Wednesday night notes and errata
2009-07-29
Just general notes and errata for today:
Again, it is with heavy hearts that I go on with this blog. I shall recover, but the waiving of Tarence Kinsey has hit Cavs: The Blog hard.
Schedule came out today: Celtics for the season opener, and Lakers on Christmas Day. It’s a coincidence, like how Santa gives rich kids more presents.
Shaq has challenged David Beckham, presumably at something other than which one is more overpaid. Can we please keep Beckham from ever being relevant in America ever again? I don’t like when soccer tries to sneak into my country by using pop stars and heart-warming independent films with Keira Knightley in them. And, in all honesty, it’s not really a contest of who’s more overpaid between Beckham and Shaq. Bernie Madoff deserves his money more than Beckham deserves what the Galaxy paid him. For any NBA star thinking of going to Greece when the 2011 labor dispute hits, look at Beckham and feel the fear of God.
Two ultra-ultra quick thoughts on the trades:
I can’t believe Nellie let go of Marco Belinelli. He can really, really really shoot the ball. It sounds massively hyperbolic, but he’s one of the better “pure” shooters in the game today: whichever way he’s moving when he goes to shoot, he squares his shoulders and tucks his elbow like you’re supposed to. .502 eFG% on jumpers with only 63% of them being assisted is impressive. He’ll replace a lot of what they lost when we got AP.
When they were drafted, wasn’t Emeka supposed to be a dominant defender and Ty Chandler supposed to mature into an unstoppable offensive force? Now they’re being traded as very good role players, with Emeka a stronger offensive player while Chandler is mainly a defensive guy. Law of unintended consequences.
LeBron may come off as the “fun guy” when you watch a couple of his games a year, but for people that watched the Cavs all season, they know LeBron has no problems being the intense leader. There were numerous games where LeBron’s competitiveness put us over the edge. Hell, do you think Andy Varejao would be making 7 mil a year playing with anyone else? I dont think so, especially if it were with Kobe. And this is no knock on Kobe. He is a great player, one of the greatest of all-time. But, and there are numerous people… Read more »
i’m farily grumpy about the like of updates.
Oh, from a strictly basketball point of view Lebron is the better choice, and will only get better as time goes on. No one can truly argue otherwise. If I had to choose who to build a team around though, I’d still choose Kobe, because he brings a lot more than pure talent to a team(He does bring quite a bit of that too.) For the record, I’m not a Kobe fan so much as a Lakers fan, and as long as he will be a Laker, I’ll have his back. Of course that might mean I’m a little biased(Ok,… Read more »
Yeah, he’ll be the other guy in the eyes of Kobe homers….. Not for anyone that knows the game.
>Even if LeBron went to the Clippers, they would never be anything more than “the other team” as long as Kobe is playing with the Lakers.
That would be a perfect fit, seeing as he will always be “the other guy” as long as Kobe is playing.
On the one hand, I could see LeBron going to LA because he would go up against Kobe four times a year, and playing in the same arena would be a big deal.
On the other hand, as long as Kobe is with the Lakers, he will be the #1 draw. Even if LeBron went to the Clippers, they would never be anything more than “the other team” as long as Kobe is playing with the Lakers.
They do have Baron Davis and Marcus Camby, veterans. And if the cavs lose this year, i think lebron will wanna go somewhere else. New York hasn’t gotten anything to lure him, and the Clippers have. Just because the Clippers have a bad history doesn’t mean Lebron couldnt succeed there (btw, did the cavs have any respect before lbj?). If Blake Griffin plays well in his rookie year, and I mean very well, and Eric Gordon too, then i’d think it would be a possibility at least. All I’m saying is I can’t think of another team that Lebron could… Read more »
Simmons was only half serious. Clippers certainly have appeal, except for the part that they are the Clippers. Even though Gordon and Griffin have upside, they will still be too young and inexperienced to be 2nd and 3rd options on a championship team in 2010. Not to mention the Clippers will always be to the Lakers what the Mets are to the Yankees. And they have the worse owner in the NBA. It would make for a hell of a story though
What do you think of Bill Simmon’s Part 2 of Almost Famous quotes? What do you think about the possibility that Lebron could go to LA, for a similar market to New York, and a better team? Do you think it would be too much NBA excitement for one city??