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CLEVELAND -- Larry Hughes was given a less-than-warm welcome in his first return to Quicken Loans Arena since the trade that sent him and Drew Gooden to the Bulls for Ben Wallace and Joe Smith .
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... would've been acceptable. That's the other thing, the comment about just winning and getting paid. Larry earned $4 million in bonuses over the last two years because the Cavs hit win targets in his contract. The more the team won, the more he did get paid. That said, in the playoff run last season, even before he got hurt, I didn't get the sense that he was happy. I never saw that joy from him, so I think this is probably more than just lip service, I think he really means it." ...

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