Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Johnson remains a serious candidate to join Cleveland Cavaliers

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The Cleveland Cavaliers haven't relinquished their mission of accumulate back-end rotation help to "further the cause," a term general manager David Griffin recently used.

Brooklyn Nets veteran swingman Joe Johnson is still very much in play for the defending Eastern Conference champions, league sources informed cleveland.com.

Should Johnson, 34, obtain a buyout of his $25 million salary for the season, Cleveland would be his next destination, sources with knowledge of the dialogue insist to cleveland.com.

Brooklyn is aware of the ballpark figure it would take for Johnson to agree to a buyout, a source said. The way sources characterize the situation, Brooklyn has to decide whether they want to help the Cavaliers, or allow Johnson to play out his contract as is.

Johnson, I'm told, isn't overly concerned about whether a buyout is negotiated. His primary focus is just playing

. - See more at: http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/02/brooklyn_nets_guard_joe_johnso.html
 

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