While We’re Waiting… Andra Davis, Carmona’s Weight, and the Return of Joe Smith

While We’re Waiting aims to be the round-up of the recent WFNY-esque information for your morning viewing. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email in the sidebar.

Posterized: “Andra Davis’ previous connection to Denver will always be the answer to a Broncos trivia question. Ryan Torain leaped over Davis for his first (and only) NFL touchdown during the Denver/Cleveland game on 11/06/08. It was immortalized in this photo.  It’s a nice shot. Let’s hope that Davis, and our new defensive front 7, permit as few pictures like it as possible. Here’s to a great man of character whom we are lucky to have. I hope that he and the Broncos can help each other out over the next two years – or longer.” [Mile High Report]

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“Joe Smith will continue to be a decent player, as he has averaged at least 17.36 points and 9.65 rebounds per 48 minutes in every single season of his career. […]  He is not by any means a legitimate starting post presence for one of the best teams in the NBA, but he is a very good fit for the team for the remainder of this season. I will certainly cheer for him to do well in Cleveland, but I do not think this automatically makes us the favorites, nor does it make us a very different ball club.” [Jacob Rosen/The Sports Report]

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Our new Sabathia? “A couple weeks back, I told you Fausto Carmona was looking a little plump in the gut. He appears to have tamed that little issue — the last thing the Indians need is another abdominal/oblique strain for a prominent member of their starting rotation — for the time being. “I lost a couple pounds,” he said today. “I don’t know how many, but I feel better now.” [Anthony Castrovince/Castro Turf]

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Another take on the LeClair trade: “The Columbus Blue Jackets, in the midst of a playoff race, add a solid second-line center with standout speed and skating ability. He should instantly become a top-six forward on the Blue Jackets, and will undoubtedly improve their offensive output.” [The Lantern]

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These times they are a changing: “There are many differences seeing the Cavs play in Cleveland last night as compared to twenty years ago.  The obvious changes are in place, changes like player and coaching differnces.  Add a marquee name like Lebron James into the mix and it seems everything factors differently.” [Paneech]