The Brooklyn Nets have interest in trading for JaVale McGee.

The Los Angeles Lakers traded McGee to the Cleveland Cavaliers this past offseason. 

Brooklyn has two roster spots open currently.

A previous report suggested the Nets could also have interest in Kevin Love, but that is virtually impossible due to Brooklyn's inability to match salary in a trade.

The Houston Rockets have agreed to acquire Kevin Porter Jr. from the Cleveland Cavaliers for a future protected second round pick.

The Cavaliers were prepared to waive Porter if they were unable to trade him.

Porter wa a first round pick in 2019.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will trade or waive Kevin Porter Jr. following a screaming match with team officials on Friday.

Porter was upset that his locker was moved to an auxiliary area to accommodate Taurean Prince.

Porter was told to clean out his locker and other members of the roster were informed he'd no longer be on the team.

The Cavaliers picked up an option in Porter's contract last month; he has one year at $1.7 million left on his deal.

Porter was arrested on Nov. 15 after a middle-of-the-night crash when he flipped his Mercedes SUV. In October, Porter raised alarms when he posted a black square on his Instagram with the message "Do you ever wish to see the end of your time?" After Cavs officials and teammates reached out, Porter deleted his Instagram account.

The NBA has postponed upcoming games on Sunday and Monday between the Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Wizards currently have had five players test positive for COVID-19. Between positive tests and contact tracing, the Wizards will not have eight available players. 

The Wizards last played on Monday, January 11th.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers will waive Thon Maker and Yogi Ferrell.

The Cavaliers participated in the multi-team James Harden trade by acquiring Jarrett Allen.

Talen Horton-Tucker is expected to receive interest from "multiple teams" in free agency with the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks specifically mentioned.

The Lakers can give Horton-Tucker a contract starting around $10.5 million while rival teams will be limited by the mid-level exception starting at approximately $9 million. A quirk in the cap, however, can allow for a third-year balloon payment worth as much as the maximum salary with a raise in the fourth. A rival team could pay Horton-Tucker $9 million in the first year, $10 million in the second year then jump to more than $32 million in the third year and $32 million in the fourth. The Lakers could match the deal.

“The way the rules are, I don’t see the Lakers letting him go,” one general manager told Heavy.com. “But teams can make this a more difficult decision for the Lakers than they’d like. Teams that have a lot of cap space and are looking to gamble on a young guy, why not put your money into him? The upside is obvious.”

The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed guard Yogi Ferrell to a 10-day contract.

The team was granted a hardship exception by the NBA in order to acquire Ferrell.

Ferrell (6-0, 180) played in 50 games for Sacramento last season, averaging 4.4 points in 10.6 minutes. In four NBA seasons, he owns career averages of 7.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 20.4 minutes over 249 games (53 starts) with Brooklyn, Dallas and Sacramento. Ferrell went undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team while a member of the Mavericks in 2017. The Greenfield, Indiana native played four years collegiately at Indiana University from 2012-16.

Darius Garland was held out of Monday night’s road game against the Magic with a right shoulder sprain. Garland experienced discomfort in the shoulder following the Cavs’ win on Jan. 2 at Atlanta. Further evaluation and an MRI on Tuesday confirmed the injury.

Garland could miss up to one week, but will be re-evaluated daily through treatment and rehabilitation. His status will be updated as appropriate.

Dante Exum is expected to miss one to two months with a strained right calf.

Exum was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers last season.

Exum has dealt with injuries in each of the past four season on top of missing the entire 15-16 season with a torn ACL.