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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cleveland Cavaliers removed forward Tristan Thompson\u2019s likeness from their arena and online store Friday because of NBA rules.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA does not allow teams to generate revenue from players not under contract. Thompson did not sign a one-year qualifying offer with the Cavaliers by a Thursday deadline, making him a holdout for the start of training camp.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a result, Cleveland was forced to stop selling Thompson jerseys and removed any mentions of the forward from its home gym.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thompson has been embroiled with a contract dispute with the Cavs for almost all of free agency. After appearing close to signing for a five-year, $80 million deal, Thompson began asking for a max deal of five years, $94 million.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;MAHONEY: Thompson\u2019s worth to Cavs is complex issue&amp;nbsp;| East storylines&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thompson\u2019s agent Rich Paul reportedly lowered the request to three years, $53 million, which did not interest Cleveland. Thompson could have also signed the one-year qualifying offer and entered unrestricted free agency next summer.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fourth-year forward has a few options now that the deadline has passed. He can sign a deal with Cleveland anywhere from one to five years,&amp;nbsp;or Thompson could seek an two-to-four-year offer from a different team. Because Thompson is a restricted free agent, the Cavaliers would have the right to match any outside offer and keep him in Cleveland.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Thompson waits out the season without signing, he would become a restricted free agent again next July, which in theory gives Cleveland some leverage in negotiations.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;GOLLIVER: Grading John Henson\u2019s extension&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Central division grades&lt;/b&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photos: Sports Illustrated\u2019s Top 100 NBA Players of 2016&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;\u2013 Rohan Nadkarni&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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