May 26, 2013

NBA Lottery Odds Serve As Cruel Reminder of How Unlucky Cavaliers Could End Up

May 4, 2012 by 68 Comments

I mentioned this last season, but I want to reiterate this point again this season…

I hate the ESPN NBA Draft Lottery Machine. All it does is reinforce just how cruel the NBA lottery can be. You have a terrible team coming off a tough and frustrating season, and the only thing that can lift your spirits is the ability to draft a phenomenal young talent who can help reshape your franchise.

That’s not how it always works, though. Instead, you might see a borderline playoff team like Milwaukee or Houston jump into the top 3, bolstering their already modestly talented rosters while leaving the hurting franchises to lick their wounds while picking up only slightly better than moderately talented players. Hey, there’s always next year, right? [Read more...]

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Cavaliers vs Pistons: Let the Tanking Begin!

March 28, 2012 by 19 Comments

TANKING!!!

Welcome to Tank Fest 2012!

Ok, so no, I don’t think the Cleveland Cavaliers (17-30, 10th in the East) are actually tanking. Or, shall I say, losing on purpose. I believe Byron Scott is trying to get his team to play well, and I believe the players are (mostly) trying their hardest to win.

But with the news of Daniel Gibson’s torn tendon threatening his season, and with Anderson Varejao still some time away from returning, the fact is the Cavaliers right now aren’t deep enough and, quite frankly, not good enough, to win very many games.

Tonight’s game against the Detroit Pistons (17-32, 11th in the East), then, is a battle for draft position. If the Cavaliers lose tonight, which would be their 5th in a row, they would be tied with Detroit and looking to move up another slot in the lottery. [Read more...]

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The Baron Davis Story in Cleveland Not Yet Written

March 2, 2011 by 12 Comments

What are we to make of Mr. Baron Davis?

Lost in all the vitriolic rants about the stupidity of the Cavaliers for agreeing to pay Baron Davis for 2 more full seasons was the fact that this is a chapter not yet written. We’ve discussed the absurdity of prognostication in sports before. And there’s no question that history serves as a precursor for the future.

Yet to simply write off Baron Davis completely in Cleveland is to eliminate any concept of free will. If Charlie Sheen can cure his addiction with his brain, just imagine what Baron Davis is capable of achieving with his fresh start in Cleveland, tiger blood and Adonis DNA notwithstanding.

All kidding aside, though, as we await for Davis to be healthy enough to make his Cleveland debut, it might be worth considering what is fair to hope for out of this side of the Mo Williams trade. We established last week that it should be clear that the Cavaliers didn’t make this trade for Baron Davis, they made it for the likely top 10 pick in the draft. But just because Davis wasn’t the ultimate goal doesn’t mean he can’t turn out to be a hidden blessing (to some degree). [Read more...]

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