Another big man is on the market, although he isn’t all that good.
Ryan Hollins was waived today by the cleveland Cavaliers, who apparently saw enough good things out of rookie Tristan Thompson in his two starts at center to deem the 7-foot Hollins expendable.
Hollins is the second player waived by the Cavs in the past few days. They also released shooter Jason Kapono, who was acquired from the Los Angles Lakers in the Ramon Sessions deal.
Players now dangling on the waiver wire also include J.J. Hickson, who was let go by the Sacramento Kings after they surrendered a past No. 1 pick (Omri Casspi) and a future No. 1 pick to acquire him, Ronny Turiaf, who was cut loose by Denver following the Nene-JaVale McGee trade, and Derek Fisher, who was bought out by the Houston Rockets after they acquired him in the trade that sent Jordan Hill to the Lakers for a No. 1 draft pick.
Hollins, 27, averaged 3.7 points on 50 percent shooting and 2.3 rebounds in 15.1 minutes over 24 games (seven starts) this season. He has career averages of 4.2 points on .554 shooting and 2.3 rebounds in 13.2 minutes per game in 299 games (54 starts). Hollins, an athletic big man, was unable to give enough consistent output to warrant regular playing time.
Thompson had 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavs in their 105-100 victory over New Jersey on Monday night.