Keidel: LeBron James, Cavaliers Still No Threat To West

By Jason Keidel
Normally the NBA trade deadline is like the NFL — a hollow ritual of salary cap-clearing moves. Only baseball has real sizzle around the league’s deadline to deal players.
Not so this year, with LeBron James, er, the Cleveland Cavaliers, dealing about 40 percent of their minutes played to give LeBron new toys and a new sense that his Cavs can compete this spring.
We can debate the merits of Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr, George Hill, and the gaggle of new comrades i