15 worst free agent signings in Cavaliers history

Worst Cavaliers free agent signings No. 6: Damon Jones, 2005

The Cavaliers signed another four-year contract in the summer of 2005, inking combo guard Damon Jones to a four-year, $16.1 million contract. The eighth-year guard out of Houston was coming off of a career year for the Miami Heat, playing in all 82 games and leading the league in effective field goal percentage.

That efficiency proved to be a mirage, however, as Jones was a horrible shooter for the entirety of his tenure in Cleveland. He shot 38.7 percent from the field in his first season and just 39.5 percent across all three seasons. He became purely a 3-point shooter, which was both unusual in his era and a problem when he couldn’t shoot at an above-average accuracy.

Jones averaged just 6.6 points per game during his tenure in Cleveland. He wasn’t much of a playmaker, either, slinging just 1.9 assists per game. Damon Jones was an offensive specialist who crippled the Cleveland Cavaliers on offense, not exactly a slam dunk of a signing.

In the end, the Cavs jettisoned Jones in a multi-team deal that brought Mo Williams to the squad. Jones played a handful of games for the Milwaukee Bucks before his NBA career was over that very next season.