Brendan Haywood's Trade Exception

[Kypus]

He looks pretty light, which bodes well for his mobility-

 

[Green Lantern]

No one has talked about his refusal to come to the Cavaliers when he was drafted, either. We originally drafted him and traded him for Michael Doleac. I remember hearing him talk shit about the Cavaliers at the time. Now he's practically begging to be on the team.

I was getting ready to mention that because he hated the Cavs, especially when James was here.
I remember some of the dirty shots he would inflict during those playoff encounters.
But time/age and bouncing to different teams can adjust attitudes.

 

[CavsHomer]

I'm really looking forrward to see him on the court in tonights scrimmage. Will be interesting to see how he moves and how he looks like in terms of body condition.
So far on the pictures, he looks like he's in great shape.
If he can give us 10-12 minutes as our back up center... that would be fantastic.

 

[Zen]

Can't believe what I'm seeing from Haywood already. If this continues there is no reason he couldn't play 10-15 productive minutes a night against the right matchups.

I was certain he was nothing more than an expiring a month ago.

 

[mds]

How was he in the scrimmage? I wasn't able to watch.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Haywood showed some mobility and a willingness to run the floor. He didn't look that fast, but as a true center who plays like Kendrick Perkins, he doesn't have to win any track meets. The key will be his ability to go full speed - for Haywood - and still stay healthy. I will say this, while Varejao was able to score on him, I saw some great upside. Haywood bodied Andy up throughout and boxed out, went after loose balls, pointed out open guys and communicated on defense... he is a veteran who has played a lot of playoff minutes in his career. He looks a lot better with 4 superior athletes around him, but it allowed him to impersonate Kendrick Perkins in longer stretches than I expected.

 

[mds]

If he can just be a big, strong body and use up some smart fouls he'll be useful. If he can actually play meaningful minutes that will be a huge coup for the FO.

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

I thought he looked healthy out there and active. His size alone will make him an asset against certain teams (HOU/MEM/CHI). His touch around the basket and rhythm was a little off but he showed enough to realistically consider thinking he could play 15-20 minutes come regular season.

Which would be huge from a stop-gap perspective.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Trent Redden said at around the 55 minute mark or so that the front office were hoping Haywood would be able to be this healthy late in the season for the playoffs. They wanted him to be a contributor for 15 minutes during the playoffs in a best case scenario... and he looks like he might be able to do it right now.

 

[Cavatt]

I think they should keep him active and playing 8 a game or a little more to stay in shape. A rested Haywood off the bench could be effective. He is really big.

I liked what I saw. He and Amundson need to pass the ball almost every time tho.

 

[Douglar]

Can't believe what I'm seeing from Haywood already. If this continues there is no reason he couldn't play 10-15 productive minutes a night against the right matchups.

Terry Pluto feels the same way--

http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2014/10/cleveland_cavaliers_scribbles_7.html

It was good to see Brendan Haywood on the court. The 7-footer missed all last season with a broken navicular bone in his foot. That is a very serious injury. He was rusty on offense. He threw up one flip shot from about 10 feet from the basket that fell 5 feet short. But he contested a few shots. If he can stay healthy and even play 15 minutes a game, it will be important -- especially during the playoffs. Haywood had five rebounds.​

 

[Kypus]

I'm no doctor- why is that a serious injury? We kept seeing it reported as a "hairline fracture". Does the "spring" mean you can't jump if it's messed up?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navicular_bone

 

[Douglar]

I'm no doctor- why is that a serious injury? We kept seeing it reported as a "hairline fracture". Does the "spring" mean you can't jump if it's messed up?

I guess it hurts really really bad and takes a long time to heal.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/85973-overview

The navicular plays an important role in maintaining the medial longitudinal arch of the foot. Commonly, fractures of the navicular are not evident on plain radiographs. This often leads to a delay in diagnosis, which may result in prolonged disabling foot pain in individuals​

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

Boy is he really big and really slow.

I don't think teams will screw around when he's on the court, but at times he may become a liability. He'll be invaluable when we play teams like Houston and Toronto, though.

 

[Soda]

His legs look fragile to me, but I was very happy with the amount of floor time he saw in this scrimmage. It's clear to me that Andy is the better player, but Haywood knows how to play Center, has experience and is a big boy. I have no problem with him being on the floor this season.