The Cavaliers are making noise towards a move that has me terrified. They have made hints that they would like to acquire Corey Maggette of the Golden State Warriors. This would be a terrible fit, but worse is that I saw the same thing as Chad Ford of ESPN: This has all the hallmarks of the Cavs knowing that LeBron isn’t staying and they are trying to prepare for his departure. Of course, there’s no indication that the Cavs are going to go through with the Maggette trade, but word is that if Antawn Jamison, Troy Murphy or Amar’e Stoudemire fall through, Maggette is their next target. Why would that be? Because without the targets LeBron wants and the pieces he feels they need to win, he might not want to stick around and the Cavs want to have some talent on the team next year.

Another rumor in the wind is that the Cavs could trade for Stoudemire (Ilgauskas and Hickson going that way) and then turning around and sending Shaq to Washington for Jamison. This makes no sense to me whatsoever. For one, the Cavs would have no true center at that point – imagine Dwight Howard’s glee at that come spring. Another problem is that the Wizards seem to want Ilgauskas. The Cavs couldn’t just swap the big men involved in the trades (Shaq to Phoenix, Z to Washington) because Phoenix just got rid of Shaq, and they wouldn’t want him back. Also of importance is that Shaq has melded well here in Cleveland. He’s fit in well, and doesn’t need traded.

A last note is that some say that Maggette could be just one part of a multi-team deal. What that might be is anyone’s guess.

I hope that Cleveland doesn’t do anything drastic. They are still the best team in the NBA right now and are still on a 13 game win streak. Be patient, Cavs!

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