This deal was completed minutes before the trade deadline on Thursday. Former Celtic player/pimps, Delonte West and Wally Szerbiak will be heading to Eastern Conference rival Cleveland along with big Ben Wallace. Seattle got cap-relief in the form of Cleveland's rejects and Chicago got Drew Gooden and Larry Hughes. While many players moved and plenty of paperwork was done, when all the hoopla died down Cleveland still had a mediocre supporting cast. In a year when Pau Gasol, Jason Kidd, Mike Bibby, were all available for the small price of expiring contracts and draft picks, the Cavs ended up with Ben Wallace. I would be pissed if I were Bron Bron. People have always been critical of Drew Gooden, but when it comes to low-post scoring, Wallace makes Gooden look like George Mikan. Wally is arguably an upgrade over Larry Hughes, that is until his frail white body gives out and he finds himself once again injured. The only saving grace of this trade was Delonte West. With "Boobies" Gibson going down with an ankle sprain, it looks like Delonte will jump right into the starting line-up. We couldn't be happier for Delonte. I attended a SuperSonics game last week and it was depressing to watch Delonte sitting at the end of the bench, detached from the game, staring into space and playing with his headband. He didn't play a single minute. Delonte is significantly better than both Earl Watson and Luke Ridnour, yet the Sonics have their head so far up their own poop-shoots that they think Donnyell Marshall is a better investment.
I think I speak for all Celtics fans when I say that I look forward to watching watching LeBron bring Delonte dominate Eastern Conference basketball...that is of course until Ben Wallace's incompetence and sour attitude kicks in and ultimately costs Cleveland any chance of making it out of the second round of the playoffs.
In other Celtics related trade news Gerald Green was traded to the Rockets for table scraps. Sans this dunk, it has not been a good year for Gerald.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2008/02/d-west-on-move.html
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