To be fair Orlando is one hell of a team to defend. Not only do they have Dwight but their other two main scorers are both huge and can shoot really well. Cleveland was also just a bit overrated which I think is pretty obvious at this point.

It seems amazing that they won 66 games doesn't it? Their guards are too small, they don't have anyone other than Lebron who can create their own shot... I think they got as far as they did just on chemistry. They seemed to be having so much fun, it was hard not to root for them.

Will these chinese investors help the cavs get another all-star along James?

im not sure how close to the cap they are, i know wallace is making a shitload of money for doing absolutely nothing


on a related note, florida state beat ohio state 37-6 today

oh, it was baseball

37 runs in one fucking game?!

it was 32-0 at one point

That's a lot of *PING*

Wally, Joe Smith and Lorenzen Wright are off the books.

Sasha's isn't fully guaranteed for next season.

Varejao is up and the top priority is to bring him back.

Z has an option, not sure if it's team or player.

Wallace is in his last year.

Nobody cares about Ohio State baseball.

ftfy

I don't know if I'd say overrated. There were only 3 teams in the league that gave them any trouble all season. One was a garbage Wizards team that only got motivated to play the Cavs and another was the team that just knocked them out. Terrible matchups for Cleveland.

One thing I thought I'd see more of from Mo Williams this year is driving to the basket. I don't know if it's playing with LeBron (Larry Hughes did the same thing...settle for jumpshots) but West was the only other guy who would attack the rim.

West is underpaid.

Try to read this without getting sick. I dare you.

http://www.swerbsblurbs.com/article_det ... blgId=4729

if by sick, you mean, absolutely giddy with laughter of the dismal life it must be to live in cleveland, then yes, i agree

No Superbowl victory this year. http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=12979

I'd say six wins at best this year.

http://www.homageclothing.com/store/

Lot's of good Cleveland/Columbus shirts here.

The Bernie for President shirt cracks me up. He sure could use the money right now.

http://collisionbendclothing.wordpress.com/

A few funny Cleveland shirts there, mostly relating to the surrounding suburbs.

Thoughts on Shaq?

its a good trade for cleveland brass, showing lebron they are trying to do things, but i wonder how shaq will react to the cold. hes getting long in tooth and hes never had to live in the cold before. he will bring a big body in to guard the likes of dwight, but im getting the sense of last year all over, they are making moves to try to beat one team specifically and it is going to bite them in the ass. wallace pretty much was stealing money anyway, and sasha, for whatever reason had fallen out of favor.

any team that runs the pick-n-roll is going to expose shaqs mobility

Mike Brown is going to have to earn his money and rep as a big time defensive coach finding a way to defend pick and rolls now. If there's a guy with less lateral quickness in the NBA than Z it's Shaq.

Ben Wallace...nice guy but ultimately worthless.

Sasha won't be missed except by maybe the strip club industry in Cleveland. He became the worst finisher in the league once David Wesley retired.

This also may mean the end of Anderson Varejao's time in Cleveland. He doesn't really fit anymore. Playing him with Shaq would be a disaster and he'd be overpaid coming off the bench. The team will likely make a run at someone like Charlie Villanueva who can spread the floor from the 4. If that fails there's always Sheed (then the media would really love this team).

I wouldn't be surprised if they moved up in the draft for a wing player or someone like Earl Clark.