Links To The Present: January 27, 2011
2011-01-27
“If you watch ESPN or even the occasional game of college basketball, I can assume you already are familiar with the Ohio State dominating front court player, Jared Sullinger. While Power Forward is not the most glaring need the CAVS have, a big name and big talent player like Sullinger is hard to pass up on.” [CByers of Fear the Sword]
“The question marks surrounding players like Perry Jones, Kyrie Irving, Terrence Jones and Harrison Barnes are potentially enough for the Cavaliers to consider going with safer options at the top rather than opting for potential. At this stage, Sullinger is compared more to Memphis’ Zach Randolph more than the poster boy of all young power forwards, Los Angeles’ Blake Griffin. And while he may not be making highlight reels, Randolph has been a consistent threat for 20 points and 10 rebounds per night.” [Scott Sargent]
“Threatening the NBA record of 23 consecutive losses in a single season (a low shared by the 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies and 1997-98 Denver Nuggets) is likely to have a more positive impact on the franchise than if the Cavs were now limping toward a respectable 39-win season. Now the Cavs and their fans know exactly who they are and what they need to do. They’re going to earn a high pick in the draft, and that choice will represent the team’s first meaningful long-term step following The Decision.” [Ian Thomsen]
Jodie Valade talks, most relevantly, about which Cavaliers could be traded in the near future.
On The Twitters
“Report: Cavaliers quietly shopping Mo Williams around http://dlvr.it/FCnWl #PBT #NBA” [Kurt Helin]
“This Jimmer dude is pret-tay, pret-tay, pret-tay …” [Ken Berger]
“Roger Goodell will cut his salary from 10mil a yr to $1 if there is a lockout. I wonder in David Stern will follow suit because he makes same exact thing. We will see. That will speak volumes.” [Mo Williams]
I hear what you’re saying Leo, but here are the problems: -There’s nothing against players colluding to play together. As much as it sucked, and was blatantly obvious, Stern couldn’t do anything about it (nor would it be smart to do anything with the CBA under negotiation). -Melo isn’t the first star player to do this sort of thing, and he definitely won’t be the last. -Officiating always seems to be an issue, and maybe I’m in the minority here, but I don’t think its been that bad this season. That could be because I’ve lowered my expectations to the… Read more »
Heat =/= Cavs. They’re better teams in the league this year too.
besides Bud Selig, David Stern is a joke of a commissioner in any of the professional leagues. this guy has ignored the collusion between lebron wade and bosh…he hasnt done anything about this carmelo thing where a star player is affecting his team by not trying….he’s done nothing about the officiating and we still see bennett salvatore, dick bavetta, and joey crawford officiating even though they’re terrible. he keeps claiming the league is doing okay despite losing tons of money every year….and somehow he is stil supporting the WNBA which is the biggest joke of a league mens or womens….
I’m picking up what you’re putting down, Mark. PF is just as glaring of a need as PG, C, SF, and SG. They are all giant holes that needed to be upgraded tremendously. And Tom makes a good point. In case anyone hasn’t realized, the Heat, as of right now, are not as good as the Cavs were at this point in the season either of the last two years. They shouldn’t be, either. You can’t be a truly great team with voids of space taking up two of your starting positions named Joel Anthony (I think he’s starting again??)… Read more »
I mean to post that on the other page.
By your logic the Heat should be atrocious. Their only decent draft pick of the last 6 years doesn’t play for them anymore. The difference? Wade got top tier FA to come to Miami and LeBron brought Z and Mike Miller. Also, it’s interesting to me that the logic that LeBron James is worth as many wins as the Cavs had last season minus 8. I love that logic. Even Hollinger buys that logic now. I’d like to throw my own out there: the Cleveland 2009/2010 supporting cast is superior to the Heat 2011 supporting cast. That’s right: Dwyane Wade… Read more »
The Cavs need people on every position.I cant trust Ramon Sessions to manage this team. 80%of the time i spend watching him am fruastrated at pretty much all he does.For the Cavs to move forward successfully, they need a good point guard and an equally good big man. But the point guards coming out now are far from spectacular. So i would say if they could get a good PF/C and a SF they can start from there. They just desperately need someone who knows what they are doing,who can defend decently and can score.
I really like what I’ve seen out of Kemba Walker. Where is he supposed to go in the draft?
I’d rather see us pick up a SF – that’s our greatest need and then maybe a Center (to put Andy back in his natural PF position). I understand who may be the ‘safest pick’ and maybe if we get him we can trade JJ for someone of value. But without a go-to guy wing, we’ll just see ourselves back in the lottery again in 2012 – which may not be a bad idea considering we’ll have plenty of cap space with and a solid PF. Then a lottery SF or PG lottery pick after will give us two very… Read more »
Cavs draft Jimmer Fredette, I will die.
“While Power Forward is not the most glaring need the CAVS have. . .” This is true only because the Cavs have about 7 or 8 glaring needs. They have a solid bench guard in Boobie Gibson and……….well, a tremendous fan-base counts for something, right? If ever there was a time to draft for talent & not for need, it is the current Cavs. yikes the good news is, assuming there is some NBA season for 2011-12, the Cavs will once again be in prime position for a high lottery pick. Remember, even with Durant SEA/OKC had another year with… Read more »