If he leaves his $10 comes off the cap but we won’t get all of that because the Sixers as a whole will be over. I am thinking we will have around $5-$6M under the cap if A. Miller isn’t resigned. That equates to a mid-level exception deal for a new point guard.

If we can resign Miller we will be over the cap which will give the team access to both the full mid-level exception and bi-annual exception to use next summer to add any additional pieces we need to improve the team. That is a long way away though.

Dannie: If Theo signs, I will support him as a member of the sixers family and hopefully it works out, but if he signs with someone else I would not be that upset about it.

With Elton Brand in the fold, making sure Andre is around beyond any possible one year tender was absolutely vital. Signing Brand over Josh Smith gives this team a smaller window of opportunity. Quite simply, this current team could not afford to take any kind of step back. That’s why I’m OK with slightly overpaying. Besides, he’s improved every year and hasn’t even hit his prime years. This isn’t a bad deal.

Don’t forget that the market changes every year. In the post above, Dave T worries that $15 million in year six will leave us wincing. Considering inflation, that could be a relative bargain. Not to mention that he is only going to be thirty years old. I know people worry about cap ramifications, but at the end of the day, it ain’t my money. What’s the problem here?

Yeah. First wrong step in the Stefanski era. That said, he had to get this done, and I’m not as pessimistic as you about the back 1/2 of the contract.

We bid against ourselves!

Also, did Smith even have surgery yet? Has there been a real time table? Is he lost for the season?

I’m not saying Mo Williams is a savior or anything…I’m just saying he’s exactly what the Cavs needed. I think this move is good enough to propel Cleveland to the level of the pack of East teams that have all improved in some way or another, whether it’s from free agency (Sixers), trades and signings (Raptors), regained health (Wizards) or gaining one more year of chemistry, growth and good roster tweakings (Magic).

The Cavs are TOTALLY stagnant without a second scoring major scoring option…Mo Williams is just that. A scorer in the backcourt that is capable of running the offense as well as going on spurting bursts. I’ve actually knocked his game a lot during other posts, as I’m much more of a purist PG guy…but I think you’re underrating his talent somewhat. He is a really good dribble penetrator and has improved every year. Not sure why you brought Lou Williams into the equation as I wasn’t comparing the two, but if Lou does ever becomes as good as Mo, I’ll be a happy man.

Mo is only 24ish…and I think those Bucks teams were more bad because they went with a horrible decision for an unprepared rookie coach, and a team that got slammed by the injury bug. For Cleveland to give up Damon Jones (one dimensional and getting no PT) and Joe Smith (I love Joe as a vet big man, but he would have been let go after this year) for a young PG the caliber of Mo Williams, with one of the few salaries that actually somewhat matches his talent (about an $8.5 average per year…he probably deserves $8 even), is a total coup by Danny Ferry.

And I know there are others on here with me that agree about Hickson being one of the most undertalked about freshman coming out of college that will get nice PT this year. Plus, it allows Delonte West to play his more natural combo guard type game off the bench, giving them a pretty lethal backcourt shooting duo with West and Boobie Gibson. I just think this improves their team overall, and with the Cavs having the best player on the planet not named Kobe, that’s not something you wish for when you share their conference.