Cavs get Mo Williams in three team deal

The Cleveland Cavaliers just acquired Mo Williams in a three team deal in which the Cavs get Mo Williams, the Bucks get Damon Jones, Luke Ridnour, and Adrian Griffin, and Oklahoma City gets Joe Smith and Desmond Mason. Cleveland finally gets a true PG who can score, so Daniel Gibson can play his natural position more at the 2. Milwaukee wanted to dump Mo Williams because of his salary ($43 million over 5 years left), and the Cavs capitalized. It was definitely a win for the Cavs because they need to bring it quality players to convince LeBron to stay. All they had to give up were two backups (Jones and Smith) for a legitimate starting PG. Cleveland knows they have to work harder to keep James now because he announced he would go to Europe if the price is right during these Olympics while the world is watching. All the owners of teams in Europe were definitely listening. That gives some of the cap-free teams there two years to save up to get him. They may not want to spend $50 million to get LeBron or Kobe, but it is a possibility.

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