June 20, 2013

Cavalier Film Room: More Defensive Ineptitude

April 5, 2013 by 1 Comment

WFNY Cavaliers Film RoomWhen we last gathered in the film room, I chronicled the 27-point blown lead against the Miami Heat, extending their long winning streak. This week, I’m going to continue to look at the team’s defensive effort and execution. Scott covered the embarrassing loss to Brooklyn on Wednesday night, but just how bad was that second quarter? Well, for starters, the Nets shot a stunning 15-of-18 for the quarter and had 63 points at the half. The Cavaliers played a zone defense for stretches of that game, and it broke down in painful fashion. Without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the horror. [Read more...]

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Cavalier Film Room: An Assist From The Bench

March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment

WFNY Cavaliers Film RoomLast week, I went over some winning plays on the defensive end against the Jazz in a come from behind victory. This week, I’m getting to a topic that’s long overdue. Sure, I talked about Marreese Speights’s energy and scoring a while back, but that’s just really scratching the surface of a larger theme. Today, I’ll give a round of applause to the entire Cavs’ second five-man (now four with Livingston in the starting lineup) unit of Speights, Wayne Ellington, Shaun Livingston, Luke Walton, and C.J. Miles. There’s no doubt that this group’s new blood and veteran play have sparked the Cavaliers as Coach Scott can now rest his starting five without the fear of a game getting out of reach. The bench’s greatest asset may be that the veteran group functions as a unit, making the right passes, hitting timely shots, and playing stretches of fundamental defenses. Without anymore stalling, let’s get to it. [Read more...]

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Conley, Gasol, Third Quarter Woes Too Much For Recovering Cavaliers

March 9, 2013 by 1 Comment

conleykyrieThe Cavaliers have a virus that has infiltrated nearly the entire team. It has caused nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea, a veritable Pepto-Bismol antagonist that has plagued the team for some time now.

No, I’m not talking about the flu that has stricken Tyler Zeller, Dion Waiters, Daniel Gibson, and trainer Max Benton among others. The sickness that I’m recalling is the third quarter basketball from the wine and gold.

For the third straight game, the young Cavaliers came out of the locker room at half utterly disinterested and nearly catatonic. The Grizzlies sprung a 10-0 run to open the half on the Cavs, and it gave them the lead for good in this game as a 3-point halftime lead was erased and replaced by a Memphis-controlled second half where the Cavs’ fourth quarter magic wasn’t enough this time to pardon their third quarter crimes.

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WFNY Stats & Info: Continued improvements by the Cavs

February 26, 2013 by 2 Comments

Despite Sunday night’s last-minute loss to the Miami Heat, the Cleveland Cavs are 13-15 (.464) since Dec. 22. That’s a tremendous sign of improvement for a franchise that previously was 45-131 (.256) in the last 2.5 seasons.

I’ve tackled this subject several times before — notably, in The Diff last Wednesday. But again, what are some fun stats around this recent stretch of improvement? Fortunately, Twitter has been abuzz with plenty of good facts over the past 24 hours.

For starters, let me share @ConradKaczmarek of Fear The Sword’s table about Dion Waiters’ shooting at the rim, a topic that WFNY covered in roundtable form back in December:

Another fun discovery from yesterday: The website www.vorped.com. In this site, one can look at very simple shot charts for players and teams, as organized by very simple splits. Let’s take a look at this recent table of shooting success via this site:

Entire Season
Zone PPS %FGA
Paint 0.99 46.6%
Other 2s 0.78 29.3%
3-Pointers 1.06 24.1%
Total 0.95 100%
Last 30 Days
Zone PPS %FGA
Paint 1.09 45.9%
Other 2s 0.88 32.9%
3-Pointers 1.11 21.2%
Total 1.02 100%
Prior to Last 30 Days
Zone PPS %FGA
Paint 0.97 46.8%
Other 2s 0.75 28.4%
3-Pointers 1.05 24.9%
Total 0.93 100%

 

Pretty cool to see that the Cavaliers are noticeably better at just about every shooting range in the last 30 days. Next, here’s an update on the Cavaliers’ efficiency metrics and turnover rate over various stretches this season. As you can see, there’s been steady, consistent improvements on the offensive side. The Cavs have the 3rd-best offense in the NBA since Feb. 2:

SPLIT OFF DEF DIFF TOR
first 24 games thru 12/14 96.6 105.4 -8.8 16.7%
next 6 games thru 12/26 99.9 106.7 -6.8 13.5%
next 9 games thru 1/13 101.5 108.3 -6.8 14.8%
next 8 games thru 2/1 104.5 109.3 -4.8 12.8%
last 9 games since 2/2 114.0 108.2 5.8 11.9%
Season (56 games) 101.6 107.0 -5.4 14.7%
NBA Average 102.6 102.6 0.0 15.3%

