The Cleveland Cavaliers, with $700,000 to spare under the salary cap and short on healthy guards, helped themselves with both problems Wednesday by signing free agent John Battle.
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Battle, a six-year veteran taken by the Atlanta Hawks in the fifth round of the 1985 draft, is coming off his most productive season.He finished the 1990-91 season for Atlanta with career-highs in every category, including averaging 13.6 points per game. His 85 percent mark from the free throw line was 19th best in the NBA.