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Swingman Swingman Ira Newble has decided to sign a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, choosing them over the Cavs.

A source said the Cavs offered Newble a spot on the team Wednesday, but the two sides could not agree on certain terms of his return.

The Cavs traded Newble to the Seattle SuperSonics last month, but never gave away his locker. Newble was eligible to rejoin the Cavs on Tuesday.

The Cavs still have one open roster spot that they may fill by early next week, choosing them over the Cavs.

A source said the Cavs offered Newble a spot on the team Wednesday, but the two sides could not agree on certain terms of his return.

EDIT: Repeating paragraphs / where is the link?

Source?

Big Bird wrote:Source?

http://www.ohio.com/sports/cavs/1688781 ... ge=all&c=y

It is Excellent news because he is good defender.

take that lebron

Good addition. I like Newble's defense, but at the same time I'd like to have seen us take a shot at Gerald Green since we have Kobe here to mentor him. Having said that grabbing Newble is a good move since the Cavaliers went to the finals last season and could be a team we face in the finals if both teams have perfect storms in the postseason.

Another good move by the Lakers. I would love to see him in Cavs jersey again but he'll probably win a ring in LA so it's understandable why he chose the Lakers. He's good defender and he can also shoot 3's.(not consistent though)

tkb wrote:Good addition. I like Newble's defense, but at the same time I'd like to have seen us take a shot at Gerald Green since we have Kobe here to mentor him. Having said that grabbing Newble is a good move since the Cavaliers went to the finals last season and could be a team we face in the finals if both teams have perfect storms in the postseason.

I couldn't agree with you more about Gerald Green, I'm hearing that his basketball IQ is not high at all. However, with Kobe by his side, i'm sure he could learn a great deal and would definitely be worth Coby Karl's spot.

Don't know about Newble being a good 3-point shooter, but this could mean that Ariza is out indefinitely.....

Very nice!!

Dammmm , this team is getting stacked by the day .

good addition to our team. we were lacking on the perimeter defense and this should help. month to learn our system and help us in the playoffs. cannot wait for it all to begin.

How will this work when we get Bynum, Gasol, and Ariza back?

We will have more than the NBA limit, I can see we don't activate Coby during playoffs

as far as i know its 13 active and 12 can play one stays inactive.

LakerFanSince84 wrote:I couldn't agree with you more about Gerald Green, I'm hearing that his basketball IQ is not high at all. However, with Kobe by his side, i'm sure he could learn a great deal and would definitely be worth Coby Karl's spot.

I'm not buying the "playing with Kobe" thing anymore - see Kwame Brown, see Smush Parker, see etc, etc. There's a reason that Green can't find a home.

ya you could play green with MJ for 2 years and i don't know how much better he'll be

Someone tell me about this Newble, beside he could defense a bit. what can he do?
And where is Rubben Patterson?

Big Bird wrote:Source?

SOURCE? You sure?

here
http://www.cavsnews.com/20080321-1053.php

Good move I suppose. He'll do great here. More depth for us!

Did I misspell? There wasn't any official word on the signing at that time, so I wanted to see where he'd gotten the pasted text from.