Dion Waiters Traded

[Clevelander]

Everyone, stop what you're doing and watch Luol. I'm 90% sure he's giving the Pistons team the fucking groin thrust. Oh lord if that isn't the greatest thing...

shit that had me giggling.

 

[I'mWithDan]

I wouldn't call this "growth" for Dion. It's his forte. Long contested 2s.

 

[czvo]

I realize their games the last few years haven't really meant anything, but there's just something about this game winner happening against the Pistons that makes it even sweeter.

 

[BimboColesHair]

I wouldn't call this "growth" for Dion. It's his forte. Long contested 2s.

 

[Gimme Some Mo]

Great game. Great shot. I love what I have been seeing from Dion.

I wish we had a coach that was committed to developing this team long term instead of trying to squeak out as many wins as possible from a bad team. Dion and Kyrie lost a lot of "growing together time" when MB moved Dion to the bench and fucked with his minutes for a decent stretch of the season. They should have started every single game together.

 

[MoFlo]

Since 1/26 (22 games):

17.4 Points
2.9 Rebounds
3.6 Assists
2.1 Turnovers
46.4% FG
34.1% 3PT

 

[Silky Smooth]

But the guy behind her though. Lol

 

[johnny]

I'm glad it looks like we're past the point of screaming "BAD SHOT!!" every time he creates a mid range jumper for himself. That's his game. (I'm not suggesting he hasn't taken plenty of actual bad shots though.)

 

[EdMonix11]

Since 1/26 (22 games):

17.4 Points
2.9 Rebounds
3.6 Assists
2.1 Turnovers
46.4% FG
34.1% 3PT

The stats have been good for Dion lately but I'm more impressed with his growth from a maturity sense. He's pouting less, not letting his shoulders sag, playing more defense, moving/sharing the ball.....

 

[Beanie]

Anyone have his post game interview video they can post or where to watch it at? Wasn't able to see any of the post game.

 

[Pioneer10]

Love how this team doesn't quit. I'm not sure those final scores showing relatively close ball games against OKC and Houston were really actually misleading. Seems the whole team is getting more of that Dion/Delly/AV attitude on the court.

Overall my point is I'm not sure how much it is starting versus just more minutes with both Dion and Delly in there. The Cavs radio team keeps harping on the "Bulldog" backcourt to end the games with him and Delly in there. No quit, tough it out on D, willing to swing the ball, and when Jack is in there too lot's of floor spacing. Dion/Delly is best 2 man combo behind only AV/Delly this year.

 

[DatDudeZ3]

the bench reaction (shoutout to SBNation for uploading these)

Kyrie already out of the picture and onto the court :chuckles:

But seriously, we could have the best back-court in the league in 2 years with Kyrie and Dion and we could do some special things when these guys are both at the top of their games.

 

[RedBlackAttack]

We do not forgive. We do not forget.

Excerpt from Grantland writer Jay Caspian Kang's article on Dec. 13, 2013:

On a slightly related note, this has been a pretty weird year for Kyrie Irving. He’s shooting 38.4 percent in the half court, per Synergy Sports, and when you look at that number and the horrendous 22.5 percent Kyrie shoots with the shot clock under four seconds, you’d assume he’s been dribbling around too much, getting frustrated when he sees he might have to pass to Dion Waiters, and jacking up bad shots in isolation. This isn’t necessarily true. I expected Kyrie to be in the top three in the “Time of Possession” stat tracked by SportsVU. He’s actually only 18th at 5.8 minutes per game, behind Michael Carter-Williams and Jordan Crawford.

I’m loath to promote any sort of hero ball, especially when a guy is having this inefficient of a season, but I think there’s a slightly counterintuitive argument to be made here that Kyrie should actually create more isolation opportunities for himself. His teammates are garbage, especially Waiters, who has assessed his garbage-ness and calmly lit himself on fire this year, and nothing Mike Brown “draws up” is going to be much better. I think we can safely say Kyrie isn’t going to become Chris Paul Lite. He’s lost too much early on in his career and he doesn’t have the same third-gear competitiveness Paul showed way back at Wake Forest. But there’s no reason he can’t become, say, a normalized version of Gilbert Arenas, scoring 25 a game for bad teams. Sadly, I think this is probably Kyrie’s ceiling at this point.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/n...nicks-celtics-and-dwight-comes-to-the-oracle/

I think we can all agree this was horrible analysis all the way around, even at the time. But his comments about Waiters were so dismissive and without a lick of perspective, it stuck in my craw. I've asked @jaycaspiankang for his thoughts on Waiters' recent play and tonight's game-winner. I don't expect a response, but I feel the need to at least remind these jackasses that they're accountable for the garbage they spew on the regular.

 

[wuck]

Anyone have his post game interview video they can post or where to watch it at? Wasn't able to see any of the post game.

The audio for the post-game interviews can be found here: http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/quotes-pistons-140326

I assume they'll post the videos by tomorrow, although they're not always consistent with road games.

 

[PeonHaiters]

I think it's funny how excited Seth Curry got when Waiters hit the shot. I'm like...dude you're on a ten day contract.