However, NBA insider Jake Fischer recently touched on a potential Cavaliers-Magic trade. “For all the noise these days around Darius Garland in Cleveland, we’ve been reliably told that the Cavaliers and Magic have not held substantive conversations on a Garland deal … and that Cleveland has little interest in helping Orlando improve its standing in the Eastern Conference,” wrote Fischer.
Source: Sports Illustrated
Source: Sports Illustrated
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Chris Fedor: I think the two untouchables are Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley. And like I have been getting the sense that like the Cavs would be more willing to entertain and at least consider possibilities for Jared Allen and Darius Garland than they have in the past. Now that all comes down to it’s got to be the right deal. It’s got to be the right pieces coming back that the Cavs believe would be a step forward as opposed to just a lateral move or a step back. Like I don’t think they’re in a situation um where they’re saying to themselves, we got to shed this salary. Like we need to find a dumping ground for Darius Garland’s contract or Jared Allen’s contract. -via YouTube / May 29, 2025
Chris Fedor: I think there’s a framework, and I say framework because salary stuff becomes very, very difficult for the Cavs. So, you’re just talking about a general framework with an understanding that other pieces are probably going to have to be involved. Maybe a third team is going to have to be involved. matching salary becomes very very difficult when you’re talking about the Cavs and the salary situation that they’re in. But I think there’s a framework of a deal between the Cavs and the Magic that would involve Darius Garland and Jalen Suggs. -via YouTube / May 29, 2025