NBA free agency news and rumors: Andrew Bynum to meet with Hawks; Cavs wait for decision

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers should know soon if they have added two-time NBA champion Andrew Bynum to their roster.

Before Bynum makes his decision, he will travel to Atlanta to meet with the Hawks.

His decision could be made Tuesday later in the day, according to Ken Berger of CBSSports.com.

But Mary Schmitt Boyer of The Plain Dealer tweets the Dallas Mavericks still expect to meet with Bynum tomorrow.


Bynum met with the Cavaliers Monday in Cleveland.

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting the Cavaliers offered the free-agent center a two-year, $24 million-plus, incentive-based contract. He also mentions the Cavaliers are already reaching out to other free-agents in case Bynum decides to go elsewhere.

Cleveland wants a team option on a second contract year to protect it against losing Bynum to 2014 free agency should his damaged knees heal enough to allow him to make a resurgence this season. The incentives of a possible Bynum contract could include minimal hurdles of completing training camp and reaching minutes and games-played plateaus in the regular season, league sources said. Bynum's camp has been shopping for one-year, high-money deals that would allow him to hit the market again next year, sources said. For the Cavaliers, the possibility of a Bynum reclamation project taking shape in Cleveland, coupled with All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, could be the cornerstones of a recruiting pitch to bring back LeBron James in the summer of 2014."

Bynum last played during the 2011-12 season in Los Angeles with the Lakers, averaging 18.7 points per game and grabbing 11.8 rebounds. He sat out last season with the Philadelphia 76ers due to persistent knee trouble. The Cavaliers are already reaching out to other free-agents in case Bynum decides to go elsewhere. Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports writes:

Bynum, 25, left Cleveland to travel to Atlanta to meet with Hawks officials, and Cleveland has begun to engage free agents Andrei Kirilenko and Elton Brand on possible one-year deals that would preclude the Cavaliers from the ability to sign Bynum, league sources said.

Randy Foye to Nuggets in sign-and-trade deal The Nuggets have agreed to separate sign-and-trade deals that will land them guard Randy Foye from the Utah Jazz and send Andre Iguodala to the Golden State Warriors, a person familiar with the decision said Monday. The Associated Press reports:

The Warriors had planned to sign Iguodala to a four-year, $48 million deal as a free agent last week. Instead, the restructured deal will give Golden State more salary cap flexibility, deliver Denver a $9 million trade exception and help Utah build for the future with expiring contracts and draft picks.

Other NBA free agency news and rumors: Raja Bell works out for Knicks, impresses for roster consideration (RealGM.com) Rasheed Wallace is about to join the Detroit Pistons as an assistant coach (Yahoo! Sports) Will Bynum to re-sign with Pistons (The Detroit News) Warriors to sign Marreese Speights (ESPN.com) Lakers, Chris Kaman agree to deal (ESPN.com)

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2013/07/nba_free_agency_news_and_rumor_8.html

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