Links To The Present: December 27, 2010
2010-12-27
This is one of those games that’s best summed up by a quotestravaganza:
“This was a team that still knew how to win. This was a team filled with veterans who were around for 127 victories over the last two regular seasons, and those veterans would be counted on to win tight games.” [Jason Lloyd]
“The Cavs, who played without Daniel Gibson (flu-like symptoms), got a great game from Anthony Parker (season-high 21 points, seven rebounds, season-high seven assists), 17 points, five boards and 11 assists from Williams, 11 points from J.J. Hickson and three big 3-pointers from Jawad Williams, but they fell apart down the stretch instead of burying the Timberwolves when they had the chance.” [Rick Noland]
“It’s been a long December for the Cavaliers. The longest seven minutes of it may have happened Sunday night.” [Zac Jackson]
“The last three minutes, we really had the game. Defensively, we kind of stopped playing. Offensively, the ball was kind of sticking, but when it was passed around, we let the shot clock get to seven or eight seconds and then it was like nobody really wanted to shoot it. (We) were almost scared to win the game. When you want to win the game, you have to go and take it. That’s the bottom line. I thought we were kind of passive on both ends of the floor the last three minutes of the game and it cost us.” [Byron Scott]
There are two ways to look at this game: either the “Worst. Loss. Ever.” angle the media is taking or the “Here’s to better lottery odds!” angle. I’ll be comforting myself with the latter and repressing the former.
Oh, and here’s an excellent piece from WFNY that examines Mo Williams’ strange season. An example: his percentage from beyond the arc is just 28.3%, but he is averaging 8.9 assists per game throughout the month of December. And his scoring from game to game is all over the place. Again, weird season for Mo.
On The Twitters
“Not much to be said about last nights game that hasn’t already been said 21 other times this year.” [realcavsfans]
“The transformation of Mo from SG in a PG’s body to an actual distributor has been one of the more bizarre aspects of the Cavs this season” [RockWFNY]
“#Cavs have released Jawad Williams” [Jason Lloyd]
Sending a player to the D-League does not open a roster spot. So Jawad’s spot is the only new open slot. As Ryan said, we likely released Jawad to not have to gurantee his money. My guess is we will sign someone else on a 10 day contract to look at how some other guys may fit the team. Jawad had almost no trade value and isn’t in the teams future so it was a good move IMO. Hopefully we’ll find somebody else who can contribute a bit more. I also like that we sent Samuels down to the D-League,… Read more »
@Jon I am pretty sure that Jawad had to be cut before the deadline otherwise he would have a guaranteed contract. For how long? I don’t know but if they are making a move I won’t shed tears over ultimate Jawad.
PS – I’m a cleveland native trying to follow the cavs from the UK and it is nearly impossible, so props to the team on this blog for regular breakdowns that keep me sane, if still disappointed.
I agree. Otherwise, why release Jawad two weeks before the deadline?
@Justin. My thoughts exactly. I guess they could bring up Eyenga for one of the spots but it appears they are clearing roster spots for something..
If Jawad got released and Samardo Samuels was sent to the D-league, could this mean a trade is coming? The roster would be down to 13…
It’s really unfortunate how much this team sucks.