This is karmic payback for me posting my blog at 2:00 am like it would be good til the morning during NBA trade deadline week and going to bed... so BD gets his own post...
Cleveland Gets: Baron Davis and LAC's 2011 #1 pick (lottery-bound)
LA Clips Get: Mo Williams and Jamario Moon
Umm... what?...
On Cleveland's side... it looks sketchy at the jump... Baron is still owed $28 million over 2 years after the end of this year... add in the fact that he's 1) always injured, and 2) a notorious front-runner who seemed rejuvenated playing with Blake Griffin, but is a pretty likely bet to revert to cruise control in hapless Cleveland.... but look deeper... this trade has less to do with BD than you think... Cleveland is in "acquire assets" mode... and they are getting a guaranteed lottery pick out of the deal.... If it's only money to Dan Gilbert, then so be it... but the pricetag is too high for me when considering how bad this draft could be....
For the Clips? It's a clear money thing... Moon expires after this season, and Mo Williams makes significantly less (with just under $9 million player options the next 2 seasons)... they have a young PG they like in Eric Bledsoe, and a marketing ploy (cough, Blake Griffin) to try to attract free agents... so I see the logic... but someone will have to actually GO to the Clippers in free agency before this deal makes full sense... Mo Williams is a nice player... that's what he is... he's having the worst shooting season of his career (under 39%) but now that he's not being asked to be the chief scorer, that may help him...
Overall, it's a typical deadline move from this era... almost entirely cap/$ driven, and two bad teams swapping contracts that won't affect the outcome of anything in 2011... done and done...
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I was stunned by the trade. It seemed so cold-blooded to do that to Baron. And I don't have a high opinion of Mo. If he was any good the cavs would've been better this year. He's got a great agent.
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