That’s what the Cleveland Cavaliers were trying to get rid of, because Williams hasn’t played a game this season for the defending National Basketball Association champions. The two teams did not play each other again until mid-March.
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Each team has one title under their belt.
Jazz fans remember Kyle Korver for the role he played on a Jazz playoff squad that featured the likes of Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer.
Any way you look at it, Korver has been a historically great shooter.
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks surprisingly agreed to a deal that isn’t likely to alter the landscape of the Eastern Conference, but could shift the balance of power in the Finals back to the defending champs. It doesn’t matter. The Cavaliers are in the empire business, and Korver is another piece that puts them that much closer to a repeat.
The Hawks continued their massive organizational overhaul by trading the 14-year veteran to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Mike Dunleavy Jr. and a protected 2019 first-round draft choice. This was already one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the league; they set the record for most made threes in a playoff game a year ago with 25 vs. the Hawks.
Norris Cole, another former James teammate from Miami, also is a free agent. “With the way that we pass, he’s going to bring a whole new dynamic to this team to help spread the floor even more than we can now”, Love added. What does this trade mean for Golden State? Remember, this is a guy who spent the best years of his career in Atlanta.
“Kyle was a big part of that, Al was a big part of that, Jeff was a big part of that, DeMarre was a big part of that, and all of them are gone”, Hawks forward Paul Millsap said.
Korver (6-7, 212) played in 32 games (21 starts) for Atlanta this season with averages of 9.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 27.9 minutes. The rich just definitely got richer.
With the Cavs, Korver will come off the bench. “They’ve got J.R. Smith out and now Korver can take his spot”. A small ball lineup with Irving, Smith, Korver, James, and Kevin Love or Channing Frye is a scary thought for a defense. Korver has also attempted 1,000 more threes throughout his career than Dunleavy has. Cleveland has swept Atlanta in each of the past two postseasons.
The 6-foot-7, 212-pound Korver, a native of Lakewood, California, is in his 14th National Basketball Association season out of Creighton University.
“I’ve been in this game long enough to know that you can’t project who’s going to be there at the end”, Cleveland reserve James Jones said, himself a top-flight shooter.
This move seemed to be aimed directly at the potential Finals trilogy.
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The Warriors need to go after shooting. “You look at our league, most teams have three point guards”. In fact, he’s exactly the kind of catch-and-shoot player that the Cavaliers covet.
