Cleveland Cavaliers, Joe Smith reunion still possible: Cavaliers Insider by Brian Windhorst/Plain Dealer SAN ANTONIO -- As they search everywhere possible, there is a stark reality the Cavaliers have to deal with as they look for some way to plug the hole left by Ben Wallace's broken leg. The list of realistic options is short. In fact, there appears to be just one player who could really help the Cavs in a rotation role and that is Joe Smith. The Joe Smith who is still a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Several league sources said Friday that Smith and his agent, Dan Fegan, have been talking to the Thunder about securing a buyout. The Cavs have expressed interest, setting up what could be intensifying negotiations ahead of Sunday's midnight deadline for players to be released and still be eligible to join playoff rosters. But with many factors at play, including the public positions on the matter of Smith and Thunder coach Scott Brooks, it is far from a sure thing. There are other players available who the Cavs could add to their roster, but at the moment none seem to be more than third-string players or emergency reserves. Lorenzen Wright has already secured that role for the Cavs. The Cavs had some interest earlier in the season in veteran Austin Croshere, but he has been cut three times this season. Earl Barron, who played for the Miami Heat last season and played in Europe earlier this season, is also an option but would be a question mark. There have been some rumors than Rasho Nesterovic would seek a buyout from the Pacers but a league source said that is not going to happen. So unless there is a surprise release in the league elsewhere, the Cavs are pretty much banking on Smith to get free. "Hopefully something comes up where we can add another big because we could use it," LeBron James said. "In the playoffs you need a lot of big bodies." In the short term, the Cavs will rework their rotation and essentially turn James into a power forward for much longer stretches. This was hard to do when Zydrunas Ilgauskas was out with an injury earlier in the season because Delonte West was also missing and James was more needed on the perimeter. So James and Cavs coach Mike Brown are formulating plans to use James more in the post in offensive sets and perhaps guarding opposing big men in the trenches as well. "I'm going to have to," James said. "I've got to help our bigs out." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 要睡了,沒時間翻譯過再貼上來orz,熱心人士翻一下吧~^^~ --

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