3 free agent targets Cavs should be watching this postseason

The Cleveland Cavaliers are no longer in the slog of the season, scouting opponents to scheme up various ways to attack and defend them. Instead the Cavs have shifted into offseason mode, evaluating their team and looking ahead to potential improvements in the draft and free agency.

Yet the book is not closed on those players they could possibly look to acquire this summer. Some pending free agents are still playing on playoff teams, some in prominent roles. That means plenty of recent information is still to be gleaned, including the ever-important intel on how a player performs in the fires of playoff basketball.

The Cavs want to add proven playoff players in free agency. Which pending free agents who are still alive in the NBA postseason should the Cavs be watching?

As the Cavs look for ways to build a playoff team around their young core, they can see how players fit in around the stars who have already arrived. They don’t have the financial flexibility to go after a star in free agency, but the role players this team needs can be found across the league. It’s up to Koby Altman and the front office to identify which ones can best fit on this Cavs roster.

Here are three players who could be available for a bargain this summer, all three of which play for contenders who could make a deep run this postseason. How could each help the Cavs if they are signed in free agency?