PHILADELPHIA - With a big contract and without a starting spot, point guard Eric Snow became expendable in Philadelphia.
Snow likely will find himself in the same situation this year, only in Cleveland after he was traded by the 76ers to the Cavaliers on Tuesday for guards Kevin Ollie and Kedrick Brown.
Snow spent 6 seasons with the 76ers, averaging 9.7 points and 6.6 assists while helping them to the 2001 Eastern Conference championship.
"I'm excited and thankful," Snow said Tuesday night in an interview with The Associated Press. "I'm going to a team that wanted me, and wanted me to be the player I am. Cleveland is a nice, young team that is hoping to go to the playoffs, and hopefully I can come and help them accomplish that goal."
Philadelphia, though, was looking to save money, get blossoming second-year guard Willie Green into the starting lineup and shift Allen Iverson to point guard.
WARRIORS: Golden State traded point guard Nick Van Exel to the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Dale Davis and guard Dan Dickau.
Van Exel was injured for much of his only season with the Warriors, who acquired him from the Dallas Mavericks last summer in a trade involving Antawn Jamison.
He averaged 12.6 points while playing only 39 games, leaving the team for good shortly after the All-Star break with a recurring knee injury.
KINGS: Center Greg Ostertag signed with Sacramento, leaving the Utah Jazz after nine seasons.
The terms of Ostertag's deal weren't immediately available. He signed with Sacramento on the same day center Vlade Divac left the Kings to rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers.
Ostertag averaged 5.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.85 blocks during his career with the Jazz, who made him a first-round draft pick in 1995.
He played in two NBA Finals with Utah.
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