 

And finally on the Cavs stats front, I’ll pass it over to my friend Ed Manly at @LaughingCavs, who shares these PER splits before/after Jan. 14 for a number of rotation players for the Cavaliers:

Player Before 1/14 Since 1/14 DIFF
Miles 11.4 20.4 +9.0
Waiters 11.8 17.2 +5.4
Tristan 14.7 19.7 +5.0
Zeller 10.0 14.5 +4.5
Irving 21.8 23.4 +1.6
Gee 10.9 11.1 +0.2
Speights xx 17.7 xx
Ellington xx 14.4 xx

 

That’s a whole lot of improvement there too. And a much larger chunk of rotation players being above the established PER league-average mark of 15.0. PER splits aren’t normally searchable on any website, so it was quite helpful to see the table Ed had shared on Twitter.

[Related: Talent gives way to tiredness as Cavs collapse in Biscayne Bay]

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Box Score: Cavaliers 118, Magic 94

February 23, 2013 by 5 Comments

Goodness gracious, Cavs fans, this was a fun one. The good guys outscored the Magic 67-43 in the second half en route to a dominant victory Saturday night in Orlando, the team’s second largest win in the post-LeBron era (27 points vs. Bobcats on Feb. 6).

The tremendous road win also represents a complete turnaround for these two teams this season — the Magic started 12-13, but are just 3-29 since. That’s ironically the exact same streak that the Thunder had to start the season in Kevin Durant’s second year.

Also notable: The Cavs bench scored 59 points.  Led by efficient scoring performances from Speights, Ellington and Miles, this shows the potential of this more complete Cleveland team. And boy, was this fun. The Cavs are now 13-14 in their last 27 games.

 

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS – 18-37 (Won last 2)
ORLANDO MAGIC – 15-41 (Lost last 5)
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
CLE 26 25 28 39 118
ORL 25 26 21 22
94

 

Cleveland

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Kyrie Irving
 G 29:36 4-9 0-1 4-4 +3 0 3 9 1 1 0 0 2 12
Dion Waiters
 G 26:02 5-16 1-3 1-2 +22 2 4 4 0 1 0 3 3 12
Tyler Zeller
 C 25:15 7-12 0-0 2-2 +21 6 7 1 0 1 1 0 2 16
Tristan Thompson
 F 24:26 1-5 0-0 0-2 +15 5 11 3 2 0 1 0 0 2
Alonzo Gee
 F 24:16 6-9 1-3 4-4 +9 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 17
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 43-87 9-21 23-28 18 47 28 10 8 4 7 20 118
Percentages .494 .429 .821 Team Rebounds: 8
Marreese Speights
 22:45 4-8 0-1 10-12 +3 2 8 1 0 1 1 1 2 18
Wayne Ellington
 22:18 6-10 3-6 0-0 +21 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
Shaun Livingston
 21:58 2-3 0-0 0-0 +2 1 2 6 2 1 0 0 4 4
C.J. Miles
 19:50 5-10 4-7 2-2 +15 1 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 16
Luke Walton
 17:23 1-2 0-0 0-0 +2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2
Kevin Jones
 6:11 2-3 0-0 0-0 +7 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 4
Omri Casspi
 DNP – Coach’s Decision
Daniel Gibson
 DNP – Coach’s Decision

Orlando

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Arron Afflalo
 G 29:54 6-12 1-5 3-5 -22 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 3 16
E’Twaun Moore
 G 27:45 5-12 2-5 0-0 -16 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 3 12
Nikola Vucevic
 C 29:51 3-3 0-0 0-0 -23 1 7 3 2 0 0 0 1 6
Maurice Harkless
 F 35:14 6-13 1-2 0-3 -38 3 5 0 0 1 1 1 3 13
Andrew Nicholson
 F 21:45 4-10 0-0 0-0 -17 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 38-79 4-14 14-22 11 36 22 15 5 7 4 20 94
Percentages .481 .286 .636 Team Rebounds: 7
Beno Udrih
 26:58 3-7 0-1 4-5 -2 2 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 10
Tobias Harris
 24:38 5-10 0-1 4-4 -10 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 14
DeQuan Jones
 20:00 4-6 0-0 1-2 -1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 9
Kyle O’Quinn
 13:35 2-3 0-0 2-3 +9 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 5 6
Doron Lamb
 10:20 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Al Harrington
 DNP – Coach’s Decision
Jameer Nelson
 DNP – Coach’s Decision
Hedo Turkoglu
 DNP – Coach’s Decision

