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Is LeBron James behind Cavs interest in Joe Johnson?

Whatever LeBron wants, LeBron gets ... or does he? But suffice it to say, he wants Joe Johnson.

Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, a veteran LeBron James watcher, hints that the discussion of Joe Johnson for the non-guaranteed contract of Brendan Haywood and the injured Anderson Varejao starts with the game's best player, who is also a free agent at the moment.

"For what it's worth, I've heard that LeBron James likes Johnson's game," writes Pluto in a lengthy discussion of the basketball and business sides of the proposed trade (which would also likely include the draft rights to Sasha Kaun, the seven-foot Russian center looking for a shot at the NBA.