Cavs sign Brodric Thomas via 2-way deal, waive Marques Bolden

The Cleveland Cavaliers have gotten very solid play out of Darius Garland and Collin Sexton this season, but while he likely wouldn’t have been playing a considerable chunk of minutes, it still has been unfortunate that Matthew Dellavedova hasn’t been active yet this season (concussion complications).

In any case, while the likes of Damyean Dotson and Dylan Windler, to some extent at the 2, have been in the mix regarding reserves of late, the Cavaliers have added another guard to the group.

Granted, it’s not a dude that’s likely to be a regular contributor, one wouldn’t imagine.

Albeit it was reported recently on Wednesday that the Cavs signed guard Brodric Thomas via two-way deal, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. In a corresponding move, Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor reported how Cleveland waived two-way 5 Marques Bolden.

Thomas is some guard depth, but we shouldn’t expect much of a role for him with the Cavs, realistically.

So what exactly are the Cavs potentially with Thomas here? He’s realistically a two-way 2 that could potentially get burn here and there, albeit I wouldn’t expect much; this is not going to be a Lamar Stevens-type of two-way situation, I wouldn’t imagine.

Thomas is 6-foot-5, but is somewhat slender, and not nearly a dude with the frame of the 230-pound Stevens, who is 6-foot-6, but could seemingly be in-line for a standard contract soon, I would think, based on how he’s emerged as a quality defensive forward.

With Thomas, though, he has shown promise as a shooter/pull-up threat with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Houston Rockets G League affiliate squad, in the G League bubble in Orlando thus far. The 24-year-old Thomas has had 16.4 points per outing, and has hit 36.5 percent of his three-point attempts (6.5 per contest), making his presence for Rio Grande Valley alongside former Cav Kevin Porter Jr.

Thomas, who was previously waived by the Rockets for them to land a big, did appear in four games with Houston sparingly, but has shown some nice feel offensively in the G League’s bubble for Rio Grande Valley.

Again, though, will Thomas be a player that can factor into Cleveland’s guard mix? We’ll have to see; for reference, he was undrafted out of Division II Furman State, but did have quite a decorated career there over the course of four years, as Fedor highlighted earlier on Wednesday.

Fedor also stated in his report how a “scout said Thomas is a skilled player with a high basketball IQ, the kind of guy who does everything well and can guard multiple positions.”

We’ll have to see what’s in store for Thomas with the Cleveland Cavaliers, including whether or not he’ll be with the Cavs early on, or with Cleveland’s G League affiliate, the Canton Charge, in the G League’s bubble. Those details are still being ironed out for now, as Fedor noted, anyhow.

He has had, between prior preseason play with the Rockets, and a bit with the Vipers, a few big-time displays of high-flying dunks, too, though, and again has shown promise in the on-ball sense. We’ll have to see what’s in store for him.

In relation to the aforementioned Bolden, he didn’t get opportunities with the Wine and Gold really in meaningful minutes.

Perhaps Brodric Thomas can be a contributor for Cleveland on occasion and/or continue in a developmental realm, in particular, with the Charge, anyway.