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Box Score: Nets 103, Cavaliers 100

December 29, 2012 by 3 Comments

Brook Lopez was just too much for the depleted and young Cavalier frontcourt. The Brooklyn big man had a game-high 35 points and fouled Tyler Zeller out as the Cavaliers used a late surge to close the gap against the Nets, but Kyrie Irving’s game-tying three-point attempt misfired as time expired, giving the Nets a 103-100 win at the Barclays Center. C.J. Miles led the team with a season-high 33 points which included 8-of-10 three pointers. Tristan Thompson added another double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds, and Irving scored 13 on just 5-of-16 shooting. For Brooklyn, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams each added 15 points of their own. The Cavaliers just could not keep the Nets off the foul line as they were outnumbered in that department 39-19 in attempts. After three days off, the 7-25 Cavaliers next face the Sacramento Kings at home.

Cleveland

Starters

Pos

Min

FG

3Pt

FT

+/-

Off

Reb

Ast

TO

Stl

BS

BA

PF

Pts
K. Irving G 34:54 5-16 1-6 2-2 -1 0 4 7 2 1 0 0 3 13
D. Waiters G 32:24 2-8 0-1 1-2 -9 0 2 4 4 3 0 0 1 5
T. Zeller C 27:25 6-14 0-0 0-0 -20 4 7 1 2 0 0 2 6 12
T. Thompson F 36:04 5-11 0-0 7-8 +8 9 15 1 2 0 2 0 4 17
A. Gee F 32:04 4-9 0-1 2-2 -7 0 4 1 4 3 0 0 1 10

Bench

Min

FG

3Pt

FT

+/-

Off

Reb

Ast

TO

Stl

BS

BA

PF

Pts
Totals 38-82 9-20 15-19 13 40 21 18 7 2 4 24 100
Percentages .463 .450 .789 Team Rebounds: 7
C.J. Miles 34:13 11-15 8-10 3-3 +7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 33
L. Walton 29:50 2-4 0-2 0-2 +9 0 4 6 2 0 0 0 3 4
J. Pargo 13:06 3-5 0-0 0-0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 6
O. Casspi DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gibson DNP – Inactive
K. Jones DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Leuer DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Livingston DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Samuels DNP – Inactive
A. Varejao DNP – Inactive

Brooklyn

Starters

Pos

Min

FG

3Pt

FT

+/-

Off

Reb

Ast

TO

Stl

BS

BA

PF

Pts
J. Johnson G 41:22 6-13 1-4 2-2 +14 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 15
D. Williams G 39:58 5-12 0-3 5-6 +5 0 4 7 1 2 0 0 2 15
B. Lopez C 35:35 13-20 0-0 9-11 +15 5 11 1 2 0 1 0 5 35
G. Wallace F 37:04 1-6 0-2 5-8 -2 2 10 3 2 2 1 0 1 7
K. Bogans F 19:14 1-3 1-2 0-0 +5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 3

Bench

Min

FG

3Pt

FT

+/-

Off

Reb

Ast

TO

Stl

BS

BA

PF

Pts
Totals 35-75 4-15 29-39 12 39 15 12 12 4 2 16 103
Percentages .467 .267 .744 Team Rebounds: 12
R. Evans 21:42 1-5 0-0 5-6 -8 3 10 0 1 3 0 2 3 7
J. Stackhouse 17:49 3-5 1-2 1-2 -7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
A. Blatche 11:49 2-5 1-1 2-4 -10 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
C.J. Watson 8:58 1-2 0-1 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
M. Brooks 6:29 2-4 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
J. Childress DNP – Inactive
K. Humphries DNP – Inactive
T. Shengelia DNP – Coach’s Decision
T. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Teletovic DNP – Coach’s Decision

 

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Pargo’s 28-point Outburst Snaps Cavs’ Six-Game Losing Streak

November 21, 2012 by 4 Comments

“Tonight, we talk about opportunities, and he took advantage of it.”

That was Cavaliers coach Byron Scott, talking about his point guard, his recently third-string point guard Jeremy Pargo, he of eight total points over three games this season. Pargo got the start tonight, and 39 minutes later, Jeremy had turned in a career-high 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists as the Cavaliers defended, got key bench contributions, and led by the unexpected showing of Pargo, beat the Sixers 92-83 in Quicken Loans Arena.

The 26-year-old second-year player made the most of his opportunity from the outset, attacking the bucket and leaving Jrue Holiday in his wake. Instead of forcing anything, Pargo really only took open shots with the exception of a couple of deep balls with the shot clock winding down. Pargo set the tone early in the game as Dion Waiters attacked the bucket as well with Alonzo Gee posting up in the corner and knocking down a pair of key threes early.

