Cavs Get Make Over
The Cleveland Cavs are the latest NBA team to renovate, as the team pulled off a monster 3 team trade to get LeBron James some help. In the deal, the Cavs will bring in Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West. Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Shannon Brown and Cedric Simmons will be shipped off to Chicago, and Donyell Marshall is off to Seattle.
In a word, this trade is awesome for the Cavs, whose 30-24 record is good for 5th place in the East. In the West, however, there are 9 teams with more wins. Joe Smith is having a good year, averaging 11.5 ppg, and over 5 rebounds. Ben Wallace has struggled since moving to Chicago from the Pistons, but brings the type of defensive intensity and rebounding that the Cavs can feed on. LeBron will certainly enjoy some of those offensive rebounds Wallace will corral. Szcerbiak is the kind of blue collar player that belongs on a team like Cleveland as well. His outside shooting and 13 points per game will give the team another outside scoring threat.
With the trade, the Cavs become a real threat in the weak East. Boston, Orlando, and Detroit could really have some problems with this new look team, if all the new elements can manage to get on the same page over the last few weeks of the season.
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