Notes and Errata: March 11th, 2011
2011-03-11First of all, thoughts go out to everyone in Japan impacted by the earthquake. Reminder that there are far more important things than basketball.
– Can’t shake the hunch that the picks will be either Irving/a wing (possibly Barnes) if the Cavs win the lottery and Sullinger/Kemba if they don’t. Irving is the only guy in this draft I’m really sold on, and I feel like Walker is a bit more of a combo guard than I’d like, but the dude has talent.
– Heat/LAL — Definitely a lot of pro/con stuff for the Heat. They showed they can execute down the stretch against anybody and beat the Lakers, which is a big thing for their confidence. And Chris Bosh decided to play like an elite power forward. And Mike Miller is alive. Those are all big things.
On the other hand, that offense still does not look right. Even when Bosh had it going, the Heat were really just throwing Bosh post-ups into the mix rather than having Bosh, Wade, and James play off of each other. Maybe the team is a macro representation of LeBron — no matter what they do offensively, they’ll never be able live up to their perceived potential.
Wade was the guy down the stretch for them tonight — weird to see Tim Legler praising Miami for going away from LeBron isolations at the top of the key late. In the regular season, I watched late-game LeBron isolations work like gangbusters for a solid three years. The stats are out there to prove it — more importantly, I remember the prenatural sense of calm when the game was close late and you knew LeBron was about to go into “I am tired of pretending that I have to play basketball like the humans do. I am going to the basket and scoring every time now.” mode. And yet clearly LeISO hasn’t been effective late in games in Miami.
I am rarely, if ever, right about draft-related things. However, let the record show that I had a YEARS-long draft crush on Ty Lawson. I cannot believe he fell as far as he did. He was a freak of an athlete, he won a championship in college, and his numbers were amazing. It was not rocket science. Also, the Nuggets are a lot of fun to watch.
That’s all for me tonight. Have a good weekend, everyone.
WHY ARENT MORE PEOPLE SOLD ON SULLY?! YES THIS IS IN ALL CAPS AND YES HE IS THE REAL DEAL
Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about Derrick Williams for the Cavs next year?
As I said before, if it’s not related to the Cavs, it shouldn’t be on this site. I’m not sure why the Heat/Lakers/LeBron thing was here but like others are saying, leave it alone. The only former (still active) Cavs I’m honestly paying attention to are Mo and Moon. And that’s because the worse the Clips play, the better pick we’ll be able to get. The way Mo is playing – they are starting to win more games than expected, so yes, that matters to the Cavs.
I gotta say, seriously dude – get over LeBron! Either that, or take your talents and join your boy Windhorst in South Beach.
We don’t care about the Heat or LeBron. We care about the Cavaliers.
I have no problem talking about LeBron at this point if it is basketball related. I think people will begin to understand how good Andy is with some of this Bosh stuff. Bosh is clearly the superior offensive one on one guy, but he doesn’t cut to the hole or finish like Andy has for Bron. The problem is very simple with the Heat. Bosh doesn’t know how, or doesn’t want to play pick and roll. He can only pick and pop. Wade or LeBron aren’t good enough shooters to play off the pick and roll/pop depending on who is… Read more »
or the reception of mark price when he was in town with the warriors
if we are going to talk about former cavs, i’m more interested in mo’s resurgence with the clips (small sample size i know) or the z retirement article.
Nm, my reading comprehension was bad.
Is your reading comprehension bad? He complimented LeBron, saying he was basically a transcendent player able to ignore how “normal, mortal” players are forced to play and thereby win close games in isolation situations, but that it just so happens to not work as well this year. He also waxed philosophical that LeBron may never be able to live up to expectations, which isn’t an insult it’s a bit of pity actually for an impossible situation that LeBron finds himself. I am tired of hearing about LeBron on this site, but if Krolik would insult him more than I might… Read more »
Translation for people still bitter about Lebron: – Can’t shake the hunch that the picks will be either Irving/a wing (possibly Barnes) if the Cavs win the lottery and Sullinger/Kemba if they don’t. Irving is the only guy in this draft I’m really sold on, and I feel like Walker is a bit more of a combo guard than I’d like, but the dude has talent. -Blahblahblah Blahblahblah Blahblahblahblahblahblah<—he says bad things about Lebron here! I am rarely, if ever, right about draft-related things. However, let the record show that I had a YEARS-long draft crush on Ty Lawson. I… Read more »