NBA News: Chris Grant Formally Introduced As Cleveland Cavaliers GM

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Not exactly the easiest summer for a new GM.

Grant is the 9th GM in team history and steps into a job where priority one is re-signing Lebron James and building a championship team around him.

Grant has been working with the Cavs under former GM Danny Ferry for 5 years. He was one of the key negotiators last summer in the contract situation with Anderson Varejao.

“Chris is not what you’d call a classic rookie GM,” Cavs owner Dan Gilbert said. “He had more experience than Danny did when we hired him five years ago. He’s very experienced and we feel very good about him. He’s very creative and smart and was instrumental in a lot of things we’ve done.”