The Cavaliers Are One Step Closer to Signing LeBron James After Pulling Off a Trade Involving Jarrett Jack

The Cavaliers traded Jarrett Jack to the Nets earlier today, freeing up enough salary cap space to offer LeBron James a contract this summer.

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The Cavaliers are clearly going all-in when it comes to trying to win the LeBron James sweepstakes this summer.

A short time ago, the Cavs reportedly agreed to send Jarrett Jack and Sergey Karasev to the Nets and Tyler Zeller and a future first-round draft pick to the Celtics in exchange for…well, essentially nothing. As part of the deal, the Nets will also send Marcus Thornton to the Celtics and the Cavs will receive a second-round draft pick from either the Celtics or Nets at some point in the future. But the Cavs may have gotten the best of this deal because, by trading Jack, they have freed up enough salary cap space to allow them to offer LeBron James a contract. And it could very well result in King James bringing his talents back to Cleveland.

Who knew that Jarrett Jack would play such a vital role in the Cavs' pursuit of LeBron? We'll have to wait and see if this trade ends up paying off in the end for the team.

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[via ESPN]

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