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Ohhhh **** that..........$82Mil???? Are you serious? The guys a #2 on any team at best...we've just committed salary cap suicide. All this good work getting Brand just to do this... I'm ropeable!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahaha! U may be ropeable!!!
But I think its awesome!!!
U hate the guy, but I dont!!!
Look at his stats from his first 4 years to Kobe's stats of his first 4 years, and they're basically identical!!!
He has alot of growing up game wise to do, but I believe he can do it!!!
With Brand on the team now, its good!
We have a bunch of classy up and coming players plus a veteran!!!
Cant waIT FOR THE NEXT SEASON!
ESPN.com said:Cleveland, Milwaukee and Oklahoma City have agreed in principle to a six-player trade that could add a much-needed second scorer to LeBron James' Cavaliers.
Mo Williams, the high-scoring point guard from Milwaukee, will go to Cleveland in the deal, which should be announced later Wednesday.
The 6-foot-1 Williams averaged 17.2 points and a team-high 6.3 assists for the Bucks last season.
Cleveland will send shooting guard Damon Jones to Milwaukee and forward Joe Smith to Oklahoma City.
Milwaukee also will get point guard Luke Ridnour and forward Adrian Griffin from Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City, formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, also gets Desmond Mason, the athletic small forward, from the Bucks.
Since joining the Cavaliers in 2003-04, James has not had a teammate who averaged as much as 17 points per game. But Williams has done so the past two seasons, averaging a career-high 17.3 points in his breakout season of 2006-2007.
The acquisition of Williams may spell the end of Delonte West's brief tenure in Cleveland. The Cavaliers have been embroiled in contract talks with West, a free agent who became their starting point guard after being traded from Seattle last February.
While Williams, 25, will definitely be Cleveland's starting point guard, a person close to the situation said the Cavaliers still will look to re-sign West, a 6-4 combo guard who could start beside Williams in the backcourt. Milwaukee and Oklahoma City view the trade largely as a salary dump.
The Bucks, who traded former lottery pick Yi Jianlian to New Jersey for Richard Jefferson earlier this summer, get rid of the five years, $43 million left on Williams' contract while taking on Jones and Griffin, both of whom are in the last year of their deals. Ridnour has just two years, $13 million remaining on his contract.
As for Oklahoma City's acquisitions, Smith and Mason also are in the final year of their deals.
Chris Broussard is a writer for ESPN The Magazine.
Anyone see the 6-player, 3 Team deal that went down with Cleveland, Milwaukee & Oklahoma??
Cavs get Mo Williams (Milwaukee)
Milwaukee get Damon Jones (Cleveland), Luke Ridnour & Adrian Griffin (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma get Joe Smith (Cleveland) & Desmond Mason (Milwaukee)
The way I read it, Oklahoma already have a forward line, so Smith won't see many minutes, perhaps just a filler, and a veteran in the locker room.
Desmond Mason returning to the (then) Sonics squad, might provide scoring assistance?
Milwaukee salary relief, and a Point Guard who can perform, but will he (Ridnour)??
Cleveland pickup a decent Point in Williams. Looks like Cleveland trying everything to help Lebron stay.
With Lebron tho, it's kinda hard to have a Pass-first PG, same with Kobe, and same with when Jordan was around.
All these players' game-styles demand they have the ball most of the time, as they create their own shots.
Haha don't hate him RhysHe's a very good all round player but not worth that money. The guy simply doesn;t have an $82Mil game. His last season was good, but then why wouldn;t it be? He had no competition for the ball and it was his team. The guy just does not have the skills/tools to carry a team though as was shown in the playoffs. IMO he's peaked already unless he grows a heart.
Again, I don;t hate him! He's a quality #2 option, but that's what he is, a #2 option and I don;t see why we're paying him like a franchise player.
DallasNews said:George and the Mavericks reached an agreement Wednesday on a two-year contract worth about $4 million, according to Mark Bartelstein, George's agent. Bartelstein said the deal includes a player option for George to return to free agency after next season.
"He's excited about returning to the Mavericks," Bartelstein said. "He's excited about playing for [new coach] Rick Carlisle. Rick made a great impression on him and came to visit him a couple of times."
George, who will turn 31 on Aug. 29, fills one of two remaining open roster spots for the Mavs. He was on their roster last season for about $2.3 million.
George, a 6-8 guard/forward, averaged 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds in 53 games last season. George has averaged 5.8 points and 3.3 rebounds over nine NBA seasons (the first seven with the Los Angeles Lakers).
More than a half dozen other teams had shown interest in George in free agency. He appeared to be heading elsewhere as the Mavericks' roster begin to fill and after his controversial refusal in February to be included in a trade with the New Jersey Nets for Jason Kidd.
Fans booed George during a Feb. 13 game for not wanting to be included in a deal that eventually was worked out days later but ended up costing Mavs owner Mark Cuban more than $11 million extra. Cuban didn't immediately return an e-mail Wednesday requesting comment.
Mavericks president Donnie Nelson told The News earlier this month that fans shouldn't "hold out a lot of hope" of re-signing George because they were so far apart of the numbers.
But Bartelstein said "there was an interest on both sides all along to keep him in Dallas.
"We just kind of kept talking about it, talking about it and finally got something done on it," Bartelstein added. "He's excited about his role with the Mavericks. I think it's great for Devean, great for the Mavs."
Rumours suggest that the Blazers have offered Travis Outlaw and Joel Przybilla to the Bulls for Kirk Hinrich and possibly a future draft pick.
Source: rumorpress.net
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