Kyle Korver returns to the Land with a new deal

The Cleveland Cavaliers will re-sign their best midseason acquisition from last season, sharpshooter Kyle Korver.

According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, shooting guard Kyle Korver will be returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers on a three-year, $22 million contract.

His contract figures have him earning more than he did last season and with the Cavs over the cap, he likely resigned using his Bird Rights.

This news comes on the heels of a report by Basketball Insiders’ Cody Taylor, who notes that the Cleveland Cavaliers attempts to trade Iman Shumpert to the Houston Rockets has died. Shumpert was supposed being traded for the Cleveland Cavaliers to ease their luxury tax bill and make signings in free agency easier, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.

As a result, the Cavs are still likely going to trade Shumpert although the Rockets are out of the deal after signing P.J. Tucker.

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Re-signing Korver was one of the Cleveland Cavaliers priorities and they had an offer ready for Korver before free agency started, according to cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon. After former general manager David Griffin pulled off a surprise trade for Korver in January, it didn’t take long for Korver to make his mark.

Making 40.9 percent of his three-point attempts before he was traded to the Cavs, that number jumped all the way up to 48.5 percent for the remainder of the regular season. He finished last season shooting 45.1 percent from deep. In the playoffs, Korver made 39.1 percent of his three-point attempts.

For Korver, a large part of his offense would come off of screens (28.9 percent of his offense in the postseason), whether he was shooting inside or outside the arc. With a Ray Allen and Rip Hamilton-esque look on the court, Korver knocked down 44.0 percent of his shots (effective field goal percentage of 58.0).

In the postseason, 34.4 percent of his shots were spot-up attempts. He scored 1.45 points per possession and knocked down 50.0 percent of his shots from the field. He had an effective field goal percentage of 75.0. He was better as a spot-up shooter than 89.0 percent of the league.

Korver knocked down 41.0 percent of his catch-and-shoot threes in the playoffs.

Defensively, Korver has his limitations as an on-ball defender but because of his basketball IQ and experience he’s a solid team defender who knows what spots to get to on defense. He just has to get there on time.

At 36-years-old, this is possibly the final contract of Korver’s NBA career. When you think of Korver, don’t think about his shot at the end of Game 3 that could have resulted in the Cavs going into Game 5 tied 2-2 with the Warriors. Be like LeBron and think about his absurd efficiency from behind-the-line.

Think about the fact the Cavs are re-signing a player who’s tied for fifth all-time in career three-pointers with Jamal Crawford and Vince Carter while playing in three fewer seasons than Crawford and five fewer seasons than Carter.

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