<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Draft Express)</div><div class='quotemain'>The Indiana Pacers are trying to dangle the #11 pick in hopes of being able to package it with one of their ugly contracts (preferably Jermaine O’Neal). There is talk out of O’Neal’s camp that he anticipates being trade to Cleveland at some point this summer, possibly in a deal involving expiring contracts such as Wally Szczerbiak and Eric Snow. The Pacers don’t want to give O’Neal away for nothing, but the temptation of shedding his 23 million dollar contract from their cap figure (giving them substantial cap space to work with in July of 2009) may be too great to pass up. On Cleveland’s end, it makes sense for their ownership to spend the money it will take to try and appease LeBron James and show them they are making the efforts to put together a championship caliber team. We’ve heard rumblings about this Cleveland/Indiana trade from a number of well-informed sources, so there appears to be at least some truth to it.</div> Source Wow, if Ferry could pull this off he might just be God. #11 pick and JO? I would guess that the Cavs would give up the #19 pick, Varejao, Wally, Snow and possibly their 2010 or 2011 first round pick. A similar trade could be used for Michael Redd, and I've also heard rumours of trading for Zach Randolph, Jared Jeffries and the #6 pick with a similar deal. It looks like LeBron is pointing at the Celtics and asking the management why they're not trying to do something similar this offseason. And it looks like they're trying to respond with a trade for a star.
Hm. While I don't like Jermaine all that much, this wouldn't be such a bad deal. Especially if you could pick up a good player with the 11th pick. Donte Greene might be nice alongside Lebron
