The Cavs Had a Really, Really Bad Year
2011-04-20
Bob Finnan recaps the Cavs’ futility, report card style:
C Ryan Hollins, 7-0, 240, 5th year: He went from an end-of-the-bench guy to being the team’s starting center. That shows just how bad this team really was. His play did pick up considerably after Davis arrived on the scene. He started looking for Hollins in the post, especially on alley-oop dunks. He shot a team-high 59.8 percent from the field. His lack of rebounding – 2.7 per game on the season – remains a sore spot with Coach Byron Scott. He wants his bigs to hit the boards. That point was pounded over J.J. Hickson’s head. He never really got it through to Hollins, who owns a player option on his contract for next year. He’ll undoubtedly pick it up. Grade: C-
Let us never speak of this season again.
Maybe the Cavaliers could keep an eye out for whatever talented but misaligned player Donald Sterling is heckling next year, and trade Jamison for him and another unprotected lottery pick. Maybe he’ll get pissed off at DeAndre Jordan or something. Can we get a Stepien rule exemption here?
Funny thing is we had more wins this year than in 2002 the year before Lebron and the worst year ever was the expansion season. There were a number of factors that played into this tumultuous season but hindsight is 20/20 and we can play the coulda woulda shoulda game as well. I really thought the Cavs had to clean house once Lebron was gone, having Mo and Jamison try to lead was a horrible idea. I think some fans thought the Cavs would somewhat weather the storm and be halfway decent considering the East was still pretty shitty. Despite… Read more »