Wizards trade Antawn Jamison Cavaliers in 3-team deal; Clippers involved

[itsGameTime]

lebon abused artest twice this season. im not saying in a 7 game series he wouldn't be able to lock down lebron but artest will get tired alot older then lebron.

O' rly? My stats say otherwise.

[v3DreJ80]

dude its not hate, Jamison just flat out sucks at D. He won't magically get better just b/c he is on the Cavs

Actually, I think they'll be able to mask it a lot better with Shaq in the middle defending the paint. Unless Jamison is one of those garbage defenders that don't even bother contesting shots. I think he's a garbage defender, but I think it can be masked better on the Cavs. What is your take on all this? Cavs team to beat in the EAST?

[Kingwillball]

Did you forget Artest? Don't start sucking that Cleveland pipe yet, the Lakers are still the team to beat.

Dont Think so Cavs are So Deep..They will come at teams in Waves and of Course the Best player in the World LBJ...Jamison can score from Inside out and Cavs will be almost impossible to defend with LBJ Orchestrating..

[chazzy]

I expect the Lakers to run more Bynum/Odom and Pau/Odom against the Cavs now, unless they want to take advantage of their size with Pau at the 4. Wizards are like those guys in fantasy who give up and trade all their good players away near the end of the season for nothing First Caron and Haywood for crap, and now Jamison for crap

[HeyMarkus]

Well jamison is a better defender than Stoudemire in my book.

[kentatm]

Actually, I think they'll be able to mask it a lot better with Shaq in the middle defending the paint. Unless Jamison is one of those garbage defenders that don't even bother contesting shots. I think he's a garbage defender, but I think it can be masked better on the Cavs. What is your take on all this? Cavs team to beat in the EAST?

It wasn't masked when he was alongside Brenden Heywood who is infinitely better at defense than Shaq these days.

I already thought the Cavs were the team to beat b/c Orlando went and screwed up their chemistry.

[itsGameTime]

I expect the Lakers to run more Bynum/Odom and Pau/Odom against the Cavs now, unless they want to take advantage of their size with Pau at the 4. Wizards are like those guys in fantasy who give up and trade all their good players away near the end of the season for nothing First Caron and Haywood for crap, and now Jamison for crap

At least the Wizards got Josh Howard in return for Caron. Cleveland pretty much didn't give up anything for Jamison.

[Bodhi]

so u have LO defending jamison, shaq defending pau who's left to guard lebron? kobe...lol.

Kobe actually did a great job last year on him. But still one of the main reasons we brought Artest in was so that Kobe didn't have to guard 3s that Ariza couldn't handle.

[Al Thornton]

Chad Ford :

yeah, pretty sure he isnt worried about that

[HeyMarkus]

besides, cleveland is the best defensive team in the league, its not like were desperate for defense. how anyone can try to make this trade into a negative boggles my mind, and thats why i called hate.

[v3DreJ80]

It wasn't masked when he was alongside Brenden Heywood who is infinitely better at defense than Shaq these days.

I already thought the Cavs were the team to beat b/c Orlando went and screwed up their chemistry.

Shaq is the better helpside/weakside defender while Haywood is the better individual defender. But I do agree with you, I thought the Cavs could take out Orlando when they decided to roll with Carter instead of Turkoglu. Also, Shaq is still capable of containing Dwight Howard at this age.

[lpublic_enemyl]

Thank God people can stop talking about Lebron being a free agent. Knicks fans must be crushed right now.

This is a clear indication by the Cavs that they are willing to give him a team, he's staying in Cleveland if the deal goes through.

lol nice team, cavs looking pretty scary

[kentatm]

besides, cleveland is the best defensive team in the league, its not like were desperate for defense. how anyone can try to make this trade into a negative boggles my mind, and thats why i called hate.

umm... did I try and make it a negative?

all I said was this makes them worse defensively, Jamison next to Shaq is a terrible defensive combo and Jamison won't suddenly be good at D just b/c he is on the Cavs.

I also said it makes them better on offense.

You need to learn to process what you have read brah.

Shaq is the better helpside/weakside defender while Haywood is the better individual defender. But I do agree with you, I thought the Cavs could take out Orlando when they decided to roll with Carter instead of Turkoglu. Also, Shaq is still capable of containing Dwight Howard at this age.

ehh, I would argue that but we pretty much agree that the Cavs are favs to win the East anyway so thats not really worth argument.

[BallPhunk]

At least the Wizards got Josh Howard in return for Caron. Cleveland pretty much didn't give up anything for Jamison.

Yep.

Cleveland beat LA twice, and just added a former All Star. People can shuffle around names & matchups on a piece of paper all they want, but Cleveland is clearly the best team right now.

LA can certainly come together and beat them (if the rest of the team keeps playing like they are now and Kobe fits in), but it will be a dog fight at most.

Hopefully Kobe and LBJ will both be healthy, and we may just get an epic Finals that answers a lot of questions.

[Dave3]

besides, cleveland is the best defensive team in the league, its not like were desperate for defense. how anyone can try to make this trade into a negative boggles my mind, and thats why i called hate.

Actually, believe it or not, the Cavs this year have a better offensive rating (2nd in the league I think) compared to defensive rating, which is 5th or something. I do think this will change in the playoffs though, which this trade is for, so it makes sense.