<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Akron Beacon Journal)</div><div class='quotemain'>The Cavs have already started the paperwork with the league office on getting Eric Snow approved for disability retirement. There are lots of hoops to jump through, but Snow says that his left knee is bone-on-bone, and that he's probably done. If all the proper parties sign off, Snow's $7.3 million could be taken off the Cavs' books for luxury-tax purposes. It is also possible that the NBA could grant the Cavs an exception of up to half of Snow's salary ($3.7 million) to use to sign another player or to use in a trade.</div> Source This could be great news for the Cavs, with a potential salary exception to use on new players. In the same article it states that they may be looking to trade Varejao this offseason, as he isn't happy at being a bench player to Ben Wallace. Perhaps they might be able to combine Varejao with the likes of Damon Jones and hope to get someone who can be a valid threat alongside LeBron.
That's the problem with Boobie becoming such a popular figure with the Cavs fans: he knows it. He knows the fans want him to stay and he knows LeBron wants him to stay, so he knows the Cavs will be forced to pay over the odds for him. It's a shame because I really rate him as a player, but he might end up with a slightly bad reputation in the future for being overpaid.
