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March 31, 2009Cavaliers Beat Pistons, Lakers Fall To Bobcats
April 1, 2009While 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.
Mind you, this is coming out of New York: “Cleveland never seems to have the best player in any sport. Well, almost never; the one and only time it happened was when the Browns flaunted Jim Brown. So now, not only do the Cavs have the best player — he’s from Akron! He’s local! In modern times, even going back nearly 45 years, it’s unprecedented that an NBA team’s luminary grew up in the vicinity. […] For the life of me, I cannot fathom anything the Knicks (space prohibits me from cluttering conjecture with other pretenders) can offer a performer of James’ upper crust that would make him leave Cleveland — other than basketball’s most grandiose stage.” [Peter Vescey/New York Post]
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This isn’t 2004 anymore: “[Rasheed Wallace] was shouting his mantra, “Ball don’t lie!” when Williams missed a technical foul shot after a bad call that he protested. Maybe the ball can tell the league office to rescind the “T,” for it was his 16th, meaning a one-game suspension. Maybe the ball can tell him his time is past, and the Cavs are on the clock now.” [Bill Livingston/Plain Dealer]
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And this sure helps matters a bit: “In the Andrew Bynum Karma Bowl, Gerald Wallace got his get-back on the Lakers (if not on Bynum himself), putting up 21 points, 13 boards and five blocks to lead the Bobcats to their sixth win over L.A. in the last seven meetings.” [Dime Magazine]
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Hang on, sloopy: “Last season, an angry and upset [Braylon] Edwards voiced his displeasure with the way he was perceived by Browns fans, which didn’t further endear him to many of the team’s followers. Edwards, however, has come to internalize that a harsh reception from fans is part of the game during bad times. Edwards says privately that he would like to remain in Cleveland and is not pushing for an exit.” [Lane Adkins/The OBR]
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And the tale of Andre Smith will apparently make a pit stop in Berea: “Alabama OT Andre Smith will have visits/workouts with five teams, including three teams holding top-10 picks. Smith, the Outland Trophy winner whose unannounced departure from last month’s combine raised red flags, met with Baltimore (No. 26 pick) the past two days. On deck is Cincinnati, which holds the sixth overall pick. Smith also has visits scheduled later this week and next week with San Francisco (No. 10), Philadelphia (Nos. 21 and 28), the New York Jets (No. 17) and Cleveland (No. 5).” [Steve Wyche/NFL.com]
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(photo via mwklawit/Flickr)
16 Comments
The Peter Vescey article on LeBron is well worth the read. Thanks for the link.
As for Rasheed, he exudes bad karma; and now the Pistons have the tear-stained monologue of Iverson to ladle into their bad karma stew.
And this is EXACTLY why Allen Iverson will never win a title-
[DET News]
“How many minutes did I play,” Iverson said after he scored 11 with three turnovers in 18 minutes. “It seemed way, way, way less than that. Eighteen minutes? Come on, man. I can play 18 minutes with my eyes closed. It’s a bad feeling, man. I’m wondering what they rushed me to get back for? For that?
“It’s a bad time for me mentally.”
The Pistons hardly rushed Iverson back. They let him sit out a month with back pain. And as far as his minutes, other than a six-point flurry in the fourth quarter, he hardly played well enough to displace any other player. He was on the floor during a key part of the Pistons’ collapse in the final five minutes.
“I am just trying to get through it without starting a whole bunch of nonsense,” Iverson said, after initiating the conversation about his playing time. “I’m looking at the big picture. If I vent my frustration then it’s like, given who I am, I’ll be the one everybody points the finger at. I am just going to try to laugh to stop from crying.”
/points finger and laughs
congrats to Pete Vescey, the only new york sportswriter whose article I’ve been able to finish for the past year.
I’m taking a lot of pleasure this morning in the Cavs win over the Pistons. Of course, it was the 13th in a row, they extended their lead for best record over the Lakers by three games and, well, it’s just fun to have the best team in the NBA wear “Cleveland” across their chests.
But watching the Pistons play the Cavs, especially the last three meetings, what a dysfunctional bunch. Iverson is a cry-baby, so, too, is Rasheed Wallace. Dude, quit yelling at refs, it doesn’t fire your team up. They have no idea what to do on offense with Iverson, Bynum and Stucky out there and every time they shot to the coach, Michael Curry, he looked out of place, confused and wishing he was anywhere but there — very Romeo Crennel-esque.
And of course, I think I’m taking the biggest pleasure in the Cavs win over the Pistons because a guy I work with who is a huge Steelers fan is also a huge Pistons fan.
Dear Chauncey Billips,
I’m glad that Joe Dumarse let you go. For AI and cap space. You made this team go. Even Rip Hamilton looks lost without you.
Sincerely,
Me
The Lakers’ loss means this: if the Cavs go a mere 5-3 (the “mere” being warranted by their 4 remaining home games and overall success), the Lakers would have to win their final 8 games to tie and thus overtake the Cavs in the quest for home court advantage through the finals.
That’s not unthinkable, but this final pre-playoff prize is all but on display in the Q as of late last night.
I have a feeling after a season under a hard-ass like Mangini instead of Club Romeo, Braylon is going to want out.
i beleave that lebron is a money hungry pile of crap, and he will show his true colors next year. you will see. then he will quickly go from the most loved person in cleveland, and akron to the most hated
wow doug, feeling bitter? did LBJ kick your dog or something?
Please never mention Braylon and LeBron in the same sentence again.
The Vescey article is wonderful but I can’t help remembering that a few months ago all we’d get is the first third of it.
Personally, the only way Vescey’s article could be any better is if he somehow managed to punch Spike Lee in the mouth as postcript.
Doug is obviously a Knicks fan
I like WFNY because there are not more posts like #8.
(note: Obviously, it’s not the LeBron bashing, but the lack of coherent thought and literacy issues)
I’d also like to note it’s the anniversary of us winning the top pic (I guess technically yesterday, but I didn’t watch the draft, thus found out about it the following day).
I had to check 3 news sources because I thought it was a cruel multi-webpage April Fools joke that we had received the #1 overall pic.
Doug,
If you are correct and Lebron is a “money hungry pile of crap”, wouldn’t that mean he would definitely resign with the Cavs since they can pay him the most money?
You sir, make no sense.
Mark my words. If we draft Smith in the first round, I will never, ever root for the Browns again for the rest of my life.