NBA Transaction Log
Transaction log maintained by Wyn Douglas for NBA contract information.
Lester Hudson left the Cavaliers this week after the expiration of his second 10-day contract because, according to sources close to the situation, Hudson didn’t want to sign a deal with a team option for next season, as Cleveland preferred, unless he was receiving more guaranteed money in 2012-13.
Such contracts are commonplace around the league on late-season signings. Among the recent players to sign such two-year deals — which are offered to give teams an extra trade chip as much as anything because the second year of the contract is not fully guaranteed — are Boston’s Sean Williams; Charlotte’s Jamario Moon; Houston’s Courtney Fortson and Diamon Simpson; and the Cavaliers’ Manny Harris and Donald Sloan.
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