Trail Blazers waive Brendan Haywood
Brendan Haywood's brief tenure with the Portland Trail Blazers has come to an end.
The Blazers waived Haywood - and his non-guaranteed, $10.5-million contract - on Thursday, four days after acquiring him as part of a salary dump/trade-exception flourish from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Portland was never expected to hang onto Haywood, and Friday represented the deadline by which he needed to be waived before his contract became fully guaranteed for 2015-16.
The 35-year-old center averaged 1.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in 22 games for the Cavaliers last season.
Sadly, the Blazers waiving Brendan Haywood brings to an end the period where he was technically the team's highest-paid player.
— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) July 30, 2015
In exchange for temporarily taking him off Cleveland's hands, the Blazers picked up two second-round draft picks, as well as shooting guard Mike Miller, who is also expected to be waived.