Day: August 28, 2024

The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to sign Luke Travers to a Two-Way deal. Travers was the 56th overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft and is represented by Daniel Moldovan.

Travers appeared in four Summer League games with the Cavaliers and averaged 8.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 23.2 minutes this year. Travers also appeared in Summer League in 2022 and 2023.

Travers appeared in 36 games last season with Melbourne in the NBL, averaging 12.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 27.0 minutes.

Host Danny Leroux, Kevin Pelton of ESPN and Seth Partnow of Penn Interactive go in-depth on the NBA’s Pacific Division.

They discuss how the Kings, Suns, Warriors, Lakers and Clippers fared in the off-season, including which teams improved and what moves stood out. The three also predict the season to come, including projected finish, breakout players and rookies they are most excited to see.

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Brandon Podziemski was mentioned regularly in trade discussions this summer. That came up most often between the Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz in talks that would have sent Lauri Markkanen to the Bay Area. However, the Warriors never had any intention of trading Podziemski.

“A lot of these other teams are calling about you,” Podziemski said Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. told him after a workout near draft night. “They want you, but you’re not going anywhere. You’re ours.”

Podziemski said he’s happy he stayed with the Warriors. The second-year guard recognizes the team’s investment in him, but Podziemski said that he’s just going to be himself vs trying to replace Klay Thompson.

“I think for me, anything in life, if you do something good, with good comes expectation,” Podziemski said. “I mean, I won’t go into games thinking about it. I just know what I’ve done all offseason. I know how much better of a player I’m going to be. Obviously, I have expectations for myself to perform. This is my job. But I don’t think there’s any nervousness to exceed expectations. I’m just going to be me.”