Larry Sanders

The Cleveland Cavaliers will interview former Milwaukee Bucks big man Larry Sanders on Wednesday.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavs will meet with free-agent big man Larry Sanders today but won't work him out on the court, a source told cleveland.com.

Sanders, 28, hasn't played since the 2014-15 season, when he was bought out of his contract with the Milwaukee Bucks after he apparently did not want to play pro basketball at that time in his life.

The Cavs, who have an open roster spot and a need for another post player, will talk to Sanders and test him physically, but he won't try out against players, a team source said.

There is nothing imminent on the trade front ahead of Thursday's deadline, a source said, but that could change at any moment.

Sanders is 6-11 and was the No. 15 pick of the Bucks in the 2010 draft. He was treated for anxiety and depression in 2015, and announced last month his intention to return to basketball.

In 233 career NBA games from 2010-11 to 2014-15, the Virginia Commonwealth product averaged 6.5 points and 5.8 rebounds. He shot 48 percent from the field.

His most productive season with the Bucks was 2012-13, when he played 71 games, averaging 9.8 points and 9.5 rebounds. He also was second in the league in blocks that season with 2.8 per game, and shot a career-high 50.6 percent from the field.

In April of 2014, the NBA announced it would suspend him five games for violation of the league's drug policy.

In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel after the suspension was announced, he defended his use of marijuana.

"It's something I feel strongly about, just to let you know something personal about me," Sanders said then. "I will deal with the consequences from it. It's a banned substance in my league. But I believe in marijuana and the medical side of it. I know what it is if I'm going to use it.

"I study it and I know the benefits it has.

". . . The stigma is that it's illegal. I hate that. Once this becomes legal, this all will go away. But I understand for my work it's a banned substance. I will deal with the consequences and I apologize again to my fans for that."