Troy Wingate
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Once everyone starts clicking, and understand their part on the court, everyone will be fine, and all cylinders firing.
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Damon Pouting, Cause For Worry?
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MarkPrice25
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We'll see what the numbers say in a few months. But, from what I've seen, he's fine. In fact, I think he is as important as Snow to this team and maybe more. When he and Donyell are clicking mid-way through the first and into the second, that's where we've pulled away this year. I do not expect the numbers to drop. Also, I think that if he were starting, his numbers would be slightly down simply because the number of shots taken would drop off. Think about it, we try to establish Z early every game, LBJ and Larry get their shots regardless. When he comes in, one of those three usually goes to the bench and he's a bigger option offensively than he would be if he were starting......JMHO.
I don't think they need to change a %^#@%# thing! This team looks GREAT when they are running the offense. Mike Brown has been using the substitutions at the right times and leaving things alone when they are working. I don't look at Marshall or Jones as "subs". They are starters on a VERY deep team. If we had a bruiser center we would be unstoppable.
If the players can't see what is happening here then they are MORONS. Jones should see that he is wanted here AND he is a bigger celeb in C-town than he could ever be in Shaq's lap.
When AV comes back we should be a very formidable team.
Jones can start flapping his chops when he helps us beat the Indy's, Detroits, and San Antonio's. As long as we are bitch slapping these mediocre teams he can't say squat. When he drops 30 on Detroit we'll think about him "starting". Maybe if he'd D-up on a GOOD player.
This team is fine the way it is. Hopefully the guys won't get caught up in the media BS.
If the media asked me how it felt to "sub" after "starting" in Miami, I'd say "it FEELS GREAT. I have court side seats to the CAVS, I get MILLIONS of dollars, and I have to play less minutes. What a country".
If the players can't see what is happening here then they are MORONS. Jones should see that he is wanted here AND he is a bigger celeb in C-town than he could ever be in Shaq's lap.
When AV comes back we should be a very formidable team.
Jones can start flapping his chops when he helps us beat the Indy's, Detroits, and San Antonio's. As long as we are bitch slapping these mediocre teams he can't say squat. When he drops 30 on Detroit we'll think about him "starting". Maybe if he'd D-up on a GOOD player.
This team is fine the way it is. Hopefully the guys won't get caught up in the media BS.
If the media asked me how it felt to "sub" after "starting" in Miami, I'd say "it FEELS GREAT. I have court side seats to the CAVS, I get MILLIONS of dollars, and I have to play less minutes. What a country".
He's the DJ and the Rapper
by Joe Gabriele
cavs.com
Damon Jones loosens up himself and his teammates during a recent pregame warmup.
November 22 -- How can the most boisterous man on the roster have been silent for so long?
All you have to do is check out the video on cavs.com’s homepage to know that Damon Jones is the funniest player on the Cavaliers. Donyell Marshall said so in his Player Mailbox. Every Cavalier will say so.
Jones broke his silence with the media yesterday and although many of us grumbled, we knew: you can’t stay mad at Damon Jones. Yesterday, he held an informal and impromptu press conference after practice, mostly to explain his stance. It was good to hear laughter again outside the Cavaliers practice court.
“I apologize to you guys (in the media),” quipped Jones. “You weren’t able to get any of my clever quotes and my humorous statements.”
Jones is one of the Cavaliers’ new additions and before the season, much was made of his battle with Eric Snow for the starting point guard position. When Eric Snow was named the starter, the questions came at Jones fast and furious. And while the same questions came at Donyell Marshall, the soft-spoken forward is able to shrug them off with his laid-back style. By the same token, Marshall was a sixth man last year in Toronto.
Jones was the starter for a team that was two minutes away from the NBA Finals. And there’s nothing laid-back about him.
“I felt it was a situation where I didn’t want to create a distraction for the team,” said Jones. “And some of the questions I would have had to answer would not have been in my best interest. I felt it necessary that for this basketball team to get off to a great start, that we didn’t need any distractions.”