Twelve of Pargo’s points came in the fourth quarter, with the best being a 26-footer that seemingly dropped out of the sky and put the game out of reach with two minutes remaining. Pargo did an admirable job on the defensive end as well, holding Holiday to 16 points on 16 shots. It’s impossible to ask Pargo to consistently fill Kyrie’s scoring output as he did tonight, but if he continues to take what the defense gives him and attack the basket, perhaps we could have the second coming of Lester Hudson that sweeps the city for the month the Cavs will be without No. 2.

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Box Score: Cavaliers 92, 76ers 83

November 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

#Pargonanza, #Pargosanity, #Pargomania, or whatever else you want to call it. Jeremy Pargo took over this game and Twitter a la Jeremy Lin or Lester Hudson as the Cavaliers fended off a few late Philadelphia rallies for their third win of the season, 92-83.

Pargo scored 28, Dion Waiters had 16, Alonzo Gee added 14 and C.J. Miles poured in 13, as the four combined to shoot 13-for-23 from three-point range — all of the team’s attempts — in the surprising victory. Anderson Varejao had a quietly stellar performance as well, posting 10 points and 19 rebounds, with Cleveland improving to 1-0 without Kyrie Irving in the 2012-13 season. Who saw this coming??

Philadelphia 76ers 7-5 (Lost last 1)
Cleveland Cavaliers 3-8 (Won last 1)
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
PHI 15 20 23 25 83
CLE 28 19 21 24 92

Philadelphia

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
J. Holiday G 38:33 6-16 2-3 2-2 -9 1 1 5 4 1 1 2 3 16
J. Richardson G 28:27 6-13 2-6 2-2 -15 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 16
K. Brown C 20:43 2-3 0-0 1-2 -1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 5
T. Young F 36:13 5-12 0-0 1-2 0 3 11 2 1 2 1 1 2 11
E. Turner F 35:54 5-13 0-1 2-3 +4 1 10 7 2 2 1 0 3 12
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 31-86 4-17 17-22 11 39 18 7 12 11 6 16 83
Percentages .360 .235 .773 Team Rebounds: 12
N. Young 31:36 4-13 0-2 5-6 -2 1 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 13
S. Hawes 18:41 2-5 0-1 0-1 -4 3 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 4
D. Wright 17:06 1-7 0-3 4-4 -7 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
R. Ivey 7:39 0-2 0-1 0-0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Wilkins 2:46 0-2 0-0 0-0 -5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
L. Allen 2:20 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
A. Moultrie DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Wayns DNP – Coach’s Decision

Cleveland

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
D. Waiters G 38:56 7-22 2-5 0-0 +11 0 4 6 2 0 0 3 1 16
J. Pargo G 38:52 11-19 4-8 2-4 +2 0 5 4 3 1 0 0 3 28
A. Varejao C 34:23 3-10 0-0 4-5 +10 7 19 2 4 1 0 1 1 10
A. Gee F 38:50 5-9 4-6 0-0 +7 1 6 2 2 1 3 1 3 14
T. Thompson F 24:53 1-7 0-0 2-3 +2 3 11 2 0 0 1 3 1 4
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 35-86 13-23 9-14 15 55 17 16 3 6 11 14 92
Percentages .407 .565 .643 Team Rebounds: 10
C.J. Miles 26:46 5-9 3-4 0-0 +8 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 13
T. Zeller 21:26 1-7 0-0 0-0 +3 3 6 1 1 0 0 3 3 2
O. Casspi 15:54 2-3 0-0 1-2 +2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
D. Gibson DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Leuer DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Samuels DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Sloan DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Walton DNP – Coach’s Decision

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The Boots: Talkin’ Cleveland Cavs Season Preview

October 20, 2012 by 2 Comments

As I’ve been doing for years, The Boots are my way to assign Boot Up or Boot Downs to various items in the sports world. As a reminder, I got the nickname “Boot” from my older brothers when I was young, and thus, I continue to use this segment as my personal sports writing payback.

Boot Up: Optimism for the Future – The Cavaliers are going to be a much-improved team in 2012-13. I do not doubt that at all. While I tend to be a bit of a pessimist with this squad, and I explain that more below, I wanted to share my optimism first. Here are five things that have me really excited to watch this team play real games soon:

1. Kyrie Irving: Now he’s a household name. One of the 30 best players in the NBA, undoubtedly. He’s a budding star and hasn’t even played a full college basketball season or full 82-game NBA season yet. This should be tremendous fun to see him on the court this year and knocking down shots against Eastern Conference foes. Now it actually starts to matter. [Read more...]

