SEPTEMBER 22: The Cavaliers have officially signed Valentine, according to NBA.com’s transactions log. As previously relayed, the contract is reportedly partially guaranteed in year one and non-guaranteed in year two.
SEPTEMBER 10: The Cavaliers are signing swingman Denzel Valentine to a two-year contract, Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tweets.
Valentine’s interest in Cleveland had previously been reported.
Valentine, 27, spent the first five years of his NBA career in Chicago. He had a promising 2017/18 season (10.2 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.2 APG, .386 3PT%), but missed all of the ’18/19 campaign due to an ankle injury and has provided inconsistent production since that point.
The news that Cleveland is bringing in Valentine coincides with the team deciding to waive Damyean Dotson. Valentine will compete for minutes at the shooting guard and small forward spots.
This is an amazing signing. I’d like to see how he plays alongside Lauri. I feel like the Cavs are getting real creative
Lol..he is trash..i dont want see him in bulls team anymore…
Considering the fact that Lauri and Denzel have been teammates for the past 5 seasons, I’m chalk this up to sarcasm…
It felt like only a matter of time before this happened. I like this match for both sides.
They needed shooting at the 2/3, although that was before getting rid of Dotson. I personally thought they should have signed TLC before he got the camp deal with Atlanta, but Valentine was probably 2nd behind him there, if you had to choose only 1, although there was an argument to grab both. I do wonder how they will figure out their rotation, with all the bigs they added, and moving Nance
You do mean, Damyean Nissan, don’t you?
Well played.
Have fun, Cavs fans. There’s a reason us Bulls fans are glad he’s gone; dude provided nothing of substance on the court.
Good fit for him terrible player terrible franchise.
4 finals in a row, 5 in total… yeah, I hear you terrible franchise!
BTW your team (POR) hasn’t even been 4 times in the finals in like 50 years, right?