I've been advised by one especially knowledgeable observer not to be surprised if Delonte West is traded at some point this season, not because Cleveland is eager to part with him but because West is surely more movable from that massive Cavs payroll than Daniel Gibson.

Traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday, the 15-time All-Star has decided to wear 33, the team confirmed Friday. That's the number O'Neal wore in high school and at LSU before turning pro. O'Neal wore No. 32 when he was in Orlando, Miami and Phoenix.

While plenty of media outlets are speculating about a potential deal between Cleveland and Phoenix, we’ve heard some talk of a possible trade between Cleveland and Washington actually. The deal would essentially be a cost-cutting move for the Wizards, sending Antawn Jamison and filler (Mike James) to the Cavs for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic. Wallace seems likely to retire, and Pavlovic is on a non-guaranteed contract for next season. It’s not clear whether the Wizards would need to surrender the #5 pick. Jamison is attractive to the Cavs since he’s exactly the type of combo forward they were missing to match up with Orlando’s Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu.

What Jordan did to Ehlo was dead wrong. For him to go up and act like he was going to take the jumper and wait for Ehlo to land on the ground. And then shoot it. ... He should have not done that to Craig Ehlo.

"Knowing all the circumstances, I felt bad for him," the 7-3 center said. "He took some uncalled beating for it in the last couple days. For me, it was always about the journey, not the ball. So now I want him to have a piece of it. I don't really need the ball anyway."

"We have slotted time for [LeBron James] to be at the four every game, which will give us the opportunity to look at him there and we have different combination of guys who will play along side him…If we like it, it’s something we may got to at the end of the game."

My pick: Cleveland over New Orleans in the 2009 Finals. You will remember it as the first LeBron/CP3 Finals some day, a seminal moment in the league's history, the season when a new generation of stars symbolically moved the previous regime out of the way. The NBA ... where rejuvenation happens.

After re-upping Boobie Gibson earlier this summer at a similar clip (although Gibson isn't quite the player West is), word was that West was the odd man out. But now that he's back, giving Gibson that kind of money seems kind of silly, doesn't it?

All in all, if [re-signing Delonte West isn't] a homerun for Danny Ferry, it's at least a two-run RBI double.