Here's how...
Andre Miller, Zydrunas Ilgauskus, Lamond Murray, and Bimbo Coles to the Pacers
Jamaal Tinsley, Jonathan Bender, Ron Artest, Ron Mercer, and Austin Croshere (and possibly Kevin Ollie in a sign-and-trade, but only if he agrees to a VERY CHEAP deal) to the Cavs
CAVS' PERSPECTIVE. Cleveland is STARTING OVER, they are CLEARING PAYROLL. They want to get rid of the contracts of Ilgauskus (three more years, $40.5 mil remaining) and Murray (four more years, $18.8 mil remaining). They also want to acquire cheap young assets. Tinsley is the next Mark Jackson--he's got savvy, he's a good ball-handler, a good passer, but he's not all that quick, he's not a good perimeter shooter--he cannot hold Andre Miller's jock nor will he ever be able to hold Andre Miller's jock, so let's just make that clear right from the start. Ron Artest is a terrific defender with solid all-around skills--but he's a headcase, and he's never going to be a STAR in this league. Mercer is incredibly one-dimensional and, therefore, quite overpaid--but his contract is up after just two years. It sucks to take on Croshere, who has four more years to go on his terrible contract, but he'll be given an opportunity in Cleveland to play, which wasn't happening in Indiana. The key to the deal for the Cavs is Jonathan Bender. I personally think the dude is a HUGE bust, he looks totally lost out there on the basketball court, but I've been wrong before.
PACERS' PERSPECTIVE. Artest and Bender are both restricted free agents next summer. So is Jeff Foster. And Jermaine O'Neal AND Reggie Miller AND Brad Miller are all UNRESTRICTED free agents. In other words, there is simply NO WAY that the Pacers are going to be able to keep these guys together--they can't re-sign all six of these guys! They seem committed to Al Harrington as their SF of the future, they've already locked him up to a totally reasonable longterm deal--so why would Indiana want to re-sign Artest AND Bender, who will both get big offers from other teams next July? A team like Utah or Denver--a team who is WAY under the cap but has difficulties recruiting LEGIT NBA stars to play for them--will end up throwing a lot of money Bender's way. The Pacers can't afford to give this guy a Croshere-esque deal, people. Besides, Lamond Murray's contract is totally reasonable, he can be this team's backup SF (or maybe even the starter at SG, if Reggie Miller isn't re-signed, which IS a possibility). It sucks to take on Ilgauskus, but at least you're getting rid of Croshere (and Mercer). The KEY, of course, is ANDRE MILLER. The Pacers have QUANTITY but not QUALITY. Take a look at the Lakers' roster--they have TWO STARS and a bunch of role players. The Pacers need another STAR to pair with Jermaine O'Neal--and surround the two of them with cheap role players. Andre Miller is that guy. Take a look at next year's Pacers--they are MUCH-IMPROVED:
PG Andre Miller--Bimbo Coles--Jamison Brewer
SG Reggie Miller--Fred Jones
SF Al Harrington--Lamond Murray
PF Jermaine O'Neal--Jeff Foster
C Brad Miller--Zydrunas Ilgauskus--Primoz Brezec
The team is STILL two-deep at every single position, the glut at SF has been resolved, the CAVS can now sit around and wonder if Jonathan Bender is ever going to amount to anything or not, the CAVS can listen to Ron Artest whine about whatever it is he whines about. THIS team can go to the Eastern Conference Finals next season--the CURRENT Pacers team won't make it past the first round (and will probably struggle to get that #8 seed again, to be honest).
THE BOTTOM LINE: Andre Miller will be one of the top 10-15 players in this league over the next 5-6 years, and he's on the trading block. When a guy like that is available, YOU GO GET HIM. The Pacers are NOT going to be able to re-sign all those dudes--it'll put their payroll into the $65-$70 mil range, which is luxury tax land, AND they STILL won't even be one of the top 2-3 teams in the Eastern Conference! Like I said, QUALITY wins in this league, not QUANTITY--most NBA fans don't understand this for whatever retarded reason.