Cavs acquire Mo Williams via trade
The Cleveland Cavaliers may have found LeBron’s sidekick… Mo Williams.
Mo Williams, the high-scoring point guard from Milwaukee, will go to Cleveland in the deal, which should be announced later Wednesday.
The 6-foot-1 Williams averaged 17.2 points and a team-high 6.3 assists for the Bucks last season.
Cleveland will send shooting guard Damon Jones to Milwaukee and forward Joe Smith to Oklahoma City.
Milwaukee also will get point guard Luke Ridnour and forward Adrian Griffin from Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City, formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, also gets Desmond Mason, the athletic small forward, from the Bucks.
I know there are many Bucks fans celebrating this move. A lot of people don’t like Mo’s game since he’s not a pass-first point guard. But he was 16th in the league in assists (6.3), and he’s a terrific scorer (17.2 ppg) and a pretty good rebounder (3.5 rpg) for a point guard. He’s sort of a poor man’s Gilbert Arenas. He’s not a terribly good defender, but since leaving the Jazz a few years ago, he hasn’t been around a defensive-minded coach. If Mike Brown can get some defense out of him, he could turn Williams into an All-Star caliber player. I love this trade for the Cavs.
And, as a Bucks fan, I hate this trade for Milwaukee. Luke Ridnour? Really? That’s the best you can do for a guy who averaged 17 points and six assists last season? Bucks GM John Hammond made some nice moves this offseason, but I don’t like this trade one bit.
This looks like a great move for the Cavs. They desperately need more offense, so Williams should provide a nice boost. Hopefully West will sign and they’ll have a great 1-2 punch at point guard.
They really didn’t give up much. Joe Smith is a nnice player, but he wasn’t a starter and he’s old. Their top draft pick, J.J. Hickson, looked good this summer so they must think he can give them some minutes off the bench at power forward.
Ferry was under pressure to make a move. Williams isn’t a big name, but this looks like a solid move.
Let’s hope that Mo shows up and is the Scottie Pippen to LeBron that he has needed to get that first ring!!!! GO CAVS.
For a John Hollinger perspective on the trade, Mo was the #12 PG in PER, just behind Devin Harris and ahead of guys like Jason Kidd, Rajon Rondo and Jameer Nelson. That is the caliber of player the Cavs are acquiring.
I don’t expect the team to re-sign and keep Delonte West after acquiring Williams, but you never know.
Some are speculating West mght take a one-year qualifying offer at $2.8 million which would I think make him an unrestricted free agent for next season.
Thats pretty good for the cavs, but i don’t see it benefits the bucks.
The cavs are slowly getting closer to being genuine contenders, and as a detroit fan, i don’t like :p
Sorry Cav fans, LeBron is still leaving town! Unless you acquire a superstar to run along him consider him gone.
just found this page while looking for something else. hmmmm…wonder how that trade worked out.
Finally! A reader unearths a post where I was right about something!