Nearly four weeks after the NBA’s free-agent period opened, Isaac Okoro is the only standard restricted free agent who remains unsigned . And with little cap room still available around the league and few teams seemingly inclined to use their full mid-level exception, the Cavaliers have “a ton of leverage” in their negotiations with the RFA forward, Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com stated in the latest episode of the "Wine & Gold Talk" podcast.
“The sense that I get in talking to a lot of people around the NBA, I’m not sure what the offer is specifically that the Cavs have made to Isaac, (but) they believe that it’s a fair offer. It’s a multiyear offer,” Fedor said (hat tip to HoopsHype ). “It’s what they think he’s worth based on the construction of this particular roster and based on the role that he’s going to have for this roster.
I don’t know exactly what the offer is that they have made, but the sense that I get in talking to people around the NBA is that it’s a multiyear offer in the annual range of $8 to $10 million." Fedor then elaborated on the topic. “If it gets to a point where Isaac and his people are looking for multiple years around $12 to $15 million," he said, "right around the mid-level exception, that’s not a number that the Cavs would be comfortable with moving forward.
” After signing Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell to lucrative new long-term extensions this offseason, the Cavs will have three maximum-salary players on their .