Cavaliers sign son of franchise legend

The Cavaliers are signing big man Pete Nance to a 10-day contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Cleveland is essentially rewarding a player already in its organization. Nance has averaged 13.5 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Cavs’ G League affiliate, the Cleveland Charge.

Nance went undrafted last year after spending four years at Northwestern and another with North Carolina. He was signed to an Exhibit 10 contract in September by the Cavs, then waived during training camp.

The Cavaliers needed to add another player to their 15-man roster after dropping to 13 players when they bought out Ricky Rubio, who announced his retirement earlier this month. NBA teams are required to have 14 players on standard contracts and the Cavs had a two-week deadline to fill Rubio’s roster spot.

Nance is the son of former Cavs legend Larry Nance and the younger brother of Larry Nance Jr., who spent parts of four seasons with Cleveland.