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Point guard says game against former team will be like any other
By George M. Thomas
Beacon Journal sports writer
Published on Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008
INDEPENDENCE: Cavaliers guard Mo Williams views the world through a pragmatic lens.
The 25-year-old point guard, who came to the team from the Milwaukee Bucks, said rather bluntly that he holds no ill feelings toward his former team.
''All of my memories there are great. The organization's been nothing but great to me,'' he said Monday after the Cavs' practice. ''I have nothing but respect for the organization. They gave me my contract, and you never bite the hand that feeds [you].''
The Bucks did make him a wealthy man, but just a year later, they dealt him to the Cavs.
''I think I'm good. I'm a pretty good player. For business reasons, they traded me,'' he said. ''I'm a young player who is only going to get better. I don't think it's because I'm diminishing in my game or something.''
There will be a certain amount of fun going up tonight against former teammates and burning them, just as he did in practice, Williams joked.
Coach Mike Brown isn't worried about Williams strolling too far from the team concept.
''I've never felt that I needed to say anything special to anybody who has played a team they just got traded from,'' he said. ''I just felt, hey, go out and play, it's our next game.
''You're a professional; you know how we need to act. It's the same with everybody else; let's go get this 'W.' I know he
wants to go win this game just as bad as the one from two nights ago.''
Williams confessed that a different scenario might have left him with a bad taste in his mouth.
''A lot of players get traded from their teams and they get bitter because they get to situations where it's not so good,'' he said. ''They don't want to go, but I'm in a great situation, having the best time of my life. I play the game every night. I'm having fun in practice. I'm having fun in games. I'm having fun off the court.''
In short: The Bucks are just another team and this is just another game, Williams said.
''We've got a bigger goal and our rivalry is against every team in the league, especially the contenders,'' he said.
No McDyess
Rumors regarding the status of former Detroit Pistons player Antonio McDyess are roaming around the league. He was dealt last week to the Denver Nuggets as part of a deal that sent him and Chauncey Billups out west for guard Allen Iverson. The Nuggets waived McDyess on Monday afternoon. All teams have 48 hours to make a claim on him at his current salary or he becomes a free agent.
Some have argued that he might fit well with the Cavs. Chances of that happening aren't very good, and not because it wouldn't be welcomed.
An NBA executive said that the Cavs might have interest, but McDyess is 99 percent sure he is going back to the Pistons.
LeBron receives honor
The NBA selected LeBron James as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. In four games, James averaged an NBA-high 34.5 points on .469 shooting and 9.8 rebounds in 37.1 minutes per game. The Cavs won all four.
James has won the award 14 times in his career: for the first time this season, three times during 2007-08, twice in 2006-07, five times in 2005-06 and on three occasions during 2004-05.
George M. Thomas can be reached at sportswriterabj@sbcglobal.net Read the cavs blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/cavs/.
INDEPENDENCE: Cavaliers guard Mo Williams views the world through a pragmatic lens.
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