Cavs Trade Rumor: Why trading for Payton Watson is easier said than done

The long summer of the Cleveland Cavaliers being interested in a free-agent small forward, just for nothing to actually happen, continues. First, it was the endless speculation about LeBron James returning.

Then, there were rumors about a Jonathan Kuminga sign-and-trade. Now, we've moved on to speculating whether 23-year-old, 6'8" wing Peyton Watson could be coming to Cleveland.The Cavs remain one of the handful of teams continually linked to restricted free agent Watson.

Marc Stein's latest report reaffirms this. Stein notes that the Cavs are a "team to watch" with Watson and that the Cavs have been looking to send out Dennis Schroder and Max Strus to make a deal like that work.Watson is a restricted free agent.

The Cavs don't have cap space to make a significant offer in free agency. However, since they are currently below the first apron, they can execute a sign-and-trade.A sign-and-trade essentially allows them to sign Watson to a deal, and then t…

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