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Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Cleveland Cavaliers own the 49th and 58th picks in next week’s NBA Draft. Whether or not they use either or both picks remains to be seen. What we do know is that they’re bringing in prospects for workouts. According to Chris Fedor of cleveland.com, the Cavs brought in Brooks Barnhizer, AJ Clayton, Jaxson Robinson, and Amari Williams for workouts. #Cavs had an interesting group of prospects in for a pre-draft workout today.

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Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The Cleveland Cavaliers have two late second-round picks they can use to improve their roster. There’s speculation as to whether they’ll use both or either of them. But if they do, they have the opportunity to grab a traditional center, like Viktor Lakhin, to bolster their front-court depth. Lakhin is a 6’11”, 245 lb. big from Russia. He played three seasons at Cincinnati before transferring to Clemson for his final season.

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David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Winning is expensive in the NBA, or at least, attempting to do so with a veteran roster is. The Cleveland Cavaliers will be a second-apron team this upcoming season. That comes with its own penalties for team building. But the biggest may be the luxury tax bill Cleveland’s ownership group will have to pay if they want to run it back next year. As it stands, Cleveland’s luxury tax bill for next season is projected to be just under $98 million, according to Spotrac.

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Matthew Smith-Imagn Images The Orlando Magic made the first big move of the offseason by sending out four first-round picks to acquire Desmond Bane from the Memphis Grizzlies. Even if you think this was an overpay, you can’t deny that the Magic will be a better team next season because of the move. They’re also better suited now to match up with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Let’s take a look at what this all means for the Cavaliers. This never seemed like a trade that would actually happen.

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Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t trading for Kevin Durant. The second apron makes it functionally impossible for them to take on Durant’s $51 million contract. There’s no reason to give a hypothetical deal where he ends up in Cleveland any thought. However, that doesn’t mean the Cavs can’t benefit from the Phoenix Suns trading Durant.