We have seen Deron Williams and Kirk Hinrich change zip codes and with the NBA trade deadline fast approaching and now another marquee trade has been made "in principle" by the Los Angeles Clippers and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The trade involves Baron Davis and Mo Williams. Sources reveal that the Los Angeles Clippers have agreed in principle to trade star Baron Davis and their 2011 first round draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mo Williams and Jamairo Moon.
The deal would free up some salary cap space for the LA Clippers while also landing a promising young point guard in Mo Williams who made it to the NBA All-Star team during the LeBron James era.
The savings should give the Clippers more flexibility in free agency the next two seasons.
Although Baron Davis and Mo Williams are marquee names in the said trade, but it was actually the lottery pick of the LA Clippers which was more important for the Cavaliers.
Davis is not expected to be happy as relayed by the an anonymous GM. Davis will be joining a team that is handled by Byron Scott, a coach that he had clashed with when he was still playing for the New Orleans Hornets.
Additionally, Davis seems to have been getting into the groove playing with 2011 Slam Dunk champion Blake Griffin and the trade couldn’t have come at a worst time.
Neither Davis nor Williams suited up Wednesday night. Davis sat out the Clippers' loss to the New Orleans Hornets with swelling in his knee. Williams sat out Cleveland's loss to Houston, after returning from a hip injury before the All-Star break.
(Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/306110/baron-davis-traded-mo-williams)
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