Having addressed a position of need and brought back their veteran floor general, the Cleveland Cavaliers seem to be good to go for the foreseeable future. They boast more flexibility than they had the last season-and-a-half, but their cap sheet is full of deals that extend beyond this year. 

Watson, and soon to be Harden, will be the latest on the books with multiyear contracts. It's not just five players in the core, too, as Sam Merrill, Tyrese Proctor, and Meleek Thomas are on long-term deals, two of which are rookie scale. Jaylon Tyson has a team option for 2027-28, and he will be extension-eligible next July.

Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman deserves credit for helping transform a second-apron team with roster redundancies into a retooled group with more flexibility, fit, and contractual stability within a year.

Yes, he was responsible for a not-so-banner year on the books, but he also got out of the hole in a short amount of time. Plus, it's not as if an Eastern Conference Finals appearance is anything to scoff at.

In the latest episode of Courtside with Cavs, Spencer German and I discussed Altman's efforts last week and Cleveland's outlook moving forward. 

Reshaping, tweaking the roster in this way, I feel like it's his way of trying to remedy what happened in the span of a year. That's difficult to do. When you're in the second apron, and you have all of these contracts coming up, that's hard. You had to get Donovan Mitchell locked up and did that. You had to get Harden locked up and did that. Evan Mobley also got that extension starting last year. Jarrett Allen still has a few years left on his deal.

You look at most of the salaries on this team, and they are locked in. This is a team that's going to be together for at least a couple of years. I do not think there will be too many moves after this, and this is how they will look. Craig Porter Jr.'s deal is non-guaranteed; if they were to waive him, that would be one thing they could do. Sam Merrill obviously has a tradeable contract, but Kenny Atkinson loves him. But looking at the deals, four to five guys, everyone's making $20 million or above. I don't see many other moves happening.

While Cleveland will always be looking for ways to improve, any transactions moving forward, particularly this season, will likely be marginal. For example, looking for a Cam Whitmore taker is the level of trade discussion we could see more than another Watson-like blockbuster.

The Cavs are banking on this version to achieve great things. We'll see if they can build off their East Finals appearance last season.