Thursday, May 27, 2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Bash Bash Bash

I haven't liked Jim Rome since he first said "Welcome, what is up? I'm Jim Rome." In fact I don't know what qualifies him to host that TV show. He only shows up half the time, I feel like I'm better suited to have that show. Anyway I am a little perturbed this time because he went out and said Danny Ferry is a good general manager. And if you all remember that's another job I'm currently applying for. This is the same GM who failed to surround LeBron with youth to grow with, failed to bring in good, big name free agents and has most likely failed to keep LeBron in Cleveland past six years. The only way Danny can redeem himself is if he somehow tricks LeBron with a secret clause or something and then is sacrificed but keeps James in Cleveland. I'll talk about him like a war hero after he is feed to the wolves.

Jim Rome I'm coming for you and Danny Ferry don't forget to watch your back too, I can multitask like a motherfucker.

-Jason

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Craig Sager Style Watch

Craig wore this beauty again last night for the Lakers/Suns game:

All I really have to say is Craig, no, please stop.

Also a cool link for player or team hotspots.

-Jason

Friday, May 14, 2010

The Death of Pro Basketball in Cleveland


Let's just say watching that Game 6 as a Cavs fan was horrible. It was close enough that you watched the whole game, but the whole time you knew it was a murder. Now I was going to write about how LeBron did not put up a lackluster Game 5. However I didn't watch that game nor do the stats back my argument. But I know for damn sure that he would not give up like that. Just call it quits and walk away from this season because he didn't want to carry this team anymore and wait and start anew next year. Boston was just a better team. Not even better coached, better voiced in the locker room maybe.

Can we even blame LeBron? Danny Ferry did nothing for help. He kept bringing in aged veterans that no one else was pursuing and people kept telling him good job. He had no idea how to build a team. LeBron should have been surrounded with youth and developed with a group of players like Durant is currently doing. Instead he got garbage with a coach who should be no higher than defensive assistant. He's yet to learn post moves, or any real offense at all, because there never has been an offense other than stand around and watch LeBron. Then what did he do for us fans? Even as a kid fresh out of high school he came in and carried this team, willed us to a Finals appearance by himself (Boobie helped a little) gave us hope that Cleveland would hoist a Championship banner soon.

Now we expect him to stay? I know that I would leave in a heartbeat. There's no easy way to fix what has already been done. It'll take a lot of maneuvering to get a champion-caliber team back in place if he leaves or stays. We need youth and coaching and a whole new team basically. It will still be a sad day when he leaves even though I can agree with that move. We've all taken him for granted and expected the world of him. He delivered a lot of it, at least what he could. How you can will a team to the league's best record and then lose to an old Boston team is still dumbfounding. Why didn't he just take control of the team from Mike Brown? Why didn't he go off like he did against the Pistons years back? He seems a bit bored with that. He wants help from someone or somewhere. He can't be everything.


Now what do the Cavs do when we see this new number 6 barreling down at us? I was gonna say fuck it, sign and trade for all the league's best defensive stoppers and don't let LeBron score when he comes to town. But that's quite an expensive personal vendetta. They could try to scrap together a team and give money to one or two of the other big name free agents. That will just be another roster of first or second round playoff fodder though. You have to blow up the whole team and start over with a youth movement and a new head coach. Now if he's willing to stay, that's even harder to do than sitting through 5 years of 25-30 wins a year. You need a point guard, a real one. New Orleans seems to be in chaos, mortgage everything but LeBron and a pick and get Chris Paul. Then go into this especially deep free agency and throw money around on another one of these good free agents that could get max money elsewhere but comes here to form a new "Big Three." Maybe Amare', maybe a shooting guard, I like the idea of a good, young big man. Then bring in youth and role players and you can go with that team which would likely in two years get strong enough to compete for the title legitimately.

Is any of this plausible? I really don't know. I would have done things way different and LeBron would be set here right now. Saying that, a whole lot is possible in the NBA and with the salary cap lowering there is even more players that are attainable. That being said I am going to finish up my application for general manager of the Cavs and hope for the best. Also may I say that I still will be and always will be a Cavs fan regardless of what transpires in the next few months.

Link: ESPN and their super lame "LeBron Tracker" almost as bad as "The LeBocale."

-Jason

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Read

I've always believed building a team around a small forward is the hardest thing to do and this may well prove me right. Also I should be writting and posting a little article on this overblown LeBron debacle going on right now.

-Jason

Monday, May 10, 2010

Problem City


I have a bit of a problem with Rondo's triple double against the Cavs last night. No it's not that me Cavs have no way of stopping him, it's that 5 of his 18 rebounds were off blocked shots. Now maybe it's just me but a blocked shot is a blocked shot, meaning the shot attempt is now canceled and it's a loose ball. So I will go ahead and suggest a new stat for the NBA; picked up loose ball. When someone causes a steal but cant come up with the ball or after someone tips out a rebound. The person who causes the loose ball gets the steal/rebound/block and the person who collects the loose ball gets what we'll call a pickup. That way we can give hustle players who are often underrated another stat to make them look good and have a way of seeing who has good basketball IQ or is just in the right place at the right time. Anyways Rondo's final stat line: 29 points 13 assists 13 rebounds and at least 5 pickups. Also why couldn't Rajon have become a Cav instead of signing that extension?

-Jason