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LOOKING FOR TICKETS?
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Regular Season Game #41
Game Date: Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Game Time: 10:30 Harvard and Yale time
Location: The perpetually sold-out Oracle Arena
TV: FS Ohio, CSN Bay
Radio: 1100 WTAM, 680 KNBR in my neighborhood
Cavs Starters
Mo Will: 33 MPG, 16.0 PPG, 3.2 Reb, 3.9 Asst, .468 FG, .36 3PT%
My MAN, The Young SIMBA: Delont... er, its really Sasha: 13.1 MPG, 3.8 PPG, 1.7 Reb, .9 Asst, .438 FG, .42 3PT%
King James: His numbers added together can solve pi.
Ben Wallace: 24.5 MPG, 2.9 PPG, 7.0 Reb, 1.7 BPG, .9 SPG, .472 FG
Anderson Varejao: 27.9MPG, 9.1 PPG, 6.9 Reb, .76 BPG, 3.4 kG of hair
Sorry guys, back-to-backs when semester grades are due drains the creativity.
The Bench
JJ, Boobie, and Wally never looked so dorky
And Now... UP on your FEET...
The Starters?!? It's Nellie, no one really knows.
Monta Ellis WILL start - Nellie just announced it.
Jamal Crawford: 13 Minutes as a Cavalier, 20.7 PPG, 3 Reb, 5 Asst, .419 FG, 38.6 Min
Captain Jack: 30 years crazy, 19.4 PPG, 4.6 Reb, 5.9 Asst, .395 FG, 39.5 Min
Kaleena Azubuike: 3 weeks as an RCF darling, 13.8 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 1.5 asst, .451 FG%, 31.5 Min
Anthony Randolph: 19 inches of neck, 5.7 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1 BPG, 13.2 Min
Key Reserves:
Ronny Turiaf: 4.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.03 BPG in 17.7 MPG
Corey Maggette: 7 seconds of needing a hug, 19.3 PPG, 6.1 Reb, 2 Asst, 34.3 Min
Anthony Morrow: 8.9 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 1 asst, 19.4 min
All You Need To Know
*Andris Biedrins is hurt... which means they are the only team in the NBA with less size than the Cavs. Turiaf is the only veteran big, and Nellie uses him like Varejao as an energy guy off the bench. The kids, well, they are learning how to fight in the trenches and making plenty of errors along the way. They might just sign this guy for poops and plunder:
...Hell, RCF's Mac might even be available this Friday for PF minutes, who knows? (psssst, Pip... you know you like Zhi Zhi from out of nowhere!)
*My other favorite NBA team has been practically unwatchable. Wednesday, they ran the offense through Ronny Turiaf.
*Ellis is the closest they have to a real distributor. Nellie was just quoted on his radio show as reluctantly pinning down about 20-25 minutes for Monta on Friday, depending on his conditioning and "how he (Monta) feels". Monta can use a pick to get into the paint, which absolutely no one else on the team can do. The Warriors will surround him with shooters to give him more space to create in those 20-25 minutes. Nellie said he is surprised Monta has the kind of speed he has displaid in practice (two severed tendons in an ankle is pretty damn severe) but he isn't all the way back yet.
*Nellie has been playing a handful of players insane minutes. The drawback has been the energy level on the court. Stephen Jackson, Jamaal Crawford, and Corey Maggette can attack the defense in a fast break at 20-25 minutes a game, but when they are tired... the playbook is reduced to dribble in place and then launch a long one. I expect some fresh legs and a deeper rotation to lend Monta some running mates in transition.
*I found it very intriguing that Nellie did not want Monta to play in this game... the decision came from above, probably Mullin or ownership. Monta was supposed to be a week away from health, but perhaps Mullin wants to protect his job security after a humiliating loss to the OKC. The weaknesses of Mullin's roster have been painful: plenty of wing scorers who thrive in wing iso plays and launching threes, but very little front line muscle and terrible court vision across the board. Its as if one of those annoying guys who posts on the cleveland.com forum trade after trade based soley on stats were handed a franchise... the parts only make sense together in a video game. Heck, I'm starting to think Mullin posts trade ideas on cleveland.com Cavs forums in his spare time.
*Many believe they have already entered "Lottery Limbo," questioning how low you can go in the standings.
Tuesday's Practice:
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*From Tim Kawakami, on the pending Ellis return:
There will be some excitement with Monta back, but this Warrior team just can't beat the Cavs without size up front... Anthony Randolph suffers from Tall-Lanky-Bone-ism, but he doesn't have the meat on his bones to deal with a Ben Wallace or Anderson Varejao. I'm predicting a win, and Nellie will start drinking his scotch by halftime.
