I made a comment in the Casspi thread that i though Samardo might be in trouble because of his relatively weak preseason, and the was a comment that his body of work would keep him around over Eric and Jones. I thought further comment belonged in this thread.
I think Samardo's body of work could work for or against him. He is beginning his third year with Cleveland, his second year being a step back. While he has done a good job in the offseason losing excess weight, so far in preseason, he has not translated that into better play. i think he still makes a lot of attention span type mistakes, even though he is sprting a new jump shot and a chiseled physique. It could be he is working his ass off in practice and is just tired in games, but I would think Scott would reward him with Minutes if that were the case.
Anyway, i think he will have to show something better in the last few games. The way he is playing wont earn him significant floor time, nor any trade value. If Leuer and Zeller are playing well enough to earn the Big minutes after Andy and TT, I dont see what is to gain keeping Samardo around. gody did not do much last night either, but he has had a couple of solid perfromances in preseason, and he is being slotted as a spare three with a long ball shot. But i think they are in very similar situations, in that because other players have shown up and played better our open slots, these guys are not really helping the team so much, and its hard to see how they get much better than they are. i think it might make sense to keep players who have not had an opportunity for the practice slots, since they might still grow into useful assets . With Andy, Tristan, Leuer and Zeller you have four guys that could give you minutes at either 4 or 5, all of which have been as effective offensively as Sam Sam...
