The classic argument of most teams coming off of several winnings headed back to the lottery, for whatever reason, is: should we tank or should we go for it? With Le___ gone, the Cavs are faced with that very question. The Cavs might have enough talent to squeeze into a 7th or 8th playoff spot but they also might secure a top talent by having one of the worsts records in the league. So what should the fans root for?
Making a Point: Projecting the Cavs’ scoring distribution without James this season.The majority of emails I’ve received post-Decision this off-season have revolved around the idea of projecting the performance of this upcoming season’s Cavaliers. Many have asked me whether or not I think Antawn Jamison will return to his Wizards’ style of play or if [...]
Yes, yet another edition of the latest Cavs news in what is now the NBA’s dead period. The Cavs news within the past week hasn’t been too exciting but with former players like Shaquille O’Neal, Delonte West and Le___ still in the league and fresh off their departures, there is for sure some news to be made. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this past week’s Cavs news.
Testing the Ewing James Theory.Tracking the media’s predictions of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ record this off-season has been a grueling challenge to say the least. The majority of the estimates have placed the Cavs as a bottom five team in the league, often giving them no more than 25 wins on the season. This negative persistence [...]
Player Profile: Zeeeeeeee
Last but certainly not least, our final Player Profile will spotlight the career of the longest tenured Cavalier ever, Big Z, Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
Z has shown his loyalty time & time again to the Cavalier franchise & this past season was no exception. First of all, he had to accept a lesser role when the Cavaliers [...]
Remember when I said this is a dead time in the NBA, especially in regards to the Cavs? Well it looks like I was wrong. While there certainly hasn’t been any big news within the past couple of days involving the Cavs, there has been plenty of newsworthy things involving them. So much so that Cavs Notes had to make another appearance after just a couple of days. More after the jump.
With the end of the Vegas Summer League, the end of Free Agency and the end of any kind of date to look forward to in the NBA, the dead time in the NBA now begins. Until the Cavs start training camp, which won’t be for another month or so, there won’t be much going on in the NBA, particularly in relation to the Cavs. So to help speed up the dead time in the NBA, here’s some stories from the past few weeks to provide for some good reading material.
Player Profile: Anderson VarejaoOur next Player Profile will take a look at one of the most popular Cavalier players, “The Wild Thing” Anderson Varejao.
The 27 year old Brazilian will be entering his 7th season as a Cavalier and is coming off of the best season of his career stat wise. Andy averaged 7.6 boards in [...]
Nothing saddens me more about “The Decision” than the underlying premise that the history of the Cleveland Cavaliers consists of 7.1 years: The month of early May to early June in 1989, and the seven years that LeBron played in Cleveland. I grew up a hoops junkie in Cleveland, Ohio. Just like Ray Kinsella in The Field of Dreams, I left home and traveled around the U.S. for one job or another for the next 11 years or so. So begins the fictional Mural of Dreams parody about the elegant history of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Player Profile: Shaquille O’Neal
The next Player Profile will be that of the guy who wanted to “win a ring for the (ahem, self proclaimed) king”, Shaquille O’Neal.
Shaq was brought in last off-season in a deal that sent Ben Wallace & Sasha Pavlovic to the Phoenix Suns, in what was a Sun salary dump. While I [...]
