Cavs keep a key piece by re-signing shooting guard Caris LeVert

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Caris LeVert with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2022. By Erik Drost – https www.flickr.com, CC BY 2.0, https commons.wikimedia.org.

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have re-signed guard Caris LeVert to a multi-year contract, Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts.

LeVert (6-6, 205) appeared in a career-high 74 games (30 starts) for the Cavaliers this past season, averaging 12.1 points, 3.9 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 30.3 minutes while shooting a career-high .392 (127-324) from the three-point line. LeVert, who was originally acquired by Cleveland in a trade with the Indiana Pacers on February 7, 2022, scored at least 20 points on 13 occasions and recorded 35 multi-three-pointers-made performances. In his 15 games as a starter, LeVert averaged 15.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 34.3 minutes.

The seven-year guard recorded multiple historical performances this past season, including a season-high 41-point performance in a win over Boston on Oct. 28. LeVert joined Donovan Mitchell (41PTS) in the game as the first pair of Cavaliers teammates with 40+ points in a regular season game in franchise history. On March 14 at Charlotte, LeVert became the second Cavalier in team history to record 22+ points, 7+ assists, 4+ rebounds, 4+ steals and 1+ block in 27 or fewer minutes (LeBron James on Jan. 23, 2015 vs. CHA). In his final 10 regular season games (since March 14), LeVert shot .527 (29-55) from the three-point line, the seventh-highest three-point percentage in the NBA over that span.

Over his NBA career, LeVert has appeared in 392 regular season contests (210 starts) with Brooklyn, Indiana and Cleveland, averaging 14.1 points, 3.9 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.06 steals in 28.1 minutes. He was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first round (20th overall) of the 2016 NBA Draft after four seasons at University of Michigan (2012-2016).

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