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5th year power forward Tristan Thompson has proposed a 3 year / $53 million deal and will wait to see if the Cavs will agree on the terms. Thompson averaged 8.5 points and 8 rebounds a game this past season while primarily coming off the bench. During the NBA Finals Thompson averaged 9.6 points and 10.8 rebounds in the losing effort. During negotiations, Thompson's camp was asking for the max contract of 5 years / $94 million dollars.   Tristan Thompson is a back-up power forward and will be making $17.6 million dollars next season if this contract stands. This is a problem. For one, Thompson doesn't even average a double-double and even if you look at his stats per 36 minutes its still only 11.4 points and 10.8 rebounds per. Those numbers are not worth $17.6 million. The problem with the Cavs in the NBA Finals outside of injuries was lack of low post scoring. It was so bad that LeBron had to play power forward and center during long stretches of the game. Tristan Thompso

The Lakers sign 35 year old veteran Metta World Peace to a 1-year non guaranteed deal. World Peace, who last saw NBA action during the 2013-'14 season, will be the 19th Laker added to the offseason roster. During his 4 seasons in L.A. World Peace won a championship in 2010 and averaged 9.9 points, 4 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game. Why did the Lakers sign Metta World Peace? The past 2 season World Peace was in China and Italy and did nothing impressive to warrant another NBA contract. There are a lot of young players on this roster such as Julius Randle, D'Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson. How would World Peace fit in with them chemistry wise? Metta hasn't actually been the "model teammate" throughout his career and with the Kobe Bryant intimidation factor already into play, this might make things worse. On top of that why would you bring in a player that will bring a limited contribution to an already struggling team, while taking minutes away from players t