Once the Cavs become a tax team, they no longer have access to the full nontaxpayer mid-level exception worth about $15 million annually. Instead, the most they can offer any outside free agent is the taxpayer mid-level worth about $6 million annually.

Here is why teams such as the Rockets, Magic, and the Cavs are to be closely monitored in potentially tearing it all down.

That aftermath includes revelations that James, who signed with the Philadelphia 76ers earlier this week, met with Cleveland Cavaliers ownership and management including president of basketball operations Koby Altman and assistant general manager Brandon Weems at his home in Bath in early July, according to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are working to get James Harden back and they are also trying to get a wing to fill out the starting lineup. In this potential deal, they get their top offseason target.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast, host Ethan Sands and Cleveland Cavaliers beat reporter Chris Fedor discuss the Cavs’ latest offseason developments, including the anticipated signing of Mario Hezonja.

An Eastern Conference playoff team has Allen in its radar.

The Cavs, sources say, have been in touch with Kuminga’s representatives throughout the week, trying to determine whether there is a realistic financial pathway to a deal and what it would cost — both in salary and roster subtractions.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs have made their latest offseason addition. Sources tell cleveland.com that the organization has agreed to a one-year, $2.8 million contract with EuroLeague star swingman Mario Hezonja.