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February 17, 2010NBA Trade Deadline Day: Cavs Trade for Antawn Jamison – Timeline
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If you are to believe anyone during this madness that is the NBA trade season, then perhaps the Washington Post is as trustworthy as any. They are reporting that the Wizards have traded Antawn Jamison to the Cavaliers for Zydrunas Ilgauskas and a first round draft pick. Stay tuned for more details and a break down of the deal….
6:51 UPDATE- According to Yahoo! Sports it is a three team trade involving the Cavs, Wizards and Clippers. The Cavaliers would recieve Antawn Jamison and Sebastian Telfair. The Wizards get Zydrunas, Al Thornton and Brian Skinner. The Clippers get Drew Gooden. Keep checking back. More details and analysis as soon as we know.
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@Denny
Because Windy is a journalist and that is his job. He is not a fan like you and I.
Z’s a lifer. Plus we have the moneys. He can buy so many more DVDs to sell to puppets.
You guys worry too much. Game’s changed, friends.
In 2002-03 this team was the worst in the league. I still remember ESPN ripping on the Cavs. LeBron had to do it all for years. Then Ferry saved us from the trash and made insane trades to get us West, Mo, Shaq, and now Jamison. Add in the signing of Moon and Parker and we all see how much this team wants it. Now we stand on the brink of potential greatness. I want this team to win. Not because we’re cursed, to keep LeBron, to shut up the doubters. It’s because this team is all in. They are trying to win NOW. Not next year or in five years but now. I hope they do. I’ll be there every step of the way. GO CAVS.
@bitmatt… you did hit on something in your earlier post about pride in a cleveland team. but i would say the cavs late 80s (bad harper trade + jordan force of nature screwed them) and indians in the 90s (stacked lineup and aggressive front office) went after it hard. just bad luck.
here’s hoping the nuggets aren’t this years marlins. (or broncos). ouch. JINX!
i said jinx so we’re ok.
@JM – You are on to something. We have the best team and are adding to it to win right now. Being a Cleveland fan, it is just so foreign to me. We are the 800 lbs gorilla in the room throwing our weight around. When has that happened around here before? I think it is why some of us have been gleeful in checking out the reaction of other teams fans.
@jm… we were lucky to get lebron and many of ferry’s deals were predatory (easy) given the current NBA CBA.
BUT… the delonte deal was skillful talent eval. the wallace and shaq deals showed balls. parker deal was smart. i havent been as confident in a GM since ‘smart’ john hart in the 90s.
ferry’s on a roll. wouldn’t surprise me to see another deal from him tomorrow.
@bitmat – appreciate the sentiment. It does feel good to have ownership/management that has the killer instinct rather than the mid-market timorousness that has plagued Cleveland. I’m about a decade younger than you but we have the same c-town DNA and I’m feeling on cloud-9 tonight too. At very least, we’ve put ourselves to be better for the rest of the season than we were yesterday.
@jimkanicki- Those teams were close. Jordan, obviously, was a hurdle that was not the Cavs’ fault. But my point there was, now WE have Jordan. Better than Jordan, I think (not debating, history smiles on that #23). And those Indians- couldn’t trade Wright for Pedro when the opportunity came? Because he had a good run in the playoffs? That’s the kind of thing I’m talking about. Luck, if you believe in it, had a part. Even the best Cleveland teams seem to accept bad luck as the cost of doing business here. They tried to overcome bad luck and failed. But this Cavs team is manufacturing it’s own luck. Screw Bad v Good Luck… WE OWN THE LUCK. And that’s how you win.
Thanks Denny (240), I didnt really think of that. If we have MLE money left like you say we do, we will definitely use that instead of bi-annual. I think we can defer the bi-annual to this summer if we don’t use it this year. Think Wade wants our 2 mil?
…inching closer to 400 comments. Lets keep it up guys
If Wade would take our 2 mil + the money from endorsements he and LeBron would get as a team… It would be awesome đ
@bitmatt !!! yowch on wright for pedro. ouch-ouch-ouch. forgot that one.
your point about manufacturing luck is right on. i loved our cavs team last year and didn’t quibble about not moving wally/sasha at the deadline… i liked the team makeup. and we all learned from that. what we learned is to step on the other guy’s throat when you have the chance. and with hope, that’s what we’re doing this year.
[we gotta get you an avatar. https://waitingfornextyear.com/?p=21379 ]
We better get Z back asap. I dont want Brown to start piling the min. on shaq and have his old ass break down
Thanks Jim K- I’ve been planning an avatar since I’ve been having fun posting recently. Maybe soon.
In the meantime, I’m laughing my ass off at commenters on other team boards (forumblueandgold is especially funny) hoping their teams bid on Z so they can try to match up with the Cavs’ deep as hell front-court. Wasn’t Z like some tremendous joke to the rest of the NBA? Slow, can’t defend, can’t dunk? Not so funny now. Except for me.
I think that pride is a good thing to feel tonight.
Ferry played it perfectly to scare the Wizards with the wheeling and dealing with the Suns.
I think that Ferry played the chess game perfectly: We were going to win either way, whether we received Amare or Antawn.
I read something that an Arizona sports radio guy said that his sources said that the Cavs did not want to give up JJ, and this was the sticking point.
Antawn is a true team-player, a Cleveland kind of guy, and I feel that he was the best choice.
Also, it is interesting how his has played this year against some teams that we may face in post-season:
Lakers on Jan 26: 27 pts, 11 Reb
Atlanta on Jan 13: 25 pts, 19 Reb
Orlando on Jan 8: 28 pts, 11 Reb
Cavs ( đ ) on Nov 18: 31 pts, 10 Reb (yeh, I know the Cavs were still gelling then)
Yes, his last 4 games his production was a little down (about 9 ppg and 8 Rebpg), but I’m surprised that he could play at all with the mess swirling around in Washington.
He’s a big piece, and he will only make every other player on the floor better for the Cavs.
BTW, the Los Angeles sports radio guys think it’s a great deal for the Cavs, and that the Cavs will make the finals.
(I’m in Los Angeles only because I work in the film business, but my soul is in Ohio).
264…..sorry had to do it Jack.
How embarrassing….I missed the number.
So I went out tonight in Portland…..Alone…..sat at the bar with a HUGE fing grin on my face wearing my Cleveland Cavaliers T shirt. I had about 8 beers, and just watched the sports center story over and over again.
SO happy tonight with this deal…..won’t be long there will be much more to drink for. League best record, homecourt advantage, sweep first round, eastern conference championship, and finally…well you know what…..don’t forget an MVP as well.
Confidence = currently broke, but spent what I had on plane tickets to Cleveland for game 5, 6, and 7……..wouldn’t miss it for the world.
Crazy talk here…..but what if Ferry tries to put together Telfair and Wally’s contract for a possible center for next year?
Is that still possible?
@JM: Windy wanted Jamison over Amar’e all along. He’s stoked. Read his Twitter.
BTW, I’ll be at the game tonight to welcome Jamison to Cleveland! I wonder if he’ll be at least in house for tonight’s game?
You have to know that Ferry as well as the rest of the Cavs made Z full awaree that this was a business deal… and we fully expect him to come back in 30 days.
If he decides to spurn us (which i hope he doesn’t)it will be on him… not the Cavs.
See my post from above I already said I mixed up how Windy felt about the deals. Not going to keep saying it though.
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