Links to the Present: August 5, 2013 – D.R.E.A.M Edition (Dion Rules Everything Around Me)
2013-08-05
Some day, Dion Waiters will appear in Dos Equis commercials.
His charity bowling event took place Sunday. Check out this three minute video at the nba’s website: a couple hundred people; Dion battling early adversity to dominate; push-up challenges; and it’s all for a good cause. That’s a fine day.
Also, a nice article from Donna Ditota at Syracuse.com, discussing the effort that Waiters is putting in on-and-off the court this summer. It’s definitely worth a read, featuring discussion of Dion’s growing relationship with Coach Brown; his long developing respect for Jim Boeheim; and his expected role on the Cavs next season.
Thanks for helping keep summer interesting, Dion.
Dion doesn’t seem to be given the same amount of national respect as Beal. I love Dion. His biggest issue realistically is shot selection. His shooting mechanics still need work, but those are correctable. He’s not a selfish player at all and looks to facilitate. He edges out Tristan as my favorite Cav. If he gets more active off the ball and uses his agility to get around screens he should be an All-Star caliber player.
Dion has been posting pics of his kid to Instagram a lot lately. Anyone remember LeBron’s kids on the bench with Andy a few years ago? I seem to remember Andy was their favorite player. Maybe we’ll see Dion’s kid eventually hang out on the bench. It will be interesting.
Waiters not getting a single mention on Doolittles SG rundown while Beal ranked 5th, and Monta Ellis, and Kevin Martin rounded out the top ten, was upsetting, and just incorrect, I hope
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9531354/nba-projecting-top-10-shooting-guards-warp-2013-14
Neon Dion….He is the man giving back to the community of Cleveland. The guy will have a breakout year this year….