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The on-again, off-again, on-again trade discussions with the Sacramento Kings about point guard Mike Bibby are off again, according to several sources close to the situation. The deal, according to the sources, would have included Drew Gooden, Damon Jones and a third team. But somewhere between that third team, possibly the San Antonio Spurs, the deal fell through.
This is not the first time the Cavs and Kings have talked about a trade involving Bibby. The Cavs were close to getting Bibby just before the trading deadline in February.
Apparently the Kings want to trade Bibby - his name recently came up in a possible deal with the Miami Heat. He averaged 17.1 points per game and averaged a career-low 40.4 percent from the field this past season.
If a trade comes off, the Cavs would satisfy their deficiency at point guard but if Gooden - the Cavs' best rebounder - was to depart, it would create a hole at power forward.
Granted, Anderson Varejao, who has yet to sign, would move in as the starting power forward but he does not have Gooden's low-post scoring skills.
The free-agent market continues to dry up and several players the Cavs were interested in have signed elsewhere.
Forward Mo Peterson agreed to a four-year deal with the New Orleans Hornets on Friday, a person who knew of the deal told the Associated Press.
Peterson will make the mid-level exception of $5.3 million per year.
Derek Fisher, who also considered the Cavs, will sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Mo Williams, Chucky Atkins and Earl Boykins are the best free-agent point guards left. (Steve Blake signed with Portland on Friday.) It doesn't appear the Cavs have a chance at Williams because he has received strong interest from other teams. Atkins, according to a source close to the situation, will sign a three-year deal with the Denver Nuggets.
In other news, coach Mike Brown may fill his assistant coach vacancy next week. According to league sources, Brown has talked to several candidates, including former Ohio State coach Randy Ayers, Scott Brooks and Dwane Casey. The position opened when former assistant Kenny Natt joined the Kings last week as an assistant to new head coach Reggie Theus.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
bwright@plaind.com, 216-999-4671
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1184402488217511.xml&coll=2
This is not the first time the Cavs and Kings have talked about a trade involving Bibby. The Cavs were close to getting Bibby just before the trading deadline in February.
Apparently the Kings want to trade Bibby - his name recently came up in a possible deal with the Miami Heat. He averaged 17.1 points per game and averaged a career-low 40.4 percent from the field this past season.
If a trade comes off, the Cavs would satisfy their deficiency at point guard but if Gooden - the Cavs' best rebounder - was to depart, it would create a hole at power forward.
Granted, Anderson Varejao, who has yet to sign, would move in as the starting power forward but he does not have Gooden's low-post scoring skills.
The free-agent market continues to dry up and several players the Cavs were interested in have signed elsewhere.
Forward Mo Peterson agreed to a four-year deal with the New Orleans Hornets on Friday, a person who knew of the deal told the Associated Press.
Peterson will make the mid-level exception of $5.3 million per year.
Derek Fisher, who also considered the Cavs, will sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Mo Williams, Chucky Atkins and Earl Boykins are the best free-agent point guards left. (Steve Blake signed with Portland on Friday.) It doesn't appear the Cavs have a chance at Williams because he has received strong interest from other teams. Atkins, according to a source close to the situation, will sign a three-year deal with the Denver Nuggets.
In other news, coach Mike Brown may fill his assistant coach vacancy next week. According to league sources, Brown has talked to several candidates, including former Ohio State coach Randy Ayers, Scott Brooks and Dwane Casey. The position opened when former assistant Kenny Natt joined the Kings last week as an assistant to new head coach Reggie Theus.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
bwright@plaind.com, 216-999-4671
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1184402488217511.xml&coll=2
