CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
Most likely amnesty cut: Baron Davis
How likely to use amnesty this season? Jump ball
Other amnesty candidate: Antawn Jamison
Analysis: The Cavs dumping Davis has been widely regarded as one of the inevitabilities of the second amnesty wave in NBA history. Especially since the Cavs landed Kyrie Irving with the No. 1 overall pick in June and still have Ramon Sessions on the roster ... with Davis owed $13.9 million this season and $12.25 million of his $14.8 million salary in 2012-13 guaranteed even if he's waived by June 30, 2012.
Yet sources close to the situation insist, even more loudly than they did in our first extended amnesty discussion a few weeks ago, that the decision to dump Davis and hand the keys to Irving on Day 1 isn't nearly as automatic as outsiders presume. Sources told ESPN.com that the Cavs have tried to engage teams in Davis trade talks in recent weeks, while coach Byron Scott privately clings to the hope that the Cavs keep Davis to move him to 2-guard and put him in the same backcourt as Irving.
Sources with knowledge of Davis' thinking maintain that owner Dan Gilbert's fears that Davis will join Miami if he was released through amnesty and went unclaimed in the subsequent waiver process are unfounded, because Davis prefers at least three destinations (Knicks, Lakers, and Bobcats in a Charlotte reunion with former coach Paul Silas) to South Beach. But the Cavs are known to have little interest in cap space -- aiming to stockpile trade assets and future draft picks instead -- and are thus exploring every other option with Davis apart from amnesty.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7300507/nba-updated-amnesty-candidates-every-team