Cleveland Cavaliers And Brooklyn Nets Make G League Trade

The Cavs and Nets made a G League trade.

Jan 30, 2017; Dallas, TX, USA; A view of the Cleveland Cavaliers logo on the shorts of Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the game against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks defeat the Cavaliers 104-97. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports / Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Tray Maddox Jr. is coming off a year where he played in the G League for the Cleveland Charge and Osceola Magic.

He finished the regular season with averages of 4.5 points and 1.0 assists per contest while shooting 37.3% from the field and 33.3% from the three-point range in 20 games.

Recently, the Charge announced that they have traded Maddox Jr. to the Long Island Nets.

Via The Cleveland Charge on August 29: "TRADE: We've sent the rights to G Tray Maddox to the Long Island Nets in exchange for the rights to G Trey McGowens"

TRADE: We've sent the rights to G Tray Maddox to the Long Island Nets in exchange for the rights to G Trey McGowens #ChargeUp

— Cleveland Charge (@ChargeCLE) August 29, 2024

On the other hand, McGowens spent the year with the College Park Skyhawks and Long Island Nets.

He averaged 10.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest while shooting 50.6% from the field and 42.3% from the three-point range in 14 G League regular season games.

Trey McGowens 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨 pic.twitter.com/53EItxQ0wH

— Long Island Nets (@LongIslandNets) February 14, 2024

Neither player has appeared in an NBA game, so it will be interesting to see if one of them gets a two-way (or 10-day) contract at some point during the 2024-25 season.

Trey McGowens 🤯 My goodness! @Raptors905 pic.twitter.com/SR7lv3lx3f

— NBA G League (@nbagleague) December 8, 2023

The Cavs are coming off a season where they were the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 48-34 record.

They lost to Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA playoffs (in five games).

Long Island Nets have acquired the rights to 6'6" guard Tray Maddox, the 34th pick in the 2023 draft, from the Cleveland Charge in exchange for the rights to guard Trey McGowens.

— NetsDaily (@NetsDaily) August 30, 2024

As for the Nets, they were the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 32-50 record.

They missed the NBA playoffs for the first time since the 2018 season (six years ago).