According to several league sources, the Cavaliers have been been in contact with Ron Artest.

LeBron James met with Artest on Tuesday night, according to the report.

The Rockets have had interest in Cavs free agent Anderson Varejao in the past, which opens up some possibilities of a sign-and-trade scenario - though the Cavs have said they want to re-sign Varejao.

artest + lebron + shaq frontcourt will eat everybody's children...

Rockets will re-sign Artest. He still wants to get paid. The MLE wont do it.

This is how the rich get richer and the poor, poorer. All we need to do is get two very good FAs (or one if it's Lebron or Wade), and then other top players will want to come here. We can use our financial resources to our advantage too. The last thing I'm worried about is getting a supporting cast for whatever big FAs we sign in 2010.