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Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:40:15 +0000

[...] mainly for the reason detailed in the headline above. Damon wants to either play for the Cavs, or be traded to a team that will play him, but something’s getting in the way of that: there’s little left in Damon’s legs [...]

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By: kelvin

kelvin — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:32:20 +0000

damn

By: alan t.

alan t. — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:29:27 +0000

Not necessarily … it’s not like Cleveland is the only team in the league with stiffs who have bad contracts. The Wizards actually make the most sense, since they already are familiar with Hughes, and stiffs such as Antonio Daniels and Etan Thomas have bloated longer-term contracts. Just like Gilbert is now doing with Marshall, which is praying to God that Marshall doesn’t come back and the disability insurance continues to pick up the salary tab, Gilbert could pray that Thomas’ transplanted pig heart continues to fail so the insurance company will continue to pick up the tab for Thomas’ contract.

The more I think about it, the more sense it makes. If Hughes is somehow unloaded by the trade deadline, I have $100 that says it’s Washington.

By: rekcut nala

rekcut nala — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:16:05 +0000

I agree with what you’re saying, Larry. The Cavs can call teams and offer Hughes to them until they’re blue in the face. It doesn’t change anything. And to report that the Cavs are “in discussions” with teams about Hughes is pure spin. Yeah, they’re in talks, as in Ferry saying, “PLEASE, please, please take Larry Hughes”, and the other teams just laughing at him. If ESPN or the Plain Dealer want to report that as meaningful discussions, then the standards of journalism have really fallen far. This is the biggest nonstory ever. The Cavs cannot trade Hughes and his contract in a league in which the rules mandate that you receive equal salary in any trade.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:57:56 +0000

This “news” also implies that the Cavs haven’t been interested in trading Hughes and his contract until this past week or so …

Is that possible?

Like the ludicrous trading for Garnett rumors, Ferry is working the phones, etc., etc., it comes off like desperate front office spin.

By: rekcut nala

rekcut nala — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:01:00 +0000

I would love for these “sources” to explain why exactly any team would want a guy making $12 million per year for 2 more years, especially when this guy shoots 30% from the field and averages 9.8 ppg. Get real people, nobody is going to do the Cavs the favor of taking Larry Hughes (and his NBA worst contract) off their hands. Not.going.to.happen. End of story.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:07:08 +0000

Branson Wright reported the same thing, almost verbatim, Kevin. That’s probably where ESPN picked it up. Good luck, I say.

If I were Ferry, I’d take any player/contract in the league for Hughes, who is becoming a cancer. But who would trade anything for him and his terrible contract?

By: JoeHoops

JoeHoops — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:36:01 +0000

My prediction for todays game…

Cavs 108
Heat 89

Lebron is pissed off, so he will score 50+ and carry the team.

By: kevinandress

kevinandress — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:44:42 +0000

You know, I’ve been a critic of Alan in the past, but I really am impressed that he’s shown such restraint in his posts this season. Thank you, Alan.

I don’t know what’s wrong with the Cavs right now, but this was a month they were supposed to make up ground schedule-wise.

Did anyone else catch the report on ESPN’s morning show yesterday that said that Hughes would be peddled “long before the trading deadline”? I only caught a snippet, but it was in the news portion, not the more subjective debates. The report didn’t mention for whom Hughes would be traded.