ok good insight
Delonte West was the only player other than Lebron who showed up for the playoffs last year on that team.
I said it the whole off season and I'll say it again, they don't have the proper compliment to Shaq at PF. Anderson Varejao and Shaq as your front court is gonna make it too easy for players like KG to sag off and worry about help defense.
I think that is why they were playing Z at 4 last night during stretches.
I don't think Brown knows what rotations he is going with because the preseason was wasted with flu, injuries and guns in suitcases. They will get it worked out sometime, but will probably lose some games out of the gate trying to figure it out
Having Z at 4 it's a huge liability on defense; Moon, and Varejao don't provide enough at PF. They have to get a capable PF with starter's quality.
I think they are going to toy around with lineups and if they can't find anything they will trade Z's $20,000,000 contract for something at the deadline. I think after last year, they don't give a about the regular season
Mo Williams chokes in another big game. No surprises here.
Fellow Clevelanders, I don't wish to dash your dreams but, you have two chances at the '10 NBA Championship= slim & none. & slim left town.
Savvy?
The Celtics and Magic rosters could suddenly come down with a case of H1N1 right before the playoffs. You never know.
I agree TD, West's ability to run the 2nd team is quite valuable--but I think his impact on THIS GAME would've been marginal. Save for the opening minutes of the game, the Cavs 1st AND 2nd team offense looked stagnant all night. Yes, they will get better once they get a few live games under their belt. West's impact would've been limited because the Celtics were posting up the Cavs smaller guards all night. , how many times did we see Ray Allen on the block posting up his defender? He would've exploited Delonte's size as well IMO. Delonte is an important cog in their offense TD, but like I've said I don't think his presence would've put them over the top last night.
how can you say that? The Celtics closed that 14 point lead with Ray Allen running the second unit with Boobie Gibson running the Cavs second unit. That's a huge advantage. If West plays last night, he is guarding Ray Allen and Ray doesn't score 20 points or whatever he had in the 2nd quarter. The Cavs only lost by 7, and were down 4 when Parker turned it over (3 in the 4th quarter)...so to say West wouldn't have an impact is crazy. West is better than Parker, wouldn't have the 3 turn overs, and better than Boobie at running the offense and playing defense on Ray Allen (who he has shut down years prior)
14 was the biggest lead......and front runners? aren't you the Lakers fan that lives in Ohio or somewhere not named LA?
lol and the Spurs can't beat those choking Mavs.
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