Cleveland Cavaliers: Ranking Their Top 3 Tradable Assets

Asset #2: Jordan McRae

Watching Jordan McRae in college was thrilling. He was the main man at the University of Tennessee. I was excited to see him drafted albeit late in the second round. McRae eventually found is way onto the Cleveland roster, but he is in danger of losing all his minutes.

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McRae began to gain some steam as the Cavaliers lost J.R. Smith and used Liggins more often. He averaged 10.4 minutes per game in his 28 games that he appeared in. McRae only averaged 4.7 points, but he did prove enough while with the Cavaliers to easily make him wanted by other teams. McRae is the type of talent that could be coupled with a pick or other player in order to attract that Deron Williams type player.

McRae will soon be useless to the Cavaliers because of the addition of Kyle Korver. McRae started to get minutes as the backup shooting guard while Shumpert controlled most of the backup point guard minutes. As Shumpert continues to take the backup point guard minutes, it forces Liggins and eventually Smith to take all of McRae; therefore making McRae useless as a Cavalier.

I personally feel like the Cavaliers would consider moving McRae because he is 25. Osman is a young 21, and he could be in store for a decent NBA career. It will be interesting to see if the Cavaliers opt to shop McRae this season.