Max Strus traded to Cavaliers in $63 million deal

Max Strus will head to Cleveland after helping Miami get to the NBA Finals. His strong play boosted his stocks on the market and he is set to change teams.

Strus agreed a $63 million, four-year deal that was finalized Saturday by making the transaction part of a three-team trade, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.

Cavaliers will send Cedi Osman and Lamar Stevens to San Antonio while Miami gets future second-round draft compensation.

Free Agent guard Max Strus just signed a four-year, $63M deal with the Cavaliers this morning. Here’s how he got there:

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2013-14: Unranked high school senior, commits to play at D2 Lewis University (IL).

2014-16: Started all 33 games his sophomore season at Lewis, averaged… pic.twitter.com/zrRXOx1XtU

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Strus was a starter for Miami in its playoff runs in the past couple of seasons, including this past year’s trip to the finals against Denver and averaged a career-best 11.5 points per game.