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The Cleveland Cavaliers have continued their offseason remodeling by signing restricted free agent Jamario Moon to an offer sheet, according to NBA front-office sources.

Although the full details of the offer sheet are unlikely to be known until Monday, when the contract is submitted to the league office, sources told ESPN.com that the deal Moon signed Friday spans at least two years.

The Miami Heat will have seven days to match the offer once it's formally processed, but Cleveland would appear to have a good chance of landing Moon given Miami's well-chronicled desire to avoid new contracts longer than one year to protect its 2010 salary-cap space.

There are exceptions to that policy, as evidenced by Miami's well-chronicled attempts to sign Lamar Odom away from the Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat, though, have multiple players at Moon's position -- Daequan Cook, James Jones and Yakhouba Diawara -- even if they don't land Odom, raising doubts about their ability to keep him.

After trading for Shaquille O'Neal and signing Anthony Parker to take their payroll beyond the $80 million mark, Cleveland has spent the past week looking for free-agent bargains as it tries to add depth at the wing positions and find a power forward that can stretch the floor with his jumper. The Cavs had been linked in recent days to forwards such as Rob Kurz and Sean May before signing Moon.

jimicrackcorn wrote:Moon didnt get a fair chance under Mitchell, and played much better with the Heat.

If money is low, its worth it, especially with weak FA crop out there

jimicrackcorn wrote:Moon didnt get a fair chance under Mitchell, and played much better with the Heat.

If money is low, its worth it, especially with weak FA crop out there

Amon_Ones88 wrote:The only reason I like this over Barnes is his youth. Not that Barnes is old but he lets face it we got a lot of age on this team. Any way Moon is smaller but actually plays the PF position, and frankly putting Lebron Parker or Barnes at that spot is a stretch sure they can do it but they wouldn't thrive at the spot. I remember Moon hitting some big shots against us when we played the heat. I like his jumper and his D. I think when he is out with the second team he has the chance to thrive. If we did a complete five guy flip flop (which Brown will never do) he would be playing with Boobie and Greene and Parker and Z. Z and Parker will take serious focus from the other teams back ups and maybe Moon can learn to use that to make his own shots. If anything this will keep JJ and DJ to minimal minutes on the floor cuz Brown will be confident enough in Moon to play the PF with Z down there as well. I was afraid we would have to rely on JJ or DJ to much so this is a move I like. I still feel some sort of trade though coming. I dunno why I just think Ferry is not satified with this team yet. He realizes Boston and Orlando Changed the team out look while he just made upgrades. If not though I still have a good feeling about this team. And lets pray the Heat get Odom away form LA, that would be baller.

DiplomaticMagic wrote:

Amon_Ones88 wrote:The only reason I like this over Barnes is his youth. Not that Barnes is old but he lets face it we got a lot of age on this team. Any way Moon is smaller but actually plays the PF position, and frankly putting Lebron Parker or Barnes at that spot is a stretch sure they can do it but they wouldn't thrive at the spot. I remember Moon hitting some big shots against us when we played the heat. I like his jumper and his D. I think when he is out with the second team he has the chance to thrive. If we did a complete five guy flip flop (which Brown will never do) he would be playing with Boobie and Greene and Parker and Z. Z and Parker will take serious focus from the other teams back ups and maybe Moon can learn to use that to make his own shots. If anything this will keep JJ and DJ to minimal minutes on the floor cuz Brown will be confident enough in Moon to play the PF with Z down there as well. I was afraid we would have to rely on JJ or DJ to much so this is a move I like. I still feel some sort of trade though coming. I dunno why I just think Ferry is not satified with this team yet. He realizes Boston and Orlando Changed the team out look while he just made upgrades. If not though I still have a good feeling about this team. And lets pray the Heat get Odom away form LA, that would be baller.

No mean to troll, but Barnes is only a couple months older than Moon. And Moon is actually taller.

Good pick-up, but I think Barnes is better. It's gonna be interesting to see if Miami matches or not.

How much of the MLE does Cleveland have (not counting Moon)?

Benedict_Boozer wrote:Not a huge fan of this move at all. Especially with Barnes still available.

HSOB SIRHC wrote:

jimicrackcorn wrote:Moon didnt get a fair chance under Mitchell, and played much better with the Heat.

If money is low, its worth it, especially with weak FA crop out there

You do know that Mitchell was one of the people who WANTED Moon on the team cause he wanted to give him a shot. Sam saw a bit of himself in Moon (Journey man).