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There could be a Cleveland Cavaliers move incoming and if they set their eye on this power forward then it could completely shift the Cleveland Cavaliers bench. The Dallas Mavericks are open to trading P.J. Washington and they have been basically all off season as they're looking to kind of make a new look alongside Cooper Flag. I think P.J. Washington is going to want out and they always have been shopping P.J. all off season and I think one reporter in particular believes that the Cleveland Cavaliers are the best team to acquire Mr. Washington. Hello everyone. Welcome to the Cavs Digest YouTube channel. Thank you all so much for joining me. Make sure you all subscribe to this channel as a lot of you guys that watch are not subbed and it has been the support we say has been crazy. We're getting like 2,000 plus views every video. I'm literally like hitting goals that I didn't think I would ever hit on this channel. So I appreciate you all so much but I don't want to keep you waiting any longer. Let's talk about what someone in particular had to say about Mr. Washington. So per Jake Weinbach, the Cleveland Cavaliers could be a team worth monitoring for P.J. Washington with the Mavericks forward reportedly available on the trade market. Cleveland's interest level may depend on how the rest of free agency plays out, but Washington's two-way skill set would be a desirable fit. Yes, that's right. Cleveland would be the team to monitor. Now I actually mentioned P.J. Washington in a video right when the offseason started. It was a video about the Cleveland Cavaliers best targets in free agency. One was Jalen Brown. Very little I mentioned Jalen Brown, but two guys on the Mavericks, Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington were the guys that I mentioned. I primarily know these two players for P.J. Washington for how they played against the City Thunder in the year that the Mavericks made the NBA finals and lost to the Celtics when they had Luka Doncic, of course. I fully remember P.J. Washington just being a splash zone, was able to just pop out and hit that three-pointer and he was spotting up in the corner and his three-level defense was very, very strong for Dallas. So I believe that this is just a desperation piece for Cleveland. Like this would be a piece not as like, oh, we're getting him because we're desperate as like, I would, I'm desperate to have a guy like P.J. Washington. Like I want him so bad on my team because of just, he is the perfect fit overall with his size and his skill set. So let's kind of look at his stats a little bit. Let's kind of look at his career. As I said, he is on Dallas currently, but Dallas is trying to make a new shift in their team with them now having Cooper Flagg to build around. That's kind of like their primary piece to flag. So P.J. Washington, you can see it here. The big things to notice, he's a 14-point scorer who can get seven to eight boards. He can play 31 minutes a game. He can get a block and a steal. This is one of the best role players in all of the NBA by far. And if he is going to be your backup power forward, you can now have Mario Hazonia as your backup three, Washington on your four. Assuming that if all plays out in my head, I can't assume that this is all going to play out, but I assume Max Cruz is going to be a part of a trade in some world. I think P.J. Washington is the epitome of a perfect backup power forward. I literally think that, I think he's better than guys like Ruby Hachimura who went to the Clippers and used to be on the Lakers and the Wizards. I think he is like that perfect piece. Now, as much as I would love him to start at the four, you would have to probably get rid of Jared Allen and move over to the five. So in my head, I play it out as if this is a trade detail that you would have to make. I think that if the Mavericks want a guy like Schroeder, you could trade Schroeder in a second or something, or maybe you would have to get rid of a guy like Proctor or Merrill, but you would have to do something. They're going to lose Clay Thompson. I actually think Merrill would be the trade piece but the problem is I don't think P.J. Washington is going to be the primary priority for the Cavaliers. I think that they're going to focus on Peyton Watson and I'm going to probably talk about it in a different video soon, but I think that Peyton Watson reportedly is going to be the primary focus for the Cleveland Cavaliers, which in my opinion is phenomenal. I think Peyton Watson is the best player that the Cavs have their eye on right now. I like DeRozan. I like P.J., although I don't know if they're linked with P.J. at all. They're just a team that fits for P.J., but anyways, I love DeRozan, Bruce Brown, Peyton Watson, Kuminga. I like all those guys. I truly believe in my heart that Peyton Watson is without a doubt the best player that the Cleveland Cavaliers have their eye on and if they were to make that trade, I think that it would really, really