Recap: 76ers 117, Cavs 97 (Or, this is the worst team in basketball)
2010-12-08– Dear God, the horror. I don’t have much to say about this team tonight — not only was this yet another blowout loss, but Time Warner Cable has left me without internet for the last four days because of “scheduled maintenance,” which means I have to take a 20-minute walk to the library every time I want to write about the team or use my email. I am not in a good mood.
– The defense. Until the team plays defense, there’s not much to talk about. 44 points in the paint, 24 points from beyond the arc, 25 points from the line. That’s 93 points from high-percentage areas. Six teams give up less than 93 TOTAL points per game. Does anyone realize how awful this is? There’s no excuse for this. A 26/11 for Thad Young on 11-12 shooting? Really? REALLY? Dear lord. Shaq could guard the paint, but wasn’t much of an overall defender. Z had no chance on pick-and-rolls. LeBron didn’t try that hard on defense in 09-10 (to be clear, he was a legitimately great defender in 08-09.) Delonte’s spot in the rotation was never fully clear. Is the loss of those four players enough to excuse Byron Scott from taking a good defensive team and making it into an unbelievably atrocious one? That’s not a rhetorical question — I’m asking for opinions.
– Jamison and Boobie combined to go 6-9 from deep. Who’s looking for shooters at the deadline? It would be tough to trade Boobie, I know — we’ll discuss this at length later.
– Sessions — 11 points on 4-5 shooting. Blowout loss. Go figure. The good news is that there might not be many close losses or wins coming up, so Ramon will just look like he’s toiling on a bad team. Who wants an aggressive scoring guard at the deadline?
– IGUODALA WENT 3-12 AND THE SIXERS WON BY 20 POINTS.
– Like I said, I don’t have much more to say. This team is embarrassing itself on a nightly basis. The good news is that the Cavs have managed to win a third of their games up to this point. The bad news is that it looks like the team’s spirit is completely broken after a two-week “Yeah, who needs LeBron?” adrenaline surge. This team needs LeBron. It needs a lot of things. Heck, it might even need Mike Brown. Times are bleak. The early-season push means that the Cavs have a few weeks to right the ship and try to be anything other than a cellar team — if that doesn’t happen, it’s time to start working that trade machine and keeping tabs on draft prospects. By the way, the impending lockout will probably keep most good players from entering the 2011 draft. Have a great night, everyone.
all4114all: Cavs clearly won’t move or be contracted – that just doesn’t make any sense looking over the last 20 years. We’ll be back in the playoff hunt within the next 3 years (I wish I could say this year but it doesn’t look like that right now). This early in the season, being 1 game out of the playoffs really doesn’t mean anything, If we can say the same thing in February, then I’d actually be pleased. The Cavs already have a relatively low payroll, plus a few contract expirations in the next two year (including Jamison). Combined with… Read more »
And I still don’t understand why anyone would be concerned about the Cavaliers moving. Doesn’t make sense to me.
Let’s see, move a team that has sold out games for many years in a row, or move a team (like Memphis) that couldn’t sell out 95% of the arena to save a man’s life.
I’m still a bit worried that Stern is serious about contraction, or that the Cavs may move. Those reasons, along with the fact that this draft will be diluted by the lockout, are why I’m still holding out hope that the Cavs can turn it around and play to win–they only are one (1) game out of 8th in the east, believe it or not.
But each game like this makes me more and more want them to trade it away, if anyone even wants their players.
It would be impossible to keep an ousted head coach around as an assistant without completely screwing up the team (Yes, I know what I just said).
All else being said, if they trade Boobie, then Jamison HAS to be included as a salary dump, and they have to get expiring contracts back. No ifs ands or buts about it. I really don’t want to see him go, because he and Mo actually look like they still give a damn.
This was just horrible. I wish Scott would have kept Mike Brown, that way Scott could teach the team his offense and Brown could continue to implement his defensive masterplans. A loss like this says – Lottery. This years lottery will likely not be that great, howver most of our picks start in 2012 season, so if that draft becomes deeper, then we’ll be in good shape in two years. Not much to look forward to, but you still never know what can/will happen.
I would love one game playing this starting five. Just one!
Mo
AV
Jamison
Gibson
Hickson
Play them all 40 minutes. That’s our top-5. If we get blown out by 20 over and over again with them, then I haven’t got a clue.
This draft doesn’t have a clear cut number 1 but its also very early in the NCAA season. Jared Sullinger looks like a stud, along with Kyrie Irving.
owned owned owned owned owned
since this draft sucks, we get a chance to compete for the NEXT lottery, too.
Its clear this team gave up…how to beat this team twice then get blown out…despite beating the team pretty good the previous two times…makes no sense…you cant get blown out without giving up and since this has happened many times already and 5 straight games….its clear this team has given up completely…
hahahahaha now THAT is a Cleveland fan!!!