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[Shakes fist] Washington!!! “The Washington Wizards may have lost a few battles against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they most certainly won the war. Think about it…the first salvo was Jamison to the Cavs, a talented, but defensively impotent player who was abused routinely by Kevin Garnett in the Cavs’ beatdown at the hands of the Celtics. Now, the Cavs are stuck with an exorbitant salary for a player with a clear, defined weakness on a roster that’s inspiring nobody.
But that wasn’t enough for Washington…oh, no. They could’ve been content with implanting a tumor on their once rivals, but instead, they had to go ahead with the water torture…an agonizing week long period where, thanks to the Wiz’ trade with the Bulls for the cap killing Kirk Hinrich, Cavs fans everywhere have to watch their team squrim and gasp for air.” [Major League Jerk]
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Done deal, pal: “What were shortly ago relatively even odds on LeBron staying in Cleveland (-150) are now much longer (+350), with a $100 wager that LeBron stays home yielding a $350 profit if he does.
So, yeah. That’s a big change. But should anyone really be surprised?
Remember, the mainstream narrative has a significant impact here. These numbers only reflect what sportsbook.com is willing to offer for each respective contingency, and of course, these offers are concocted with an eye toward the response that the books expect to receive. So when the New York Times dramatically publishes a report that LeBron to Chicago is “a done deal,” why shouldn’t we expect the odds on where LeBron ends up to change dramatically? At least until folks take a closer look at what the New York Times report says and act on that information.” [Cleveland Frowns]
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Is Brian Shaw what Cleveland needs? [Red Right 88]
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What’s gonna happen to Big Baby? “It’s almost July, and we still don’t know exactly what type of punishment the league will hand to Rogers after he mistakenly brought a loaded handgun to Cleveland Hopkins Airport in the offseason. Earlier in the year, the Plain Dealer’s Tony Grossi mentioned that a suspension might only be for a game or two. All things considered, that shouldn’t affect the chemistry of the unit too much. The bigger question here is whether the team will actually go through with starting Rogers at the defensive end position this season as opposed to nose tackle.” [Dawgs by Nature]
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And finally, a letter to LeBron James [Cleveland Hope]
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(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
23 Comments
Wizard fans really have room to talk? Wow….I never understood what was up their behind and the pure hatred of the Cavs…What makes them even think they have reason to talk? I will never understand those bums…GO AGENT ZERO!!! You are our HERO! (oops I didn’t know it was a bad idea to bring all my guns into an NBA lockeroom and playfully point them at people)…Sorry
Some people just need to get a life….and I for one am not squirming or gasping for life…
And how does the author have the balls to claim they won the war? Wouldn’t losing to the Cavs every year in the playoffs, thats right every year we played them, make them the losers?
I don’t understand that logic…
FIRST
That’s Washington’s revenge? Seriously you guys. George McFly owning Biff Tannen and having him wax his car after high school bullying is revenge. Domingo Montoya killing the six fingered man is revenge. Washington trading for Kirk Hinrich and giving us there best player? Not revenge no matter how it’s spun.
Did anyone expect Jamison to come in and shut-down Garnett? We expected Jamison to fit into a system, not win 1-on-1 match-ups from the defensive end. There was no time to implement this system so we will never know.
I would happily take 3.5:1 on LeBron staying. Great odds, if only wagering was legal.
Jamison had quietly solid games half the time but his impact was quite underwhelming. Defensively he has always been a question mark but it bothers me when people (Major League Jerk) use his match-up against Garnett to illustrate their point. Jamison is 6’9″ and Garnett is 6’11” with a 7’4″ wingspan. Jamison should have never been asked to take on that challenge but we didn’t have the right pieces to match up. We thought we would create mismatches by spreading the floor with Jamison but the tables got turned.
Come on guys, saying FIRST is not clever or original or relevant or constructive.
It’s the commenting equivalent of walking in with a popped collar, and upside down, backwards, white visor and icing a bro.
Seventh!!!
I used the wrong from or there/their… Please forgive me. I am a rah-tard.
@ #6 – I couldn’t have said it better.
The Cavs are the Denver Broncos to the Wizards’ Cleveland Browns.
I think the revenge (indirectly) would be Lebron leaving, which would pretty much make Washington’s franchise headed in a much better direction than Cleveland’s. Who would have thunk that 4-5 years ago?
@Charlie,
But. we did have the right pieces to match up. And that’s why Mike Browns got fired.
@ MattyFos: Varejao? I understand Mike Brown’s thought by sticking with Jamison (he thought KG would score on him but Antawn would make it up on the other end, didn’t quite happen) since AV was obviously ailing and had been a shell of himself the entire playoffs. If it had been regular-season Varejao there’s no doubt he would have slowed KG, but it wasn’t. So with no reliable AV, who covers KG?
We slide LBJ to the four, insert Jamario Moon and play Hickson at Center. We played best when we played small.
@swig Amen speak it Jamison on Garnett was another heat Mkke Brown coaching decision. Furthermore Boston had two or three big men but oh wait that’s right Ferry planned for Orlando. Oops my bad!
lets not go overboard with Ferry here. ferry realized that, chances were, the cavs would have to get past orlando in the playoffs. there is zero chance to get past orlando without a big defensive presence inside who could handle Dwight Howard, so Ferry went out and got the guy (Shaq) that could do that. what was he supposed to do? the pieces to beat boston were still on the cavs team. its on mike brown for not utilizing those pieces correctly.
Wasnt the Jamison deal for Washington essentially negated by the Hinrich deal in terms of salary (less money, longer term)? Morons or A-holes, I can’t decide
Bron on giving back
http://stacktv.stack.com/video.aspx?videoID=1780578451_105
“to the city that built me”
@16, why not both?
@Alex
Moronic A-Holes?
I still think Jamison will be fine this year and then a nice trade piece the year after.
Windy’s reporting now that, while they might have spoken on the phone, Lebron was not in Miami to talk to Wade and Bosh this weekend. Wade and Bosh’s agent says the three did not meet and apparently a source close to Lebron said he was in New York this weekend.
@20 – or a nice trade piece now (won’t stop dreaming about LeBron+Bosh until its not possible)
@20 A new coach with some kind of offensive clue should be able to use Jamison but your right at the least Jamison could be trade bait.