Ilgauskas, Wizards agree on buyout .... back to Cleveland?

"there's nothing wrong with Ohio"

 

Of course he's going back the Cleveland......that was the plan all along.

 

Exactly.

Rocket River

 

damn if he goes back to CLE they'll really stacked. Kinda wish he would've stay with da wizards

 

I think there should be a rule in place that restricts a player from returning to the same team he was traded from during the same season in the event of a buyout. Remember Barry and the Spurs a few years ago? This just shouldn't be allowed.

 

Wizards are stupid. They gave up Jamison basically for nothing. I think teams are giving the Cavs whatever they want. I mean they just gave Jamison to the Cavs for big Z and only to buy him out and let him go back to the cavs.

If the Wizards were smart, they should at least pry someone else from Cavs too like JJ Hickson or something. I'm sick of the Cavs getting whatever they want because of Lebron. The Nba are basically handing anything to the Cavs. MVP is going to Lebron, Coach of the year to Mike Brown, Sixth man to Anderson and most improve to Gibson or something.

 

The Nugs are going to try for Big Z.

They're going to fail, but they are going to try at least.

 

Stern doing all he can to keep Lebron happy in Cleveland. If Lebron leaves the Cleveland market will take a huge hit, if not, time to move the Cavaliers.

 

Portland should try

Rocket River

 

If he gets back on the Cavs, that is just wrong. That's just like getting players from the trade for free.

 

By keeping Lebron happy in Cleavland it will reduce the chance of him bolting to New York, so this is in a sense good for us.

 

A rule needs to be established to prevent that from happening.

 

And Big Z, fairly injury free since the early years of terrible foot problems, will proceed to break his foot promptly if he joints Portland. Just say no!

 

This is poorly explained & written.

 

Worst kept secret in the NBA. He'll humor some offers before finally going back to Cleveland.

 

This rule has got to be fixed.

 

Easiest fix ... after traded players are cut or bought out, they can only return to their original team after the cut-off time for them to be eligible to play in that year's play-offs. If the original team was a lottery team, chances are the player wouldn't want to return anyway.

 

Shoot. . . IT would just keep the good times rolling in Portland

Rocket River

 

I still have no issues with this rule. Please stop saying the Wizards got nothing from the trade. They got to clear $28M off the books via Jamison's salary. That isn't exactly "nothing". The Knicks just gave us Hill and some draft rights to take on a $6M player. Years ago some team had to give up two picks to get rid of a player. It's not easy to get other teams to absorb that much salary in this economy. The Wizards also got a draft pick and saved another million when they bought Big Z out.

Some teams make trades for financial reasons. Remove some of the reasons for teams on the other side to add on salary and some of these deals don't get done. The Wizards and Cavs hate each other, so I'm sure if the Wizards had a better deal available then they would have taken it. Without this current loophole then this deal doesn't get done. Both parties got what they wanted, and saving $29M is significant.

As far as the player side, it makes perfect sense for a guy to want to return to where his home and family are, where he knows the team and the systrem, etc. It's not fair to remove that option from them. You are penalizing a "free agent".