Posted by martin:

Posted by Panos:

Not a great trade for Chicago.

they are still glowing from all of the NY trades and don't care too much. They have like 10 years good karma

LOL.

It must be nice to be able to make a bad signing (Ben Wallace) and then be able to trade that contract away for basically nothing. When will we learn.

this may push Cleveland away from the logjam in the middle but better than Detroit?

no friggin way

Posted by McK1:

this may push Cleveland away from the logjam in the middle but better than Detroit?

no friggin way

Wally don't miss open shots. This just opens up the lane for LeBron. Try penetrating against Big Ben and BigZ. Yes. I think they are better than Detroit.

The Cleveland Cavaliers appear to have beaten the NBA's annual trade buzzer to get LeBron James some of the fresh help he's been openly craving.



In a three-way trade with Chicago and Seattle that has been submitted for league approval, NBA front-office sources say that Cleveland will come away with four new teammates for James, headlined by Ben Wallace from the Bulls and sharpshooter Wally Szczerbiak from the Sonics.



The league office was notified of the deal before Thursday's 3 p.m. ET trading deadline, sources said, and is currently reviewing the trade details as required for formal approval.



After Cleveland watched two longstanding trade targets land elsewhere -- Mike Bibby in Atlanta and Jason Kidd in Dallas -- sources say that the deal calls for the Cavaliers to receive Wallace, Szczerbiak, Seattle point guard Delonte West, Chicago's Joe Smith and a future second-round pick from the Bulls.



The Bulls, apparently abandoning their gamble on Wallace less than two seasons into the lucrative four-year deal they used to sign him away from Detroit, would get Cavaliers forward Drew Gooden and swingman Larry Hughes along with Cavs reserves Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown.



The Sonics, shedding Szczerbiak in the name of additional payroll flexibility, come away with the expiring contracts of Cleveland's Ira Newble and Chicago's Adrian Griffin as well as Cavs veteran Donyell Marshall.



Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com

Posted by GKFv2:

Cleveland got: Wally, Wallace, Delonte West, Joe Smith
Seattle got: Ira Newble, Donyell Marshall, Duhon
Chicago got: gooden, Hughes, Cedric Simmons

[Edited by - gkfv2 on 02-21-2008 3:37 PM]

Unreal!

Oh no we didn't get Wally!

LOL @ the Bulls. How far have they falling, Conteder to firing the coach to breaking the team up.

I Like the Cavs and the sonics moves though. Cavs can go small with LBJ and have him with nothing but shooters on the court with Wally, West, Gibson, and Big Z when they need points. Plus I'm not sure but getting joe smith might be better then getting Big ben. JS been like the bulls david Lee this year. He'll drop a 20 and 10 ever now and again off the bench.

Chicago got totally screwed in this deal. Just what they needed, a weak PF and another shooter, a low % shooter at that.

Im so happy.

Panic deal?

I think they just added a shooter and a rebounder to put around LEbron. That's normally what you do with stars, you find players that compliment them. Who knows if it will work, but it makes sense to me.

I think acquiring Zach could be closer to a panic move than this one.

Cleveland should be the favorite in the East now. Delonte can shoot and he's a threat on defense as well. Both Wally and Big Z can also hit from out outside. Wallace brings defense and rebounding.

If West and Wally can create a shot every once in a while and give King James some rest, then that starting lineup is an interesting fit.