<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Philadelphia Daily News)</div><div class='quotemain'>The Sixers took a day off from signing players, but no day goes by without the name of one of their players surfacing somewhere. That was the case Tuesday, as an Ohio paper reported that the Cavaliers had talked to Sixers guard Louis Williams. The Willoughby News-Herald attributed a league source. Neither team nor the player's agent had any comment yesterday. The Sixers said they are continuing to negotiate with Andre Iguodala and Williams, their two restricted free agents. Some of the Cavs' interest in Williams is a result of contentious negotiations with guard Delonte West, who is also a free agent. His agent, Aaron Goodwin, complained recently that the Cavaliers haven't made a fair offer. West's choices would appear to include signing a deal that Cleveland is offering or taking a 1-year qualifying offer of $2.8 million and becoming an unrestricted free agent next year. Moscow Dynamo apparently did make inquiries about West, the former star at Saint Joseph's, but he has no interest in playing in Russia. Should West eventually sign, Williams would have one less option.</div> Source It seems as though this is directly as a result of the negotiations with Delonte West. I'd rather have West, though, and I hope they can sort out the situation soon. I've heard West may be seeking up to $6m per year, but that the Cavs are only willing to offer around $4m-$4.5m, so there really does need to be a compromise. The problem, of course, is the luxury tax, which means that they essentially have to pay double for him.
There was some report that the Celtics were interested in a trade with the Cavs to get West. Not sure if its true or not.
