Getting the point

You have to say this much about Danny Ferry in his three-plus months as the Cavaliers' general manager: the man knows how to foul off pitches until he finds one to hit.
Two months ago, his back was against the wall in trying to find a shooting guard. He had been turned away by Ray Allen and Michael Redd, and it looked like the Cavs were going to have to settle for someone like Cuttino Mobley.
Then, Ferry whipped off his proverbial top hat and pulled out Larry Hughes. Not the outside shooter the Cavs needed, but a far better all-around player than Allen or Redd.
This month, the Cavs' search for a starting point guard had ground to a halt. We watched as Sarunas Jasikevicius took less money to sign on with the Pacers. We watched as Marko Jaric went to the Timberwolves in a sign-and-trade.
The Cavs locked in on Miami's Damon Jones, trying to score the last starting-caliber point guard left in free agency. But the odds were agaist Ferry. In order for the Cavs to become a strong candidate for Jones, the media said recently-released Maverick Michael Finley would have to sign in Miami, thereby using up most or all of the Heat's salary cap exemption.
Alas, Finley passed on the Heat to sign with the defending champion Spurs. Jones' return to Miami appeared to be but a matter of time.
Luckily, Ferry didn't listen to what us long-winded yakkers have to say. Wednesday, he got his man. Again.
Jones will suit up for the Cavs this fall to the tune of a four-year, $16 million contract. He is expected to be introduced at a press conference today.
As far as point guards go, Jones doesn't pass like Jason Kidd and he doesn't score like Stephon Marbury. He's not even a true point. At 6'-3", he's an undersized "tweener" who probably bends more toward the shooting guard end of things. But for the Cavs, he's a good fit.
Jones can knock down outside jumpers and was one of the top three-point bombers in the league last year. With LeBron James and Hughes drawing double teams as the primary playmakers and Zydrunas Ilgauskas taking up space inside, Jones' job will be to camp out on the perimeter as a safety valve if the shot clock starts winding down.
Other than that, Jones will be asked to bring the ball up the floor on offense and play better defense than Jeff McInnis. That is to say, any defense at all.
Quoted in today's Plain Dealer, Jones spoke of helping to take the Cavs "where we've never been before."
Ferry, in his own way, is already doing that. A Cleveland team spending gobs of money on impact free agents. It's everything we've always wanted in an off-season.