Cavs waive former second-round pick
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been reshaping the middle and backend of their roster over the past week. They recently traded De’Andre Hunter for Dennis Schroder, Keon Ellis, and Emmanuel Miller, waived Chris Livingston, and signed Tristan Enaruna to a two-way spot.
That trend continued as ESPN’s Olgun Uluc reported late Saturday evening that the team is also waiving former second-round pick Luke Travers.
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The Cavs selected Travers with the 56th pick in the 2022 draft. He spent the next two seasons playing in Australia’s NBL before signing a two-way deal with Cleveland in August 2024.
Travers spent the majority of the last two seasons playing with the Cleveland Charge, the Cavs’ G League affiliate. This season, Travers averaged 18.1 points, nine rebounds, and 5.1 assists on .430/.284/.636 shooting splits with the Charge in 14 games.
Travers has struggled to make the transition to the NBA game. He’s a good team defender and rebounder, but hasn’t found his role on the offensive side. Travers doesn’t have the handle or athleticism to continually get to the basket, so he needed to develop as an outside shooter. So far, that hasn’t happened. Travers shot just 28.4% from three this season with the Charge and shot 26.2% the year before.
The offensive limitations kept him from getting meaningful minutes with the Cavs. He played just 24 games and 191 minutes in two seasons combined with the Cavaliers. Most of which were in garbage time.
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The Hunter trade included Miller, who was on a two-way deal with the Chicago Bulls. He will assume that same role with the Cavs and join Enaruna and Nae’Qwan Tomlin as Cleveland’s two-way players.
Tomlin will likely not be in that role for long. He’s eligible for just six more games with the Cavaliers under his current contract, which will presumably be converted to a standard deal once his eligibility runs out.
Miller spent most of his time with the Windy City Bulls this season. The 6’5”, 25-year-old forward is averaging 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game on .529/.354/.691 shooting splits.
