Playoffs Show Cavs Need Help!

[Karma]

Lets hope Brown listens to you and ends the Cavalier's tactic of removing the entire lineup in one hit. We dont need to use a 10 man rotation, especially if our depth chart isn't overly deep. With some real talent in the starting 5, you want to introduce a solid 8 man rotation.

 

[James]

I mean its easy to say the Cavs dont have a high caliber team, but if you actually watch the way a player like Anderson plays, i mean he plays really hard and you need to have a hustle player if you want to go anywhere in the playoffs. And LeBron is only gonna get better and once he gets a taste of success in the playoffs, he will only want more.

 

[Kypus]

We dont need to use a 10 man rotation, especially if our depth chart isn't overly deep. With some real talent in the starting 5, you want to introduce a solid 8 man rotation.

Exactly. That's what the playoffs show us year after year, 8-man or even 7-man rotation wins in the playoffs. That's why I'm not really worried about the garbage players 9-12 at the end of the bench. We just need to find 3 or 4 guys willing to take what Scott Williams took last year (1.6 mil) and bench-warm so we can use the money for our big 3- Lebron, Z, and the SG. Can't we get Tony Massenburg? He's been playing for league minimum for the past 15 years or something :chuckles:

Playoff teams rotations-
Spurs- 7 man or 6 man
Pistons- 7 man
Heat- 8 man
Phoenix- 7 man

 

[CRWine+Gold]

How about a starting line up of :

PG: LeBron James
SG: FA Pickup (Redd, Johnson, etc...)
SF: Luke or Shasha
PF: Drew
C: Varejeo

Now that is if we dont sign Z or do anything with him? Or at least get some bench depth with from him.

Varejao is not good enough to start at Center in this league, he would get dominated by most centers.

 

[King]

I can see him playing at center if he gained a lot of pounds. He has a pretty long wingspan and has decent height for a center.

I definetly wouldnt count on him being effective at center though. If he spends some time in the weightroom, I would give him some minutes at center coming off the bench. Throwing him right into the starting center position would probably be a bad idea.

I agree that we dont need a 10 man rotation. Most of the elite teams give like 8 players consistent minutes during the regular season and even cut it down to 7 in the playoffs. The other players on the bench get minutes in certain situations like if theres foul trouble or they need more D or something.

 

[acesclone]

Anderson is not and will never be a "center", not that he can't play a few minutes there against teams #2 centers. The CAVS are FAR from being a finals calibre team. As I watched the final four any of these teams would have made us look stupid. We have a decent core with LBJ, Drew, and Z. V looks to be great in the future. Our GUARD positions are both weak. There IS a reason that Snow is a lifetime backup......HE DOES IT WELL. He doesn't make stupid mistakes and protects the ball. However we need someone who has vision AND will drop the open 3 when DARED to shoot. We should get Mark Price off the announcing bench, he doesn't look in too bad of shape......Seriously, we need a One and Two man who both are good, that is where I'd spend all the dough. We only need GOOD, we don't need 5 Lebron's. Secondly, we cannot BUY defense. If the players we have, LBJ included don't step up their DEFENSE we are doomed. You will be AMAZED how suddenly great Z's defense will look if our guards and forwards would step theirs up.

We are well set at PF/Center with Drew,V,Z and Tractor. We don't totalyy lose it regardless of who is in

SF is ok as well. LBJ with Newble or Sasha subbing is decent.

The guards all stink basically