Cavaliers announce Jeff Green signing
The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed veteran forward
Jeff Green.
The Cavs announced the move on Tuesday after agreeing to terms on a deal for the veteran’s minimum last week. Green averaged 9.2 points and 3.1 rebounds for the Orlando Magic last season and will give the Cavaliers some depth in the frontcourt.
Green turn 31 in August. He has averaged 13.5 points and 4.7 rebounds during his career. Green has appeared in 38 postseason games, most recently with the Clippers in 2015-16.
The No. 5 overall pick by Seattle in 2007 out of Georgetown, Green averaged career lows in points, rebounds and shooting rate (39.4 percent) for the Magic last season.
The Cavaliers will be his sixth NBA team.
Nuggets waive Miller
The Denver Nuggets have waived 37-year-old shooting guard Mike Miller. The team announced the news on its Twitter account Tuesday.
Miller played only 20 games last season as he served more of a coaching role from the bench for a Nuggets team that missed out on the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Over his career, Miller also played for Cleveland, Memphis, Miami, Washington, Minnesota and Orlando. He suited up in 1,032 games and averaged 10.6 points.
Miller was the sixth man of the year in 2005-06 while with the Grizzlies. He averaged 13.7 points that season and made 138 3-pointers.
In addition, Miller was named to the All-Rookie team in 2000-01 after being taken with the fifth overall pick by the Magic.
Pelicans sign Jackson
The New Orleans Pelicans say they’ve signed former Duke guard Frank
Jackson, who was the first pick in the second round of last month’s NBA draft.
According to the Associated Press, the contract spans three years at the NBA minimum salary with the first two years guaranteed, meaning a minimum of more than $2 million.
New Orleans made a draft-night trade with Charlotte to acquire Jackson, taken by the Hornets 31st overall. New Orleans sent draft rights to the 40th overall pick, Dwayne Bacon, and cash to Charlotte in the deal.
The 6-foot-4 Jackson spent one season at Duke, averaging 10.9 points
Former exec auctioning off MJ items
Many of the Michael Jordan sports memorabilia items
Bill Schmidt collected over the years “sat in the back of my mind and my attic,” he said. Now, many of them will belong to others.
Schmidt, the former vice president of worldwide sports marketing for Gatorade, is auctioning more than four dozen Jordan-related pieces on the Steiner Auctions Block called “Rare Air Artifacts.”
A noteworthy item in the collection: Nike Air Jordan game-used autograph size 13 sneakers from the 1992-93 season (bidding as of Tuesday morning was at $2,860).