Cavs: Ranking the potential trade returns for 2019-20 expiring contracts

#6: The throw-in

Henson came over with Dellavedova in a trade that reportedly sent George Hill to the Milwaukee Bucks and Sam Dekker to the Washington Wizards, and Henson was basically a salary-matching add-in. Henson has not played much this year, with him reportedly tearing a ligament in his left wrist, and that’s why he’s only been active in 14 games in 2018-19.

He was averaging 5.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in just 13.4 minutes per game, which was the lowest work load since his rookie year in 2012-13, per Basketball Reference. Since coming to the Cavs in December, Henson has not played, and it’s completely unclear as to what he can for teams at this point in his career.

He’ll have a cap hit of over $10.4 million next year, per Spotrac, and is 28. He has shown he can be a decent rim-runner and defender near the rim (1.5 blocks in 20.1 minutes per game for his career), and did show flashes of a three-point stroke in his brief sample size this year with him hitting 35.5 percent on 2.2 three-point attempts, per game, per Basketball Reference.

Will he realistically have any value himself other than being paired with someone else or multiple players, though, in the summer or next season? Probably not. Henson’s uncertain value, plus the injury this year, makes his expiring contract the lowest possible return for Cleveland.

Maybe him showing solid play at some point before the end of this year can change that, but I don’t see him playing much in the next two-ish months.

Now to the next batch.