At the last minute — literally the day of the start of training camp — Mo Williams told Cleveland he was going to retire and will not be Kyrie Irving’s backup point guard.
With all due respect to Kay Felder, the Knicks need a new backup point guard. They have started to reach out, reports Joe Varden at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.While Griffin said he felt “comfortable” with the Cavs’ current point guard situation -- behind Kyrie Irving now is only rookie Kay Felder -- the team has on its radar free agents Norris Cole, Mario Chalmers, and Kirk Hinrich.
The Cavs have been in contact with all three players this summer, a source said, in anticipation of Williams’ move.
LeBron hasn’t yelled at anyone on the court in a long time, having Chalmers back on his team might be a nice release for him. Chalmers and Cole have experience playing with LeBron before in Miami, and both are athletic enough to play up-tempo like coach Tyronn Lue likes.
While all three of those come with flaws, they would be playing limited minutes behind Irving and would make reasonable backups (so long as they accepted their roles). Certainly upgrades over Felder. Expect the Cavaliers to make a signing before too long.
