Manny Harris Waived, Mychel Thompson Gets Last Roster Spot

by Conrad Kaczmarek on Dec 22, 2011 3:35 PM CST in 2011-12 Season Preview

The Cavaliers made a relatively surprising move on Thursday afternoon by announcing that Manny Harris has been waived and Mychel Thompson will be the 15th man on the roster.

Mychel Thompson and Manny Harris were competing for the last spot as backup SG on the Cavaliers roster throughout the abbreviated preseason. Unfortunately for Harris, he suffered a foot injury and has been unable to participate in training camp and preseason games. From what I hear, he is still a few weeks away from being able to play. I really liked the potential that Manny showed last season and think he deserved a shot. I guess the Cavaliers front office disagreed.

The Cavs roster currently sits at the designated 15 players and will remain that way unless there are further roster transactions. Hopefully we'll get a statement from Byron Scott and Chris Grant to better explain why they chose to go with Thompson over Harris.

Editor Note: I posted this a little while ago and have now given it more thought. I don't like this move at all. Mychel Thompson showed me very little in the preseason games. Granted, I am not at training camp practices to see him, but from what I saw, it was pretty "meh". Manny Harris showed that he could be pretty useful for an NBA team. Don't like this move at all.

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From what I saw of Mychel Thompson in the preseason I wasn’t very impressed either. And I liked what I saw in Manny Harris at times last year. I’m with you Conrad.

Although it kinda makes sense because Thompson is more of a defensive guy and this is a Byron Scott team.

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by Danny7185 on Dec 22, 2011 7:52 PM CST reply actions

If you’re a SG and getting waived by the Cavs, I’d imagine your NBA life is going to be very short.

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by johnf34 on Dec 22, 2011 8:37 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Shame. I was excited to see Harris this season. He had some quick feet.

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by Heavysoviet on Dec 22, 2011 8:54 PM CST reply actions

This gets a big whatever from me. Let’s be honest, Manny was probably never part of the future.

by ahowie on Dec 22, 2011 11:54 PM CST reply actions

any thoughts on picking up Mickael Pietrus? He just got waived and might help our 2 guard situation

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by Gabe Durrant on Dec 23, 2011 11:16 AM CST reply actions

Yeah, sure why not? He plays good defense. Don’t know if he’d want to come to Cleveland over a contender…but it’s probably worth a shot.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Dec 23, 2011 2:18 PM CST up reply actions

I especially liked when this Thompson guy got blocked twice in a row on three point shots during the preseason game in Detroit. Who does that?

by Sakman on Dec 23, 2011 9:06 PM CST reply actions

I doubt he’ll be on the roster by the All-Star Break.

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by johnf34 on Dec 23, 2011 9:48 PM CST up reply actions

But who replaces him?

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Dec 23, 2011 11:32 PM CST up reply actions

I hope we make a trade for some more muscle and height. Could still use a center.

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by Heavysoviet on Dec 24, 2011 1:11 AM CST up reply actions

Who cares? It doesn’t matter. Whoever is that 15th guy won’t make an impact.

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by johnf34 on Dec 24, 2011 10:14 AM CST up reply actions

the 15th roster spot is never something to fret over too much. More than likely, this spot gets rotated in between waiver pick ups and/or D-League transactions.

by talonk on Dec 24, 2011 10:05 AM CST reply actions

BINGO

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by johnf34 on Dec 24, 2011 10:14 AM CST up reply actions

Manny Harris

Chris Grant and Byron Scott were stupid to re-sign an old guy like Anthony Parker and cut Manny Harris, a young guy with lots of potential. He has good size for a guard, is fast, can shoot from the outside, and can penetrate, draw the defense to him, then dish to an open teammate. This is an IDIOTIC move and I bet Manny Harris will become a quality player and make the Cavs regret this action. It makes me sincerely doubt the intelligence of Grant and Scott if they get rid of a young guy who might become a good player for years. We need to build around young guys like Irving, Thompson, Samuels, Eyenga, and Harris. Anthony Parker is a good player and a good guy but he’s old and will be out of the league in a year or two. Manny Harris might still be in the NBA ten years from now.

by CavsFanInCincinatti on Dec 26, 2011 1:09 PM CST reply actions