Published 9/13/2008
by Amar Panchmatia
at Bleacher Report - NBA
Much thanks goes to Danny Ferry, Delonte West, and West's agent, Aaron Goodwin, for providing something to talk about regarding the Cleveland Cavaliers that does not involve some random national media member talking about what he thinks will happen two offseasons from now.
(Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.)
When the Cavs landed point guard Mo Williams from the Milwaukee Bucks last month, many thought that this spelled the end of the road for West's tenure in Cleveland.
West and Daniel Gibson were the two restricted free agents for this summer for GM Ferry, and after a messy offseason last summer that involved unprecedented, illogical, and downright stupid holdouts from restricted free agents Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic, the way Ferry handled this summer was being watched very, very closely.
It took Ferry some time, but he didn't hit just one homerun. He hit two. And this summer was quite a welcome change from last year's fiascoes.
First, Ferry locked up ...
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