change their offensive scheme, would change their whole team, would change their personality because they do have a three that can play phenomenal defense is also tall and all that good stuff. So, but we're not talking about him today. We're talking about P.J. Washington, of course, although I'm not as serious on this guy as a reporter. This is something to note because I don't think that I think that he is literally just reporting what someone else reported. I don't think that he's wrong about this, but Evan Cidery mentioned the Mavericks are shopping P.J. Washington trade talks after Dallas signed Najee Marshall to a long-term extension plus prioritizing development for Morris Johnson Jr. Washington's role will change. He's under contract through 2030, averaging 22.2 million annually. So off my head, based on finances, a first round pick and Dennis Schroeder will get you close to the financial salary that you can get for P.J. Washington. Also, one thing to note that it's very, very appreciated as from us personally is that James Harden is currently holding out. They have a deal in place. Allegedly, they have a deal in place, the Cavs and James Harden, but he is actually waiting for the Cavs to be able to avoid the salary cap. So they can kind of just chill in to avoid the apron. James Harden doesn't have to sign yet. Then they can make a move for a guy like P.J. Washington, a guy like Peyton Watson. So this is what I think is 100% going to happen. I think what's going to happen is that truly, I think this is going to be the exact order. I think Peyton Watson is going to be option number one. So Peyton Watson is going to be the number one priority. Then I think Kuminga is going to be like your second look. I think if you do not get Peyton Watson, you are going to get Kuminga. I think if you get none of those three, I think they're going to look at a guy like P.J. Washington. I think that that's literally the borderline how it's going to go. I think DeRozan is in the mix a little bit, but I am almost certain, like almost certain I would bet my house that he is signing with Miami or no, I don't want to bet my house, but I don't bet anyways, but I would feel pretty confident about DeRozan signing with Washington or Miami just because those teams are putting more pressure into getting DeRozan while the Cavs don't seem like, they seem like they're interested in him, but they aren't really trying to get him. But I think that DeRozan and P.J. Washington are like last options because you're going to have to give up the most for P.J. So I don't think they want to do that. I think Kuminga is a guy that probably wants a lot, so they might avoid him. I think that the asking price for Peyton Watson is in a reasonable range that they can get him. And then I think that P.J. is just like also around that like Schroeder in a second or Schroeder in first is a terrible asking price, but the Cavaliers lack draft pedigree. Like they don't really have draft picks to give up. They don't really have available draft at all. They just don't. So the problem with the Cavs right now is that if you are going to commit to a win now team, you have to trade your picks, especially because I think that with Kobe Allman in his position, you're never going to win by the draft. But hypothetically, I should have wrote this down and gave it to you all, but I want to kind of break down what in my head a Cavs roster would look like if I can make it right now. Of course, I'm not a GM, but if I could do anything, it would be probably point guard, Harden, Mitchell, although I don't, I wouldn't like Harden that much. On a perfect roster, Harden would be my starting point guard, but hypothetically the Cavs roster next year, if you can make a couple moves, it'd be Harden, Mitchell, Peyton Watson, Mobley, Jared Allen. The backups would be Malik Thomas or Proctor slash Malik Thomas at the one, the other one at the two, Loki, just go Proctor at the one, Malik Thomas at the two, Tyson at the three, Hazonia at the four, and Thomas Bryant at the five. That's a realistic lineup. But including PJ Washington, I would genuinely have him at the backup four and then have Hazonia at the backup three, Tyson at the backup two, and then Proctor at the backup one, Malik Thomas can mix in a little bit too. I do not want Shrew on this team anymore. And Shrews, I like, but I don't think he's worth the contract. I think Peyton Watson is better for the Cavs and what they need. So, but let me know in the comments below what you guys think about PJ Washington. Should the Cavs try to make the move on him? Are they going to? That's totally up to you guys. I don't think they are going to do it. I don't think it's going to be really that possible because there's a lot of speculation around the Cavs this offseason. Let me know in the comments below what you think. Thank you all so much for the support. Comment on this video, like this video, share this with your friends. I am Matt Palangi, and thank you all so much for joining me on Cavs Digest.