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NBA Free Agency: Cavs And Gee Close To Agreement

August 18, 2012 by 6 Comments

According to FOX 8 Cleveland’s John Telich, the Cavaliers may be close to a three-year agreement with forward Alonzo Gee.

Gee and the Cavaliers have been in a long stalemate after the wine and gold offered him the $2.7 million qualifying offer to the restricted free agent from Alabama earlier in the summer. The Cavaliers chose not to wait around and instead signed free agent forward C.J. Miles to a 2-year, $4 million deal. Gee, the same age and size as Miles, averaged 10.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, and shot 41% from the field in 63 games (31 starts).

It’s likely that we will see Miles and Gee battle it out for the starting small forward spot, with the loser of that competition backing the other up along with logging some minutes backing up Dion Waiters at the two guard spot.

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Kyrie Irving: ‘I’ll Be Back by September 1st’

August 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

“My hand’s alright. I’ve had the surgery, and I’m just rehabbing right now. The way it happened was a freak accident, it wasn’t an anger play or anything like that. It was just like dang, I messed up, and slapped the wall. I’ll be back on the court by September 1st, and I’ll be 150-percent by the start of the season”.

The latest update on the condition of Kyrie Irving’s right hand is via a Q-and-A with former WFNY scribe and Stepien Rules editor Brendan Bowers. Of course, Irving injured the hand during a summer league practice on July 14 and underwent surgery on July 18.

In the Q-and-A, Irving also discussed whether he thinks the Cavs are a playoff team, how the offseason went overall and if the rest of the team will be ready for Camp Scott (which will be preceded by Camp Kyrie). He also shared his excitement for the addition of forward C.J. Miles and how the overall experience of being a part of the USA Select Team was this summer.

That announced target date certainly is good news for Cavs fans, as the preseason is set to begin October 8 and the regular season tips off October 30 against Washington at the Q.

[Related: Random Cavaliers Off-Season Thoughts]

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The Boots: C.J. Miles, Andrew Bynum Trade, Backup Quarterbacks, Preseason Browns Injuries

August 12, 2012 by 6 Comments

As I’ve been doing for years, The Boots are my way to assign Boot Up or Boot Downs to various items in the sports world. As a reminder, I got the nickname “Boot” from my older brothers when I was young, and thus, I continue to use this segment as my personal sports writing payback.

Boot Up: Addition of C.J. Miles — Yes, I like the move, but don’t read too much into it. The 25-year-old Miles has career averages of 8.4 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 51.2% true shooting in his seven-year career with the Utah Jazz. The free agent signing strikes me as a low-risk, high-reward move that can only help the Cavaliers at their weakest position: small forward. [Read more...]

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Byron Scott: Only Varejao and Irving are Guaranteed Starters

August 11, 2012 by 2 Comments

“If you look at our team, Kyrie (Irving) and Andy (Varejao) are the only starters,” he said. “Tristan (Thompson), C.J. (Miles) and Dion (Waiters) will have to earn it.”

That’s the latest on the starting lineup thinking process from Cavs head coach Byron Scott, via Bob Finnan’s report for the News-Herald. Scott shared his excitement about the Miles signing with Finnan, even though the young small forward won’t be a shoe-in for the starting position just yet.

Possible candidates also could include Alonzo Gee and Tyler Zeller, depending upon the size and shape of the eventual starting five. Regardless, these two would figure to be the first two guys off the bench if the first five names end up beginning games. Other remaining bench contributors would also be Omri Casspi, Samardo Samuels, Daniel Gibson, Jeremy Pargo and Luke Walton.

[Related: Random Cavaliers Off-Season Thoughts]

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While We’re Waiting… Camp Meyer, C.J. Miles, and Jimmy Haslam

August 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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 at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.

Leading off, it was day one of Urban Meyer’s inaugural fall camp as coach of the Ohio State football team. Eleven Warriors has a recap of some interview from day one with QB Braxton Miller, RB Carlos Hyde, and DB Bradley Roby. 

Also at 11W, they had a roundtable discussion on thoughts surrounding the upcoming Buckeye football season, “One thing that I will say is that the 2011 season taught me, in painful fashion, the importance of coaching. I think a lot of us really underestimated just how important Tressel was to making his system work, and I agree that a coach like Meyer has the ability to make lemonade in a fairly short period of time. Still, given Meyer’s often blunt assessment of where he deems the offense to be right now, I’d be surprised to see them hit the ground running.” [Eleven Warriors] [Read more...]

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