The Los Angeles Clippers officially found a seat at the table this summer. Earlier in the week, the team made a lateral head-scratcher in acquiring Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw from the Portland Trail Blazers.
Camby was well-liked by fans and teammates. The trade didn't seem to accomplish much of anything with both Blake and Outlaw in the last years of their contracts - as is Marcus.
On Wednesday, it became clear that the Portland deal was a preliminary move as LA became trade facilitator between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards.
By taking on Drew Gooden in the blockbuster that landed Antawn Jamison with the Cavaliers and Zydrunas Ilgauskas with the Wizards - LA was able to clear both Sebastian Telfair and Al Thornton off their books.
That's huge.
From the Clippers' perspective - that's a home run.
Moving Telfair and Thornton, who both had a year left on their deals, puts the Clippers at the magic number of $16 million in cap space as of July.
That's enough to make a max offer to the top-flight summer free agents - but make no mistake - this is all about LeBron James.
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