TRADE: Cavs get Ben Wallace from Bulls, Wally Szczerbiak from Sonics

[ojay]

Ben and Wally to Cleveland.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3257159

[Glenn]

Sources: Cavs get Wallace from Bulls, Szczerbiak from Sonics
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Updated: February 21, 2008, 3:57 PM ET

The Cleveland Cavaliers appear to have beaten the NBA's annual trade buzzer to get LeBron James some of the fresh help he's been openly craving.

In a three-way trade with Chicago and Seattle that has been submitted for league approval, NBA front-office sources say that Cleveland will come away with four new teammates for James, headlined by Ben Wallace from the Bulls and sharpshooter Wally Szczerbiak from the Sonics.

The league office was notified of the deal before Thursday's 3 p.m. ET trading deadline, sources said, and is currently reviewing the trade details as required for formal approval.

After Cleveland watched two longstanding trade targets land elsewhere -- Mike Bibby in Atlanta and Jason Kidd in Dallas -- sources say that the deal calls for the Cavaliers to receive Wallace, Szczerbiak, Seattle point guard Delonte West, Chicago's Joe Smith and a future second-round pick from the Bulls.

The Bulls, apparently abandoning their gamble on Wallace less than two seasons into the lucrative four-year deal they used to sign him away from Detroit, would get Cavaliers forward Drew Gooden and swingman Larry Hughes along with Cavs reserves Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown.

The Sonics, shedding Szczerbiak in the name of additional payroll flexibility, come away with the expiring contracts of Cleveland's Ira Newble and Chicago's Adrian Griffin as well as Cavs veteran Donyell Marshall.

[Glenn]

I'm not happy about this, at all.

[Timone]

Whatever.

[Glenn]

I think Wally and Joe Smith will help them.

Ben might step it up a bit now, too.

Hell, Delonte West might even be a boost.

[Timone]

Joe Smith might help them a bit, because he's a Pistons killa.

Everyone else I'm not really concerned about, even Ben.

[b-diddy]

i suspect ben plays great. i dont think he cared at all playing for the bulls this year. now that he's got a chance at winning, and playing pf, he should be good.

i dont buy the "out of gas" argument at all.

[Timone]

This deal DOES NOT MATTER.

GUSMAN ALREADY FUCKING SAID WE'D LOSE TO CLEVELAND, BEFORE THEY TRADED FOR THESE PIECES OF SHIT.

[DrRay11]

Delonte West probably won't even play in front of Boob.

[Timone]

^ I bet he still outrebounds Ben though.