LOOKING FOR TICKETS?
Visiting
Regular Season Game #41
Game Date: Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Game Time: 10:30 Harvard and Yale time
Location: The perpetually sold-out Oracle Arena
TV: FS Ohio, CSN Bay
Radio: 1100 WTAM, 680 KNBR in my neighborhood
Cavs Starters
Mo Will: 33 MPG, 16.0 PPG, 3.2 Reb, 3.9 Asst, .468 FG, .36 3PT%
My MAN, The Young SIMBA: Delont... er, its really Sasha: 13.1 MPG, 3.8 PPG, 1.7 Reb, .9 Asst, .438 FG, .42 3PT%
King James: His numbers added together can solve pi.
Ben Wallace: 24.5 MPG, 2.9 PPG, 7.0 Reb, 1.7 BPG, .9 SPG, .472 FG
Anderson Varejao: 27.9MPG, 9.1 PPG, 6.9 Reb, .76 BPG, 3.4 kG of hair
Sorry guys, back-to-backs when semester grades are due drains the creativity.
The Bench
JJ, Boobie, and Wally never looked so dorky
And Now... UP on your FEET...
The Starters?!? It's Nellie, no one really knows.
Monta Ellis WILL start - Nellie just announced it.
Jamal Crawford: 13 Minutes as a Cavalier, 20.7 PPG, 3 Reb, 5 Asst, .419 FG, 38.6 Min
Captain Jack: 30 years crazy, 19.4 PPG, 4.6 Reb, 5.9 Asst, .395 FG, 39.5 Min
Kaleena Azubuike: 3 weeks as an RCF darling, 13.8 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 1.5 asst, .451 FG%, 31.5 Min
Anthony Randolph: 19 inches of neck, 5.7 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1 BPG, 13.2 Min
Key Reserves:
Ronny Turiaf: 4.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.03 BPG in 17.7 MPG
Corey Maggette: 7 seconds of needing a hug, 19.3 PPG, 6.1 Reb, 2 Asst, 34.3 Min
Anthony Morrow: 8.9 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 1 asst, 19.4 min
All You Need To Know
*Andris Biedrins is hurt... which means they are the only team in the NBA with less size than the Cavs. Turiaf is the only veteran big, and Nellie uses him like Varejao as an energy guy off the bench. The kids, well, they are learning how to fight in the trenches and making plenty of errors along the way. They might just sign this guy for poops and plunder:
...Hell, RCF's Mac might even be available this Friday for PF minutes, who knows? (psssst, Pip... you know you like Zhi Zhi from out of nowhere!)
*My other favorite NBA team has been practically unwatchable. Wednesday, they ran the offense through Ronny Turiaf.
*Ellis is the closest they have to a real distributor. Nellie was just quoted on his radio show as reluctantly pinning down about 20-25 minutes for Monta on Friday, depending on his conditioning and "how he (Monta) feels". Monta can use a pick to get into the paint, which absolutely no one else on the team can do. The Warriors will surround him with shooters to give him more space to create in those 20-25 minutes. Nellie said he is surprised Monta has the kind of speed he has displaid in practice (two severed tendons in an ankle is pretty damn severe) but he isn't all the way back yet.
*Nellie has been playing a handful of players insane minutes. The drawback has been the energy level on the court. Stephen Jackson, Jamaal Crawford, and Corey Maggette can attack the defense in a fast break at 20-25 minutes a game, but when they are tired... the playbook is reduced to dribble in place and then launch a long one. I expect some fresh legs and a deeper rotation to lend Monta some running mates in transition.
*I found it very intriguing that Nellie did not want Monta to play in this game... the decision came from above, probably Mullin or ownership. Monta was supposed to be a week away from health, but perhaps Mullin wants to protect his job security after a humiliating loss to the OKC. The weaknesses of Mullin's roster have been painful: plenty of wing scorers who thrive in wing iso plays and launching threes, but very little front line muscle and terrible court vision across the board. Its as if one of those annoying guys who posts on the cleveland.com forum trade after trade based soley on stats were handed a franchise... the parts only make sense together in a video game. Heck, I'm starting to think Mullin posts trade ideas on cleveland.com Cavs forums in his spare time.
*Many believe they have already entered "Lottery Limbo," questioning how low you can go in the standings.
Tuesday's Practice:
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*From Tim Kawakami, on the pending Ellis return:
There will be some excitement with Monta back, but this Warrior team just can't beat the Cavs without size up front... Anthony Randolph suffers from Tall-Lanky-Bone-ism, but he doesn't have the meat on his bones to deal with a Ben Wallace or Anderson Varejao. I'm predicting a win, and Nellie will start drinking his scotch by halftime.
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