INDEPENDENCE: Mo Williams will not play for the Cavaliers this season and has essentially retired. Williams’ agent, Raymond Brothers, called Cavs general manager David Griffin before the team held its media day Monday to inform him of the decision.
Williams has considered retirement as far back as January, but insisted to the Beacon Journal last winter he was opting out of his contract at the end of last season and becoming a free agent again to take advantage of the salary cap spike. Then he picked up his player option and wrote on Twitter last week he was coming back for one more year.