Antawn Jamison to Cavs in 3 Team Trade
Antawn Jamison has been traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a blockbuster three way trade involving the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers. Sebastian Telfair is also heading from the Clippers to Cleveland.
The Wizards receive Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Al Thornton while the Clippers receive Drew Gooden, who was acquired last week in the Dallas trade. According to Adrian Wojnarowski’s story, the Clippers plan to buyout Gooden.
LeBron James must be ecstatic right about now, as well as every Cleveland Cavaliers fan.
Jamison will help the Cavs past Boston come playoff time. (Credit: picapp.com)
If Ilgauskas is waived, as it is rumored he will be, he should return to Cleveland upon clearing waivers.
The biggest thumbs up goes to Danny Ferry, who orchestrated this deal to obtain Jamison without having to give away talented J.J. Hickson. It is borderline genius.
This trade swings the door wide open for the Miami Heat at landing Amar’e Stoudemire prior to the February 18th trade deadline at 3:00 PM EST tomorrow. It remains to be seen that Miami wil land Stoudemire, as negotiations are still far off from pleasing Phoenix.
Jamison is a gem in the locker room, a fierce competitor on the floor, and one of the founding fathers to the term “stretch 4″ due to his long range shooting, knack for rebounding, and inside scoring.
He brings career 19.9 scoring and 8.1 rebounding averages to the Cavs roster.
Jamison’s skills and veteran leadership makes the front line in Cleveland the best in the Eastern Conference. LeBron James and Antawn Jamsion? Come on, who could possibly be better than that?
Sebastian Telfair is a solid reserve but it’s unclear how he will be utilized, if at all, behind Mo Williams, Daniel Gibson and Delonte West.
My heart goes out to Al Thorton, who went from bad to worse by being sent from a “what went wrong” Clippers team to a “let’s blow this sucker up” Washington Wizards team. Hopefully he can get the minutes to find a way out of the season-long funk he has been in.
It is nice to see the Wizards do Jamison right by sending him to a team where he has the chance to contend for a title. There is no doubt in my mind that Cleveland gets to the finals now, and are poised to win it all.
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Wed, Feb 17, 2010 by Adam Sedie
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