LeBron Gets his Robin

Finally.  That is what most Cleveland Cavalier fans are saying today as they learned that they got Power Forward Antawan Jamison from the Washington Wizards.  Now it appears that the Cavs are the most unstoppable team in the Eastern Conference.  Lets break down the deal...

CLEVELAND GETS: PF Antawan Jamison, PG Sebastian Telfair
WASHINGTON GETS: C Zydurnas Ilgauskas, SF Al Thornton 
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS GETS: PF Drew Gooden 

Starting with the Washington Wizards, I am ready to put Ernie Grunfeld in the bottom five of worst General Managers.  He did an awful job with the Milwaukee Bucks, and now Grunfeld is self-destructing the Wizards.  They are just dumping their entire team all together and basically now has all this money to play with for the upcoming big summer 2010, yet who is left to play with?  I cannot believe that the Wizards didn't even include ultra-talented J.J. Hickson in this deal.  Big Z, really?  He is alright, but he is not an All-Star by any means.  Once again, Washington I feel bad that the Capitals are on break. 

The Clippers give up on Al Thornton who I thought had a promising future and yes his numbers are down this year, I am kind of surprised that the Clips gave up on him so quickly.  Also this will now be Gooden's ninth team and the second time in as many years he has been shipped right away. 

Now on to the Cavs, this is a great deal for them.  They get a bit of depth in their backcourt with Telfair. Yes he is sort of a headcase, but I think we have learned that LeBron is the type of guy who can keep all his teammates in line.  Jamison is averaging 20 and 8 right now plus he can defend pretty well against the Rashard Lewis and Rasheed Wallaces of the Eastern Conference.  In addition, if they meet the Lakers in the Finals, he can cover Lamar Odom. Basically, bringing in Jamison shores all of their problems with covering the big forwards.  

Finally this means tomorrow when the deadline ends, the Celtics and Magic MUST make deals.  They need to upgrade if they want to compete on the level of the Cavs. Because right now, I could see Cleveland sweeping through until the NBA Finals if everyone in the East stays the same.

-Charlie.