Reports: Cavaliers near three-year deal to keep Alonzo Gee

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Alonzo Gee was one of those guys waiting for a better offer — one that he thought matched his potential — that was just not going to come. Sometimes that’s how the system works. So he took the one on the table.

Cleveland is near a deal to keep Gee for three years at about $10 million, a story broke by Cleveland television personality (on Channel 8) John Telich and confirmed by Sam Amico of Fox Sports, who added this deal has been on the table for a while.

And it’s not really a shock. Gee is a guy with potential — he scored 10.6 points in 29 minutes per game with the Cavaliers last season. He wasn’t very efficient doing it, shooting 41.2 percent, but he’s young, he’s athletic, he has the gifts to make a good two guard/swingman in the league. Some scouts think he can grow into the role.

Which is why teams considered rolling the dice on him. Phoenix was reportedly interested, as were others. But nobody was going to pay more than about $4 million a year for the potential of Gee, and Cleveland would have matched that (Gee was a restricted free agent). So teams moved on and looked elsewhere. And Gee had to finally turn to the Cavaliers offer on the table.

The Cavaliers have rookie and No. 4 pick Dion Waiters at the two, and they have some swingmen in Omri Casspi and C.J. Miles. Which is to say they have some young, developing players on the wing. The minutes will go to the guys who grab them.

 

[Amare]

good deal for him and Cavs, he's a good role player.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

He's always been a decent role player. This is a good deal for both sides.

 

[Pugz]

hes not going to be anything more and the fact theyre so loaded on the wing is going to make it hard for him to fight more minutes. wish him well though, he could go on to have a decent career.

 

[Elite]

He's a beast in my Kyrie CAL, catches the sickest oops and gets 15 a night

Tell Kyrie to study my 2K game film to maximize his potential

 

[ItsFav]

Hopefully they agree to a deal at some point.

Miles should be the starter, Gee plays the 6th man role like he started out.

Gonna be way better at SF then we were last year since Walton and Casspi wont play that much.

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