Starting point guard Mo Williams is back for the Cavaliers as he healed more quickly than originally projected and that’s great news. Williams has played in 44 games (43 starts) this season for the Cavaliers and he is averaging 35.2 minutes, 16.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Williams is shooting 43.2% from three point range and he will definately help the Cavs get the offense in full gear especially now with another brand new shiny weapon in Antwan Jamison.

The Cavaliers are likely to start giving Shaquille O’Neal more minutes with Big Z off to Washington. O’Neal has played in 49 games (all starts) for the Cavs this season and he is averaging 23.2 minutes, 11.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 blocked shots per game. I look for Shaq’s production to really increase now as Antwan Jamison likely won’t be clogging up the paint with him the way that J.J. Hickson was. The Cavs were really smart to watch the Diesel’s minutes early in the year to keep him fresh down the stretch when the games count more.

The Cavaliers also included 2009 draft pick Emir Preldzic to the Wizards in the Antwan Jamison trade. Here is what was said about him when the Cavs picked him up:

The Cavs bought Emir Preldzic from the Suns on draft night. The 21-year old small forward is a typical soft European player. He played in 156 games in five seasons in Europe and he averaged 8.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Don’t expect him to make much of a impact for a long time….if at all.

He has not played in the NBA yet so the Cavs see him as no loss.

24-year old point guard Sebastian Telfair might not get to play much for the Cavaliers the rest of the way but he strengthens the bench. Telfair played in 39 games (1 start) for the Clippers this season and he averaged 14.9 minutes, 4.3 points, 1.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. He has now played in 388 games (181 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 23.6 minutes, 7.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. Telfair’s main problem has been his shooting in his NBA career as he has only made 39% of his shots from the floor. Telfair will probably be behind Mo Williams, Delonte West and Dennis Gibson on the depth chart at point guard.

34-year old center Zydrunas Ilgauskas was traded to the Wizards tonight likely ending his career with the Cavs. Big Z played in 53 games (6 starts) for the Cavaliers this season and he was averaging 20.5 minutes, 7.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Ilgauskas has played in 760 games (673 starts) in his career with the Cavaliers and he averaged 28.4 minutes, 13.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.7 blocked shots per game. Ilgauskas likely finishes his career with the Cavs as their #2 leading scorer all-time with 10,540 points behind only LeBron James. Ilgauskas is the Cavs all-time leader in games played (760), minutes played (21,568), rebounds (5,841) and blocked shots (1,259). Talk was rampant before the trade deadline that the Cavs would just bring back Z in 30 days if the team he traded him to bought him out. That was with the idea that J.J. Hickson would be leaving with Z. With Hickson backing up Jamison and Varejao backing up Shaq it seems like the Cavs have slammed the door on big Z. He was a class act and he will be missed.