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.

The Cavaliers have waived back-up SF/SG Coby Karl. Karl played in 3 games (0 starts) for the Cavs this season and he averaged 1.7 minutes, 0.0 points and 0.7 rebounds per game. The Cavaliers won’t miss Karl but it was nice for them to give ex-Cavs Coach George Karl’s son play a little bit for them this year as it was the place the senior Karl’s NBA coaching career began.

The Cavaliers had enough left in the tank after dealing with Orlando on Wednesday to beat the Heat in Miami last night. LeBron James led the way for the Cavaliers last night with 34 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Mo Williams had another monster game with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Williams was also a dead eye from long range hitting 5 of 7 three point shots. J.J. Hickson was very solid near the basket for the Cavs last night with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assists in 31 minutes on the court. The Cavaliers are now 6-3 on the year.