Miller/Miles trade complete

Randy Hill of FoxSports.com reports that the Clippers/Cavaliers trade is finally confirmed. The Clippers have received Andre Miller and Bryant Stith in exchange for Darius Miles and Harold Jamison. Miller will now be able to negotiate with the Clippers for that maximum salary contract extension.

The Clippers, who haven’t employed a star-caliber point guard since the franchise’s inception, now have the reigning league leader in assists. Miller, 26, averaged 16.5 points, 10.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds while making 45 percent of his field-goal attempts.

Cleveland will welcome Miles, a 6-foot-9 acrobat who turns 21 the second week of training camp. In two seasons after hopping from high school to the draft’s third overall selection in 2001, Miles has been the Clippers’ crowd-galvanizing seventh man. He averaged 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds, shooting 48 percent from the field in 27.2 minutes per game.

After failing to complete a trade on draft night, the two teams were finally able to get something done. Now the Clippers have a young and talented point guard to play with the likes of Michael Olowokandi, Quentin Richardson, Odom, hard-charging Corey Maggette and recently signed Euro guard Marko Jaric. They also have two skilled, young big men selected as lottery dividends.

The Clippers now are prepared to sign lottery picks Chris Wilcox and Melvin Ely within the next 24 hours. Wilcox, a 6-9 power forward from Maryland, was the Clips’ choice at 8; Ely, a 6-9½ center-forward out of Fresno State, was taken at 12.

“Adding Miller and keeping Odom with that bunch could be devastating,” one Western Conference assistant coach muttered on condition of anonymity. “With a point guard like Andre, these guys might be good enough to make the playoffs and win a series right now.”

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Report: Clippers and Cavs Close to a Deal

The Morning Journal, a rather unknown source of information, is reporting that the Cleveland Cavaliers are ready to trade Andre Miller to the Clippers in a three-team trade.

Bob Finnan quotes a Western Conference source as saying that Darius Miles and Harold Jamison will be traded to Cleveland. There is no report on who the third team is.

The Clippers and Cavs tried to close a deal on draft night that hit several stumbling blocks. The original deal reportedly included Lamar Odom and the 8th overall pick in the draft.

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Clippers sign Jaric

People were surprised when the Clippers took two power forwards with the eighth and 12th pick in the draft. GM Elgin Baylor said they were addressing their shortcoming at the point with Yugoslavian star Marko Jaric, who they selected in the second round of the 2000 draft.

Yesterday the 6' 7" Jaric signed a multi-year deal with the Clippers. He averaged 15.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 33 games for Kinder Bologna in the Italian League last season.

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