Can Ben Wallace lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to the 2008 NBA Playoffs?
In case you missed it, Ben Wallace got traded to Cleveland merely hours before the trading deadline passed.
Yes people, as the window of opportunity to deal players away closes, the Cleveland Cavaliers came up with a huge 11-player trade that landed them former Piston now former Bull, Ben Wallace, this 2007-08 NBA basketball season.
In what has been a rather confusing deal that saw 11 players move that involves the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Chicago Bulls and the Seattle SuperSonics, Ben Wallace and Joe Smith move from Chicago to Ohio in hopes of helping LeBron James at the offensive end.
As far as the rest of the guys involved in the trade is concerned, Seattle SuperSonics stars Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West will also be going to the Cleveland Cavaliers after Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry literally gave up half of his roster.
The Cavaliers moved Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown to the Chicago Bulls while also sending Ira Newble and Donyell Marshall to Seattle. Now I don’t know about you but it seems the Cavaliers are going all out this year to finally win a title.
‘’Ben Wallace is tough,’’ Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry said. ‘’He’ll bring an energy, a toughness, a presence to what we are doing.’’
Ben Wallace, after spending all those years with the Detroit Pistons, winning the 2004 NBA title, was a huge disappointment playing with the Chicago Bulls. Will he rejuvenate his career in Cleveland?
There’s only one way to find out.
Who will win the NBA title in the 2007-08 NBA basketball season? AcesAce Sportsbook has the odds.
San Antonio Spurs EVEN +350
Cleveland Cavaliers EVEN +1,300
Boston Celtics EVEN +450
Detroit Pistons EVEN +1,000
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