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LA Trades: Kwame Brown
LA Receives: Drew Gooden, Ira Newble

Cleveland trades: Drew Gooden, Ira Newble, 1st rounder in 08
Cleveland receives: Andre Miller

Philadelphia Trades: Andre Miller
Philadelphia receives: Kwame Brown, 1st round pick

Lets review, Cleveland desperately desires a PG. They probably are right in thinking that makes them a top Eastern conference team. The Sixers will trade Miller for a 1st-expiring. The Cavs don't have expiring contracts, but they do have a close to expiring deal in Gooden. All the Cavs need to do is find a team that needs a big and will trade an expiring contact. The Lakers, they need Gooden and gladly trade Brown to get Gooden, even getting Newble in the deal to make it work.

So lets review, Philly gets the expiring deal and pick they want, Cleveland gets the PG they want in Miller and the Lakers get a big who can play the four and moves Odom to the three (something LA wants to do) once Bynum comes back.

Doubt the CAVs give up that 1st round pick and this is a little too sweet for LA since they can't wait to dump Kwame Brown. The Lakers don't need to be in this trade either or just have the 76er's trade with the Lakers and cut the CAVs out.

Send LA #1 instead to Philly, take Clevelands' out.

Andre Miller is not worth Gooden and a 1st pick.

That deal pretty much sucks for the Cavs.

take out CLE 1st, send Crit to PHI

I like Dre and think he can help a number of teams, but his lack of an outside shot make him not the most ideal fit in Cleveland. Clearly an upgrade over what they have, don't get me wrong...but if Cleveland is going to give up Gooden & a 1st I'd think they'd look for somebody who will better compliment the guys they already have.