We don’t talk much about “holdouts” in the NBA, but the Cleveland Cavaliers and Tristan Thompson seemed headed towards a serious contract impasse.
According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, Thompson is likely to miss the Cavs media as we head towards a Thursday deadline to sign his qualifying offer.
Cavs & Tristan Thompson did not come to a contract agreement over the weekend & he is not expected to be at today's media day, sources said
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) September 28, 2015
Neither Cavs or Thompson are framing situation as "hold out" because he has until Thursday, which is Oct. 1, to sign $6.9M qualifying offer
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) September 28, 2015