while rookie Dylan Windler recovers from a leg injury. Once he returns to the rotation, he would likely split time with McKinnie, who should also see time as a floor-spacing four in small-ball lineups.</p><p>Is McKinnie going to be the addition that takes the Cavs from a bottom-feeder to a playoff contender? No. He’s a role player, nothing more. But he’s a solid veteran role player, and that’s what this team was missing on the wing. Perhaps he’ll play well enough to earn an extension and stick around for a while, but there’s a better chance he plays a decent role this season and earns a contract from another team, similar to what Nwaba did last year.</p><p>For $1.6 million (non-guaranteed) and without taking minutes from the young players who need them, you can’t really ask for much more than what McKinnie should provide the Cavs. Solid play at a position of need for a good price. Claiming him was a smart move by the front office, and while it may not pay off in terms of wins, McKinnie should be able to help out the rest of the team, in particular Cleveland’s two young guards. You can never have too many decent 3-and-D players, which is what McKinnie profiles as. He’s the Warriors loss, and the Cavs gain.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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