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LeBron James is gone. Cleveland has the worst team in the NBA and just lost an NBA-record 26 straight games.
Despite that, agent Mark Bartelstein said guard Mo Williams never asked for a trade from the Cavaliers.
"No, he didn't,'' Bartelstein told FanHouse on Thursday. "He was going to be a good soldier. The Cavs have been great to him.''
While Williams was willing to stick it out, he was traded Thursday to the Los Angeles Clippers along with forward Jamario Moon for guard Baron Davis and a 2011 first-round pick. The deal, made at the NBA trade deadline, was intriguing enough for Williams to make adjustments to his contract.
Williams originally could opt out this summer of the final two years of his deal, when he is scheduled to earn $8.5 million in each. But, in order to facilitate the trade, Bartelstein said Williams agreed to change his contract so that now he only can opt in the summer of 2012 for the final year.
Bartelstein, though, said Williams does have some sadness in leaving Cleveland.
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