DeAndre Liggins Waived

Wow...must be for another big. Sullinger?

I'd be alright with this if they brought back Dahntay Jones or somebody else with proven veteran toughness. He was great in his small handful of minutes last year.

Wutt
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LeeBuckeye said:

This season has been a disaster filled with terrible coaching decisions (as well as personnel themselves), odd acquisition (we really are Phoenix Suns East) and injuries. I fully expect us to add Josh Smith so he can heave 3's in garbage time (Could've gotten Barnes if you wanted a veteran presence that wasn't a corpse). I'm beginning to re-think my stance on Griffin and think he may either choose to leave or not get the extension.

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Take a few deep breaths and relax.

He can play xbox for the rest of the season good for him.

Lord Mar said:

He can play xbox for the rest of the season good for him.

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Too soon

Czvosec said:

Sanders was never getting minutes this year. People need to give that dream up.

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I'm not saying he was. I was questioning the point of another big man heading into the post-season with less team-related experience.

No idea why Liggins was waived, but surely there was a better time to do this than shortly before tipoff of a road afternoon game... So much drama.

He might not have been as offensively talented as most of the squad but what he lacked he made up for in hustle. I am shocked by this move, someone has got to be on a flight to Miami right now to sign and play.


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wuck said:

No idea why Liggins was waived, but surely there was a better time to do this than shortly before tipoff of a road afternoon game... So much drama.

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There's also this, which gets back to IBWT's idea that it was an off court incident.

I find it amusing the number of people losing their shit over DeAndre Liggins and concluding David Griffin is incompetent. Have we heard from the front office yet as to reasoning/plans? Maybe reserve judgment til then?

I am certain that none of the loudest chicken littles are "in the know", yet this move was OBVIOUSLY an indication that the team's decision makers are rudderless and executing knee jerk transactions for the here/now without considering the context of collective behind the scenes issues... How do some of you handle REAL crises in your lives?

I said this a couple weeks ago, if Lue won't play Liggins then waive him and get someone Lue will play. This team needs defense and if Lue can't get over Liggins lack of offense, it's for the best to get someone in that can help this team.

From McMenamin:

ATLANTA -- In a surprise move with less than a week to go before the playoffs begin, the Cleveland Cavaliers made yet another tweak to the back end of their roster, waiving guard DeAndre Liggins, the team announced Sunday.

The timing of the decision, with just three games remaining in the regular season, was motivated by two factors, according to general manager David Griffin: creating a roster spot which the Cavs intend to fill by Wednesday’s deadline to add a player and have him be playoff eligible, and giving Liggins a chance to be claimed off waivers by another team before the regular season closes and have his current contract on their books for next year.

The question is what direction the Cavs will go with to find their 15th man. Will it be depth in the front court with Tristan Thompson set to miss his third consecutive game Sunday with a sprained right thumb? Will it be another point guard to back up Kyrie Irving in case his left knee continues to act up, as it did this past Friday against Atlanta, as further insurance alongside Deron Williams who has underwhelmed thus far? Would it be another wing player, adding to the glut of swingmen they already have coming off the bench in Richard Jefferson, Iman Shumpert, Kyle Korver, Derrick Williams and James Jones?

There are plenty of names that could be considered, from former Cavs Anderson Varejao and Dahntay Jones (who was signed on the final day of the regular season last year and went on to make spot contributions in the playoffs), to a former Miami Heat teammate of LeBron James in Mario Chalmers. A team source indicated to ESPN the Cavs had not settled on a final name yet, however they would be more likely to target someone who has played recently.

What is certain is that Liggins’ fate, which the guard learned Sunday morning at the team hotel after making the trip to Atlanta with the Cavs on Saturday, typifies the rocky season the defending champions have had.

Liggins, with season averages of 2.4 points and 1.7 rebounds per game, actually started 19 games after J.R. Smith injured his thumb and gave the Cavs’ defense a boost as he guarded opposing point guards to free up Irving to conserve some energy for the offensive end.

“Liggs gave us a lot,” coach Tyronn Lue said. “I think when J.R. went down we inserted him into the starting lineup to change our defense to get Kyrie off the ball and to pick up full court, be aggressive defensively -- he was really good for us. Hopefully he gets a chance to go somewhere else and get an opportunity to play.”

Damn. I liked Liggins.

Wild Thing comeback!