dan hosek

Z looked good. McInnis looked good, at least offensively. I don't think
he was that bad last night defensively.

Sasha even looked okay in spurts.

Of course LeBron was good.

Snow had his moments. Traylor was what we pay him for.

I hate to say it, but they do miss Newble.

Gooden was god awful last night. I saw at least 6 possessions in the
first half where he absolutely killed the offensive rhythym. Even Z was
yelling at him to get to the right position.

His defense in the 3rd was good, and he had one good fast break. Other
than that, he was just awful.

Reviewing the posts from yesterday, I really can't disagree with giving
Gooden a B+, based on stats alone. But there is so much inconsistency in
his game....it has got to drive Silas crazy. I know it kills me.

j.t.

Gotta agree with that. He needs to figure out what he needs to do every
night and do it -- obviously foul trouble now and then is to be expected,
but he's gotta be consistently effective when he's on the floor. One thing
I don't see is a lack of effort, which would bother me much more than
occasional mental lapses and bad decisions.

jeremey wilson

Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyoooooooooooooooooooon
Dooooooooooooooooooooolinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng.. ..

for threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Sorry.

The Cavs did a pretty good job defensively on the guards. Damon Jones, the one
guy you should really have to defend on the perimeter, didn't get a shot off,
and if Eddie Jones and Keyon Dooling are burning you from the outside, well,
let's see it happen twice. Wade didn't spend much time in the lane. I was
surprised when I saw the box that he had 20 points; seemed pretty quiet all
game.

I don't think I've ever been as disgusted with a current Cav as I was when
McInnis decided to take a play off to argue with Zorba the Ref in the 4th.
Yeah, McInnis was right, but Gooden kept the ball alive, and had McInnis even
been standing inbounds arguing, the ball would've hit him in the ass and the
Cavs would've got another shot. Twit.


I disagree, but if he'd gotten that dunk down, he would've had the Dunk of the
Night in a game that still featured the Dunk of the Year.


I don't think he would've helped much last night. The guard defense was pretty good.


Missed most of the first quarter. Didn't seem specially bad to me, but maybe my
expectations are lower. I sort of accept that his brain's going to be turned
off every couple games.

Drives me nuts, too. But we're kinda stuck until Varejao comes back.

Re your post in the Indians, ng, yes. Yes they should. It sounds to me like
the Heat get to pick the doctor to evaluate him, though, which makes me think he
won't win his grievance.

I just noticed the other day that Brian Windhorst keeps a blog:

http://clevelandcavs.blogspot.com/

There's a link on his ABJ stories, which weirds me out a little, since it's
possible I've been reading stories there for three months and just noticed it
now. Anyway, I haven't really looked at it yet, but it might be worth a read.

--
Jeremey

dan hosek

Eddie Jones can hit that shot, which is why they left Dooling open.....oh, well.


Yeah, that irritated me, but not as much as Gooden trying to take it to
the rim on Haslem + Oneal and losing the ball several times. SNIP


Posted to the wrong group, eh? Oops.

Trade him for Wagner, call it a done deal. Heat can place Wagner on the
IR for the rest of the year.

j.t.

Wait a sec, am I to assume that means "The Dunk" has been supplanted? I'm
sorry, I still have yet to see more visually jarring display than the big
one. Planets aligned to make that leap from the block look more unrealistic
than anything I've ever seen on the court -- even now when I see the replays
it still amazes me. It was like a high jumper who normally clears 7'
suddenly just exploding over 8' on a fluke. But that's just me.

jeremey wilson

Shit. You're right. I'd forgotten that was this year.

--
Jeremey

jeremey wilson

Not that itreally matters (he'll get paid even if he's cut), but I think they
should just let Wagner stay on the IL until the season's over. It seems cruel
to cut him (I'm sure they could only trade him as an expiring contract, and
Person's expiring anyway, I'm pretty sure) when he's been in the hospital for a
month and a half.

--
Jeremey

That leap was about halfway to the moon. And perfectly timed to throw the
ball down the basket. I saw it and just said "Wow".


Well, you can weasel a bit. After all, you did say "Dunk of the Year", not
"Dunk of the Season". The Dunk was this season, but last year.

Tomorrow's post will be on the definition of "is".

Jim
--
"Every orbit we go over a slightly different part of the
Earth. [...] it is glorious. Even the stars have a special
brightness."
-- Laurel Clark

jeremey wilson

I'm going to take your weasel. Yes. I _said_ Dunk of the Year, JT.

--
Jeremey

j.t.

touchée.