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Rumor: Cavs Might Initiate Draft Day Trade Involving JR Smith to Hawks

Rumors came out on Wednesday night that can JR Smith and the Cavs were likely to part ways during or before the NBA Draft tonight.

Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders tweeted out that the Cavs could swap first round draft picks with the Hawks and have a deal that moves Smith to Atlanta and Kent Bazemore to Cleveland.

The Cavaliers might roll with the idea due to the fact that Kent Bazemore averaged 11.6 PPG, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.3 assists once 2018-19. Bazemore also has a career average of 8.7 PPG, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists throughout 483 games.

JR Smith only played in 11 games with the Cavs this past season but in his career has played in 971 games and averaged 12.5 PPG, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists.

Payton Vince is either talking about sports or watching sports. He covers sports for Metro Networks and is also a writer for LastWordOnSports.com. He grew up in Brooklyn Heights,Ohio for most of his life then around senior year of high school moved to Cleveland. A fan of the Cleveland Indians, Cavaliers, and a Pittsburgh Steelers, he graduated from Cuyahoga Heights High School (Class of 2014) and also graduated from the Ohio Center for Broadcasting in 2015. He bowled and played baseball in high school, and is a huge fan of independent wrestling and WWE, and can almost always find him at an independent show. Lastly, Payton is a backstage interviewer for Mega Championship Wrestling in Elyria, and is one of the three on ‘That Sports Show’ which airs daily from 2-4pm on AllSportsCleveland.com.

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