NBA Cavaliers trade Jones to Celtics for two players

Jumaine Jones was dealt to Boston for J.R. Bremer and Bruno Sundov.
BOSTON (AP) -- Jumaine Jones would have teamed with LeBron James if he'd stayed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Joining the Boston Celtics gave him a chance to do something even better: Make the playoffs.
"It was kind of rough playing in Philadelphia two years, making the playoffs and going to the finals" in 2001 before spending the next two years in Cleveland, Jones said Tuesday after he was traded to Boston. "They're getting better. It's good be here and be a part of it."
The Celtics sent J.R. Bremer and Bruno Sundov to the Cavaliers in a sign-and-trade deal to get Jones. The deal was all-but-final on Monday night, but the announcement was postponed while details were worked out.
Jones was in the Celtics' Boston offices Tuesday, looking over the wall at photographs of the team's great. He smiled and gave a thumbs-up when he saw the picture of Danny Ainge, the Celtics' head of basketball operations and Jones' new boss.
Career highs
Jones averaged just under 10 points in 28 minutes for Cleveland last season -- both career highs -- and had five rebounds per game as the Cavaliers finished tied for the worst record in the NBA. That helped them land James, the high school phenomenon who is the cornerstone of the team's rebuilding efforts.
Bremer, a 6-2 Cleveland native, averaged 8.3 points and 2.6 assists and shot 35 percent from 3-point range in 64 games after joining Boston as an un-drafted rookie from St. Bonaventure.
Including Bremer and Sundov, Cleveland has added four players since getting James in the draft. Earlier, the club signed point guard Kevin Ollie and forward Ira Newble, both free agents.
Sundov, a 7-2 Croatian, signed as a free agent with the Celtics last July but was used sparingly in 26 games. He averaged 1.2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 5.3 minutes.
Schedule
The Cavaliers will open the 2003-04 season at Sacramento on Oct. 29. The Cavs will play three games on the West Coast before playing their home opener at Gund Arena on Nov. 5 against Denver.
The game with the Nuggets will feature a head-to-head match-up between James and Denver's Carmelo Anthony, James' close friend who led Syracuse to the NCAA title this year before being taken with the No. 3 overall pick in the draft.
The Cavaliers, who haven't appeared on network TV since Dec. 6, 2000, when they played the Chicago Bulls, are scheduled to make 13 appearances on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and TNT this year.
"The LeBron factor is all around. We're going to get some exposure," Paxson said.
Games on ESPN
Among the games to be televised on ESPN are the Wednesday night opener in Sacramento, the home opener against Denver and a game on Christmas in Orlando.
Other national TV games include both games against the Los Angeles Lakers (Jan. 12, Feb. 4) and an appearance on ABC against New York on Feb. 22.
The Cavaliers will close the calendar year with three home games -- Dec. 26 vs. Chicago, Dec. 28 vs. Portland and Dec. 30 vs. Indiana.
The defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs will visit Cleveland on Feb. 4.
Cleveland's longest road trip will be a six-game, 11-day jaunt starting in Toronto on Jan. 7 and ending on Jan. 17 in Utah.