Cavs Working On Roster, Albeit Quietly

[Brizzle]

1. Which teams have traded a significant player within their own division in the past four years? (Answer: nobody).

Well Toronto did trade Vince Carter to New Jersey, a team in their own division.

 

[Rimage]

Boring, nobody knows anything. We were in the Finals last year...who doesn't trust this front office? Sexy moves like overpaying Ben Wallace don't gaurantee good results. All the teams that have quickly made moves are bad teams. Celtics, Magic, New York, Grizzlies....bleh....

Aren't you guys tired or rehashing the same worrisome attitude every year? Offseason isn't even halfway over...and please don't tell me that I shouldn't be happy with getting swept in the Finals or that I think this team is good enough. I just don't feel like being hypercritical and pessimistic about my own team. You got enough haters doing that.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Oops! How could I forget the Vince Carter debacle? I doubt we will see that kind of stupidity from a GM for a while. Obviously, any moves made by the Toronto Raptors during the tiem an NHL guy was running team operations deserve a special asterisk.

All the same, I tip my hat to you, LeBrizzle. I blanked on that one.

 

[The Voice]

Future In Doubt
Aug 3 - The Washington Wizards have been trying to sign third-year forward Andray Blatche to a lucrative contract this summer, but his future with the team was thrown into doubt yesterday after Blatche and an acquaintance were charged with sexual solicitation.
Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld, who recently offered Blatche a five-year contract worth about $12.5 million, according to a league source, released the following statement yesterday afternoon: "We are aware of this matter involving Andray. We are in the process of gathering all the information and will continue to monitor this situation. We will have no further comment." -- Washington Post


I heard that Ernie Grunfeld is feeling a mixture of hurt and anger right now. I was told that Ernie pulled Andray aside recently and told him to be careful about where he went out and who he went out with. I know for a fact that Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison, DeShawn Stevenson, Caron Butler and Roger Mason have had the same conversations with Andray.
When I spoke with one vet tonight, he couldn't believe the news: "Dude was about to sign a contract for millions and he got arrested for that? That's stupid! Everyone knows you aren't supposed to be out like that when a contract is getting done." -- Washington Post

You still think we should go after him?

 

[Randolphkeys]

Well, Blatche was always a bonehead who put himself in bad situations off the court. The only difference between Blatche now and Blatche two days ago is that he got caught. That and his worth in the eyes of most Wiz fans just went down.

Unfortunately, no one can MAKE Blatche mature besides the kid himself. For the kid's own good, I think teams need him to wait a long time before getting another big contract offer. I hate to say it, but throwing a ton of cash at a kid RIGHT AFTER he makes this level of mistake won't change his approach. He needs to take some lumps, learn from this and pull a Rafer Alston with his career. If not, he might as well start hanging out with Eddie Griffin, Roy Tarpley and Chris Porter in the Talented Knuckleheads Club.

 

[The Voice]

If we pick him up, you think he'd listen to Bron Bron?

 

[Mac]

No, he'd probably be worse off. Couple Lebron with Larry and Blatche will never leave the clubs.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Well, he didn't listen too closely to Gilbert, Jamison, Butler, nor the man who was writing his checks. LBJ has star power, but so do those guys.

Blatche seems to be in "it" more deeply than a wide-eyed kid who might go either way. I mean, he skipped on college without anything close to a first round promise. He had a frickin' bullet hit him a few weeks later. He also has enough talent to start in this league, yet needs half the organization to babysit him. I'm not saying that he can't turn his life around... I'm saying he doesn't sound remotely close to doing it this year... especially if he makes bank and gets a slap on the wrist from law enforcement and the people around him.

This just doesn't sound like a Ferry signing.

 

[PIP]

If we pick him up, you think he'd listen to Bron Bron?

Listen as in what ?

 

[NarlCavs]

Dumb mistake by Blatche and it is obvious he needs to do some serious maturing but I'd still be willing to take a chance on him. There are players who still played and are still currently playing who did much worse than anything Blatche has done.

This actually might drop his price some or at least lower the number of years he's offered.
This might eliminate the Cavs pursuing him but based on the available info known about Blatche I'd still have interest in signing him if I were a GM.

 

[MYoung23]

Kenny Roda just reported that the Cavaliers were in the running for Garnett all along but finished a distant 3rd behind Boston and Chicago. The key factors against the Cavaliers were the huge ending contract of Theo Ratliff and the draft picks Boston could give inlcuding one of Minnesota's which will likely be very high in 08

 

[Mac]

A distant third...anybody could have told you that..

 

[CornerThree]

Kenny Roda just reported that the Cavaliers were in the running for Garnett all along but finished a distant 3rd behind Boston and Chicago. The key factors against the Cavaliers were the huge ending contract of Theo Ratliff and the draft picks Boston could give inlcuding one of Minnesota's which will likely be very high in 08

First off, the pick Boston gave back to minnesota was not even eligible to be taken until 2 years after they give their pick to the Clippers. So basically, that pick has little to no value, as it couldn't even be exercized until 10/11.

 

[PIP]

Maybe all the other teams were a distant 3rd..

Boston --one

Chicago --two

All other team --distant third

New York is saying: "we were a distant third"

Atlanta is saying: "we were a distant third"

Dallas is saying: "we were a distant third"

etc....

 

[MYoung23]

Maybe all the other teams were a distant 3rd..

Boston --one

Chicago --two

All other team --distant third

New York is saying: "we were a distant third"

Atlanta is saying: "we were a distant third"

Dallas is saying: "we were a distant third"

etc....

The distant third comment was not phrased as if it was coming from the Cavaliers.