Cavs plan to sign 13-year veteran Anderson Varejao for rest of season

13-year NBA veteran Anderson Varejao plans to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the remainder of the season, sources tell TheAthletic and Stadium. Varejao is returning to the franchise with which he’s spent 12 decorated years.

Source: Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter)

ANALYSIS: This move comes as quite the head-scratcher considering Varejao hasn't played in the NBA since the 2016-17 season when he was with Golden State. It's possible Cleveland is just looking for Varejao to provide some locker room leadership to a young Cavs team as the season comes to a close, but you never know, we could end up seeing Varejao on the court for Cleveland within the next two weeks.

The 38-year-old has career averages of 7.3 points and 7.2 rebounds on 51% shooting from the field.