Now LeBron James has accepted a contract extension, the Cleveland Cavaliers are moving onto locking up forward Drew Gooden to a new deal, the Akron Beacon-Journal is reporting.  Gooden is a restricted free agent, giving the Cavs the right to match any offer that Gooden may get from other teams.

The Cavaliers asked Gooden's agents to be patient until James' situation was settled; now talks will begin in earnest.

The Denver Nuggets agreed last week to a six-year, $60 million deal with restricted free-agent forward Nene, who has career averages of 10 points and six rebounds and is coming off major knee surgery.

The Cavs were probably not considering going that high for Gooden, who has career averages of 12 points and seven rebounds.

``That (Nene) deal set the market; we'd like to get into that environment,'' Gooden's agent, Calvin Andrews, said Saturday.