and yes, damon isn’t the best defender in the world (though he has improved this year) but damon is NOT the problem. his shooting has won games for us this year and last.

the problem is that snow CANNOT play defense on PG’S either!!! he can guard some 2’s like desmond mason and rashard lewis but it a goddamned myth that snow is some kind of first-team all-league defender! when will people see and admit this?? i know he does some intangible things on the floor but they are NOT enough to offset his worsening skills in almost EVERY other area.

btw, LBJ does guard the other teams best player during periods of the game. check out how nice a job he did, along with hughes, on ray allen the other day…

The Cavs tried to add an offensive PG in Damon Jones, and look how that turned out. A PG that doesn’t play defense isn’t going to start on Mike Brown’s team.

And speaking of Brown, the offense still needs a lot of work. I’m not sure it’s a great system to begin with, and someone really needs to teach LeBron how to run it. I love LBJ, but he might be the worst in the league at coming of screens; he doesn’t stay close enough to the screener to rub off the defender. The team isn’t making the cuts tight enough, they’re not making the passes, and as a result, the offense as it’s set up now is ineffective.

And finally, to anyone who says that Ferry shouldn’t worry about bringing in character guys, I have two words for you: Jeff McGinnis. It takes a certain kind of player to be a distributing point guard who knows his role and is happy in it. If you can’t get that player, then you’re better off rolling the dice with Snow. At least LeBron isn’t guarding the other team’s best player, and has the energy to be the team’s entire offense when the offense stagnates.

GO Cavs!

The Cavs have maybe three dependable starters but don’t seem to be on much of a lookout to find two more. One player is possibly the least productive starter in the league.

What Ferry claims is the team’s strong suit–chemistry–seems off to me as the Cavs are very uneven in their level of effort and intensity, as the coach pointed out after last night’s fiasco.

Yet, from what I read, Ferry always seems pretty satisfied with himself and the roster. He’ll hang Coach Brown out to dry from time to time but other than that I don’t know how he handles criticism because I’ve never seen any in the local papers.

how do the snow-lovers defend him? one good game in 4 AIN’T GETTIN’ IT DONE!

i also don’t buy than ferry’s ego is running roughshod here. rather, it is that we are, hello, san antonio east! san antonio develops talent, doesn’t make many big trades and likes character guys. now, it worked for them and for good or ill, ferry is trying to replicate it here. unfortunately for him, he’s got the sword of LBJ’s leaving hanging over his head. of course, san antonio had duncan making noises about going to orlando a few years ago but LBJ is by far the bigger star…

Ferry is starting to remind me of Eric Wedge, who seems to prefer players that don’t give him trouble to players who are more talented than he was. It’s all about ego.

Didn’t he say, at the time, that he felt they were more of a contender than the Cavs were?