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While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email in the sidebar.

“As a longtime assistant coach, the last two seasons spent directing the Cavaliers’ offense, he could only dream.  Now, finally calling the shots for the Detroit Pistons in his first NBA head coaching position, [John] Kuester still wonders about what could be. [...]

In the midst of a five-game losing streak after a West Coast swing, the 5-9 Pistons are not the perennial powerhouse who were once the Cavaliers’ greatest playoff stumbling block. In the five years since they won an NBA championship, the Pistons have gone through four head coaches.” [Jodie Valade/Plain Dealer]

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A heartwarming story about “The Villain”: “In the first two weeks of the college basketball season, no one has skyrocketed out of the gate quite like [Evan] Turner. Debuting with a triple-double against Alcorn State — only the second in the history of the Buckeyes program — he has posted a double-double in every game thereafter and is averaging an eye-popping 21.8 points, 14.8 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game.” [Dana O'Neil]

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Cleveland fan art.  Interesting, scary and intriguing all at the same time. ['64 and Counting]

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About “Fakegate”… “I would love to see the whole injury angle just disappear. In the annals of Browns humiliation, Mangini accusing another coach of deliberately faking player injuries in order to slow down a suddenly prolific Cleveland offense is the stuff of fantasies. And unintentional hilarity.   But mostly the hilarity part.” [Cleveland Reboot]

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And finally, some video footage of LeBron James’ rendition of O-H-I-O from this past weekend. [Stepien Rules]