Blurbs: Stephen Graham for 10-day contract?

[LyXo]

Branson Wright reported this:

The Cavs signed Zendon Hamilton to a 10-day contract on Tuesday. The Cavs waived him last week so they would not have to pay his salary of about $720,000. . . . The Cavs soon could offer another 10-day contract. According to basketball sources, "48-hour tryouts" for CBA players are being held by the team. Yakima's Antwain Barbour, who played at Kentucky, and Sioux Falls' Stephen Graham, who played at Oklahoma State, were invited.

Graham (6'6, 215 SG/SF) was playing for the Rockets last month.. didn't really do much. In the CBA for Sioux Falls, though, he averaged 22.5 points and 6.4 rebounds.

Barbour (6'5, 195 SG) is similar... for Yakima, he's averaging 21.8ppg, 4.3rpg, 3apg, 1.5spg.

Other than the CBA, though, these guys haven't performed much. Nearly nothing in college.

I would take a look at Kelenna one more time before I talk to these guys, to be honest...

 

[Karma]

I believe the Cavs already had enough of a look at Kelenna during the summer. They know what he does and does not bring to the table. They are doing the right thing looking at other alternatives to see if they can find the right fit. Some people rave on about Kelenna, but he hardly set the world on fire during summer.

 

[NarlCavs]

Graham has some potential but it doesn't make much sense to me to bring in another wing player when Mike Brown isn't even giving minutes to the young wing players already on the Cavs roster.
If the Cavs just want to get a 1-3 week up close look at Graham or another young player to see if they might fit here than fine. If they want to find a player who could come in and contribute then they should look for a more experienced player.

 

[CleveRocks]

The problem is we need a quick and tall wing player defensively. Apparently luke is not getting that done..

 

[Glen Infante]

Who???

 

[acesclone]

The problem is we need a quick and tall wing player defensively. Apparently luke is not getting that done..

Apparently to who? I haven't seen him play enough to know what he can do. Have you seen more games than me? Is he showing it in practice? Guarding who? Lebron? Hughes?

Let's give him some real game minutes and let him blow it if he's going to. He has just as much "experience" as these yahoos.

 

[CleveRocks]

Luke has MORE experience than any of these Yahoo's. He got playing time regularly in preseason and lesser but consistant minutes before Ira returned. Brown has seen in in game situations enough to know where he is at. He gets hustle points, but the bottom line is that he turns the ball over a lot and he is not quick enough to guard a quick guard. Other than that he is great..

If you look at how New York beat us, they have two quick guards (Marbury and Robinson three if you count Crawford) and our guards just could not stay with them . When the guards get penetration, Z gets in fould trouble and it goes down hill from there. Our guards can't penetrate so Damon winds up jacking threes and Snow just doesn't shoot. That is why we have seen more of Wilks with Hughes out. But wilks is just not ready to really contribute,and besides he is too short. Larry is 6'5" has quickness to stay in front of his man, and can be a serious offensive threat. That is what we are missing. What we really need is a Steve Blake..

 

[ootbttnlagitnbasf]

it just kills teams when they have a weak fifteenth man. look at how the pistons won the nba championship without darko, but ever since they drafted him, their fingers are ringless. we need a new fifteenth man and now! that'll solve all of our problems.

 

[CleveRocks]

Point taken oot. I still think Steve Blake is our man...