Memphis Commercial Appeal - Point guard
Jason Williams resides in
Orlando during the offseason.
Eddie Jones once was Jerry West's lottery pick in Los Angeles.
When NBA training camps begin in October, Williams won't have far to travel and Jones will reunite with the man who gave him an NBA start.
The
Grizzlies completed their part in a five-team, 13 player deal Tuesday -- the largest trade in NBA history -- that will send Williams,
James Posey and
Andre Emmett to the
Miami Heat for swingman
Eddie Jones.
The components of the five-team deal came together when
Memphis chose to deal with
Sacramento straight-up in a separate trade that sent
Bonzi Wells there for
Bobby Jackson and
Greg Ostertag.
Memphis, along with
Utah, then worked with
Miami,
Boston and
New Orleans on the larger deal.
The breakdown is as follows:
Memphis will receive Jones, who is scheduled to earn more than $30 million over the next two seasons, and
Utah's
Raul Lopez, who will not suit up for the Griz after having his contract bought out as a condition of the trade.
Miami will get Williams, Posey, Emmett and
Antoine Walker, who agreed to a six-year, $52 million sign-and-trade deal.
Utah will receive Ostertag.
New Orleans will get
Utah's
Kirk Snyder and
Miami's
Rasual Butler without losing players because it has money under the salary cap.
Boston will receive
Curtis Borchardt (Utah),
Qyntel Woods (Miami -- and Carver High School in
Memphis) and
Miami's $1.9 million trade exception as well as the rights to the Heat's 2004 second-round pick
Albert Miralles and two more future second-round picks.
The
Grizzlies also received a $4.9 million trade exception by convincing
Utah to participate in the larger deal. That money can't be spent on a free agent but it could be used in a trade to acquire a player during a specific time frame.
