Varejao on Cleveland: 'I don't want to play there anymore'

By Chad Ford
ESPN.com

Monday, November 26, 2007

Last season, Anderson Varejao played a key role as the Cleveland Cavaliers won the Eastern Conference title -- he was arguably the Cavs' best young player behind LeBron James. This season, Varejao is playing in a gym more than a thousand miles from Cleveland in Vitoria, Brazil, while the Cavs struggle to replace Varejao's defensive intensity in the middle. What's he doing? Working on his jump hook. Trying to stay in shape. And most importantly, waiting. He's waiting for the lucrative contr ...

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