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Cavs pick up Mo Williams in a huge 6-player deal

Aug 14, 2008
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Cleveland Cavaliers are getting some help for LeBron James. With James in Beijing for the Olympics, high-scoring Milwaukee point guard Mo Williams is headed to Cleveland as part of a three-team trade that also involves Oklahoma City. The six-player deal completed Wednesday reshapes the rebuilding Bucks while giving Cleveland an additional scoring threat and Oklahoma City an instant fan favorite in Desmond Mason in the first year of the franchise's move from Seattle. In exchange for Williams, who averaged 17.2 points per game last season in the first year of a six-year, $51.5 million contract, the Bucks receive Damon Jones from Cleveland along with guard Luke Ridnour and forward Adrian Griffin from Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City gets Mason from Milwaukee and former No. 1 pick Joe Smith from Cleveland. The... [read full story]                    

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