I hope not...

It's probably because of my distaste for headcases on my hometeam more than anything. Kid's got talent, his head just isn't in the right place. There's a reason the last two teams he's been on have wanted to dump him regardless of the fact that he puts up some nice numbers.

I like the idea of getting Zach, I know people say he is a head case, but  when was he in a good system? When he played for Portland they sucked, and when he started off in NY he did buy into the system, then like every other player there he decided to just get his own. In Cleveland on a winning and establish system where we have a clear leader Zach would prosper.  What's really interesting is if you cross reference this rumor with forums from NY fans most of them think a Zach for Ben, or Zach for Wally would be a fair trade for both organizations. One person even brought up this trade idea....

"The most likely scenario is that we want Wally Z for Zach and they want to give us Ben Wallace. I would prefer Wally but I would not be against Ben Wallace. I see us having to give up a pick in a trade for Wally and us getting a pick for Ben Wallace.

Ben Wallace
top 5 protected 2010 pick
for
Zach

or

Wally Z
for
Zach and 2012 pick

The problem is that The Cavs need a SG so aside from his expiring contract the Cavs like Wally as their SG. I propose once more that we just throw Crawford into the mix. That trade again is

Crawford
Zach
for
Wally Z
Eric Snow
Terrence Kinley (needed to make the numbers work)

Knicks
Steph/Duhon
Q/Nate/Roberson
Chandler/Gallanari
Lee/Galanari/Jefferies
Curry/Lee

Cavs
Williams
Crawford
Lebron
Zach
Big Z or Ben

We have a competitive team and The Cavs are serious contenders for the East Title and possibly the NBA Title in two years after they gel"

http://www.knicksonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5215

 If we could get that trade I feel that we would contend for the NBA title. Right now we have a one two pounch with Williams and James, but all great NBA teams have that one, two, three combo. If we can bring in Zach I say let's do it. He's a 17 and 10 guy who shoots around 77% from the foul line. That would give us that combo we need. And if we can get Crawford in this trade that makes us even better. Danny would be a fool not to make this move.

at first i said no way but then i seen Big Ben in there it's not that i don't like ben when i look at how much we're paying this clown i hate him period! do this immediately I think last  year we could have got Crawford for Hughes straight up that should have been the trade then Gooden for West

does anybody realize why drew was actually traded?

believe it or not, it has nothing to do with the fact that he's softer than a pillow.  believe it or not, it has nothing to do that he has less post moves than mugsy bogues.  believe it or not, it's has nothing to do with the fact that spud webb could post him up.

A lot of it was the rift in the locker room that the poor teammate caused.  the whole deshawn vs. lebron thing started when Drew Gooden went snitching on teammate lebron to deshawn stevenson.

he lost a lot of friends in the locker room with that, and was dealt

does anybody realize why drew was actually traded?

believe it or not, it has nothing to do with the fact that he's softer than a pillow.  believe it or not, it has nothing to do that he has less post moves than mugsy bogues.  believe it or not, it's has nothing to do with the fact that spud webb could post him up.

A lot of it was the rift in the locker room that the poor teammate caused.  the whole deshawn vs. lebron thing started when Drew Gooden went snitching on teammate lebron to deshawn stevenson.

he lost a lot of friends in the locker room with that, and was dealt

That whole "DeShawn Stephenson" thing didn't happen until after the trade.  Perhaps Drew was bitter about being traded?  Who knows.  What I do know is that there were absolutely zero reports of him "snitching" on LeBron while he was with the Cavs.  Literally zero.  So I do not know where this is coming from.

He was traded for all the reasons you mentioned before:  He is soft, not a smart player, inconsistent, a liability on defense and doesn't have championship qualities.  If anything, he was a very good locker room presence.