“If I were a player, I’d want to start too, especially if you started the year before,” said Head Coach Mike Brown. “But the reality of it is, that not everybody can. But I’ve talked to him about it. And if you don’t communicate with your players, regardless of what the situation is, then you can run into problems down the stretch.”
Jones has been good as gold on the court. Over the weekend his sharp-shooting was one of the main reasons the Cavaliers continued their seven-game winning streak. He canned a season-high five three-pointers against the Magic on Friday night, part of his 15 points. And on Saturday, he drilled four clutch free throws in the closing seconds to secure the comeback victory in Philly.
“That’s Damon, and that’s part of what he’s paid to do," said Brown. "He’s getting paid to finish games for us and knock down shots and knock down free throws when we need them.”
With much of the focus on Marshall and Larry Hughes as the big newcomers – and Jones relative silence – most of the attention has been on the first two free agents signed. But Damon Jones is beginning to get more comfortable in the rotation. Before his offensive outburst over the weekend, he netted a season high in assists against Washington with seven.
Jones can make his presence felt in many ways – from behind the arc or in the locker room.
“I was really missing you guys,” he said to the media yesterday. “I don’t want you guys to get a big head, but this is what I like to do, I like to talk. So I’m glad to have these cameras and these mikes in my face again.”
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by Joe Gabriele
cavs.com
Damon Jones loosens up himself and his teammates during a recent pregame warmup.
November 22 -- How can the most boisterous man on the roster have been silent for so long?
All you have to do is check out the video on cavs.com’s homepage to know that Damon Jones is the funniest player on the Cavaliers. Donyell Marshall said so in his Player Mailbox. Every Cavalier will say so.
Jones broke his silence with the media yesterday and although many of us grumbled, we knew: you can’t stay mad at Damon Jones. Yesterday, he held an informal and impromptu press conference after practice, mostly to explain his stance. It was good to hear laughter again outside the Cavaliers practice court.
“I apologize to you guys (in the media),” quipped Jones. “You weren’t able to get any of my clever quotes and my humorous statements.”
Jones is one of the Cavaliers’ new additions and before the season, much was made of his battle with Eric Snow for the starting point guard position. When Eric Snow was named the starter, the questions came at Jones fast and furious. And while the same questions came at Donyell Marshall, the soft-spoken forward is able to shrug them off with his laid-back style. By the same token, Marshall was a sixth man last year in Toronto.
Jones was the starter for a team that was two minutes away from the NBA Finals. And there’s nothing laid-back about him.
“I felt it was a situation where I didn’t want to create a distraction for the team,” said Jones. “And some of the questions I would have had to answer would not have been in my best interest. I felt it necessary that for this basketball team to get off to a great start, that we didn’t need any distractions.”
“If I were a player, I’d want to start too, especially if you started the year before,” said Head Coach Mike Brown. “But the reality of it is, that not everybody can. But I’ve talked to him about it. And if you don’t communicate with your players, regardless of what the situation is, then you can run into problems down the stretch.”
Jones has been good as gold on the court. Over the weekend his sharp-shooting was one of the main reasons the Cavaliers continued their seven-game winning streak. He canned a season-high five three-pointers against the Magic on Friday night, part of his 15 points. And on Saturday, he drilled four clutch free throws in the closing seconds to secure the comeback victory in Philly.
“That’s Damon, and that’s part of what he’s paid to do," said Brown. "He’s getting paid to finish games for us and knock down shots and knock down free throws when we need them.”
With much of the focus on Marshall and Larry Hughes as the big newcomers – and Jones relative silence – most of the attention has been on the first two free agents signed. But Damon Jones is beginning to get more comfortable in the rotation. Before his offensive outburst over the weekend, he netted a season high in assists against Washington with seven.
Jones can make his presence felt in many ways – from behind the arc or in the locker room.
“I was really missing you guys,” he said to the media yesterday. “I don’t want you guys to get a big head, but this is what I like to do, I like to talk. So I’m glad to have these cameras and these mikes in my face again.”
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