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According to Shams Charania, the franchise remains in constant communication with the veteran and his agents as they look to reach a new deal and continue their partnership.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Cleveland is showing strong interest in two forwards on the free-agent market: restricted free agent Peyton Watson and unrestricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n<p>The trade that sent Dennis Schr\u00f6der to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Tre Mann has increased the Cavaliers\u2019 flexibility, making it more realistic for them to pursue further roster moves. Cleveland can now use that additional flexibility to strengthen the team ahead of next season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Cavaliers remain in constant communication with James Harden and his agents on a new contract to return to Cleveland while they strongly pursue two free agent forwards &#8212; restricted Peyton Watson and unrestricted Jonathan Kuminga &#8212; made more viable with Friday&#39;s trade.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2088351883727405368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Cleveland is working to keep the veteran and is also targeting two key free-agent forwards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":372531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[135],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-510090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-rumors-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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