Cavs finalise deal with former MVP Rose

THE Cleveland Cavaliers confirmed on Tuesday that free agent point guard Derrick Rose, the 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player, had signed a oneyear contract with the team.

The deal was widely reported on Monday, with multiple media outlets saying Rose had agreed to the veteran minimum salary of $2.1 million.

“We are very excited to be able to add a player of Derrick’s calibre and experience to the team,” newly named General Manager Koby Altman said in a statement.

“Derrick could have gone to a number of other teams, but his specific mindset, goals and total focus and commitment to winning are what resulted i n h i m s i g n i ng w it h t he Cavaliers.”

New General Manager Alt- ma n or ig i na l ly joi ned t he Cavs organisation in 2012 as a pro per son nel ma nager after a t wo-year stint on t he coachi ng sta f f at Columbia Universit y.

He became assistant to former General Manager David Griffin last September. He is the fifth GM for owner Dan Gilbert since 2005.

Rose met with Altman and ot her Cava l iers of f icia ls on Monday, just t hree days after meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers.

T h e o f t- i n j u r e d g u a r d passed medica l exa ms wit h Cavs doctors, Cleveland.com reported.

“I have a single focus and purpose of wanting to play to win,” Rose said in a statement. “Being part of a roster and organisation that shares that type of commitment mmitment and being able to playay with the Cavaliers and compete pete for a championship is thee only thing that matters for me.

“I am very happy to be in Cleveland and look forward to getting to o work.”

Rose, 28, averaged 18 points, 3.8 rebounds nds and 4.4 assists s on 47 percent shootinghooting from the e field in 64 games s for the New York k Knicks last season. on.

He was acquired in a trade e with the Chicago Bulls, but the 2016-17 -17 seas o n e n d e d i n another seasone n d i n g k n e e injury as Ro Rose hit free agency for the first time.

Curry completescom deal

Rose couldcou be paired with LeBron JamesJa as a potential replacem replacement for rising star Kyrie Irving,I who asked the CavaliersC to trade him during a recent mee meeting with team own owner Dan Gilbert. M Me a n w h i l e , t h e Gol Golden State Warriors a nn nnounced on Tuesday t that they had finalised a ra f t of free agent deals, including Stephen Curr y y’s contract reportedly w worth a whopping $201 m million. The W Warriors did not release t terms of their deals with Cu Curry, Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, Zaza Pacuhlia and David West.

But Curry’s agent told ESPN back on July 1 that the NBA’s two-time Most Valuable Player had agreed to terms on a new five-year deal that would be worth $201 million.

At the time it was the richest contract in NBA history, but the Houston Rockets have since signed James Harden to a $228 million extension.

Durant had already agreed to a two-year deal worth some $53 million. Iguodala’s contract was worth a reported $48 million over three years.

Reports put Pachulia’s oneyear deal at $3.5 million and Livingston’s three-year contract at $24 million.

West would be eligible for the veteran minimum of $2.3 million over one year.