Randy Hill of FoxSports.com reports that the Clippers/Cavaliers trade is finally confirmed. The Clippers have received Andre Miller and Bryant Stith in exchange for Darius Miles and Harold Jamison. Miller will now be able to negotiate with the Clippers for that maximum salary contract extension.

The Clippers, who haven?t employed a star-caliber point guard since the franchise?s inception, now have the reigning league leader in assists. Miller, 26, averaged 16.5 points, 10.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds while making 45 percent of his field-goal attempts.

Cleveland will welcome Miles, a 6-foot-9 acrobat who turns 21 the second week of training camp. In two seasons after hopping from high school to the draft?s third overall selection in 2001, Miles has been the Clippers? crowd-galvanizing seventh man. He averaged 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds, shooting 48 percent from the field in 27.2 minutes per game.

After failing to complete a trade on draft night, the two teams were finally able to get something done. Now the Clippers have a young and talented point guard to play with the likes of Michael Olowokandi, Quentin Richardson, Odom, hard-charging Corey Maggette and recently signed Euro guard Marko Jaric. They also have two skilled, young big men selected as lottery dividends.

The Clippers now are prepared to sign lottery picks Chris Wilcox and Melvin Ely within the next 24 hours. Wilcox, a 6-9 power forward from Maryland, was the Clips? choice at 8; Ely, a 6-9? center-forward out of Fresno State, was taken at 12.

?Adding Miller and keeping Odom with that bunch could be devastating,? one Western Conference assistant coach muttered on condition of anonymity. ?With a point guard like Andre, these guys might be good enough to make the playoffs and win a series right now.?