Now, this is a disclaimer, because if I were really honest with myself I would say that the Trail Blazers were the biggest winners for giving up two late 1st-round draft picks for Gerald Wallace...but it feels so much better to say the Cavaliers are good at something.
Let's face it, the Cavaliers were really hopeless once Lebron left. They had EVERYTHING invested in the kid from Akron. At least Toronto had Bargnani, the Cavs had a bunch of aging veteran role-players. I truly feel bad for Antawn Jamison, one of the classiest guys to step on the basketball court. Nonetheless, he is the perfect role player on a good team...and he's the best the Cavs got.
The Cavs dealt Mo Williams for a high first round draft pick and the huge contract of Baron Davis. Honestly, that contract does not even really mean anything in the grand scheme of Cleveland's rebuilding. It will take a lot of time for them to rebuild. By the time they have the talent to compete again, Davis will be long gone.
Meanwhile, Williams was not going to be a guy to build your team around. He is a solid point-guard but he is getting up in the years and he will never be elite. So, this just made sense. Now you have two draft picks in the top ten this year, almost guaranteed. You can't miss that badly to not get at least some talent out of this year's draft.
At the same time, the Cavs got two young talented post players for basically nothing. Semin Erden and Luke Harangody are guys that have spent time in the Celtics system and knows what it takes to win. They can bring some of that intensity to Cleveland.
And with a lot of money coming off the books this season, they can utilize their cap room to make trades, because let's face it, no free agents wanna go to Cleveland. After today, the future looks a little brighter in Cleveland.
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