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When this season started, I said that I did not believe it would end with Anderson Varejao playing for the Cavaliers. The reasons I thought so were because it is in the Cavaliers best interest to acquire first round draft picks, and that a number of teams would be willing to include such picks in a trade package for Andy. I also didn't think, at the time, that any other veteran on this Cavs team could be traded for a first round pick this season either. But it is starting to seem like maybe Ramon Sessions can be. If he eventually is, I'm too the point with Anderson's All Star performance this season, that I wouldn't see any reason to move Varejao at all then if that first rounder can be acquired through a Sessions deal.  It's obviously not a sure thing that a team will eventually trade a first round pick for Ramon, but there has been a lot of talk about that lately. This week began with Adrian Wojnarowski's report about the Lakers interest in Sessions, and wh...
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