The suns toyed with them today. And Brown was all excited at the half because the Suns only had 5 fast break points. What a clueless fool. They had 58 points and shot 55%! Force of nature at the 3, slasher type shooting guard, athletic rangy 4, and Varejao playing most of the meaningful minutes at the 5. Seems like the perfect personnel to run a slow down clutch and grab offense. Unbelievable. Fire him now. Let him hone his craft in the MAC or OVC. I can’t take it anymore.

your point about pluto and Z is dead-on as well. we HAVE gotten worse as he’s gotten “better.” oh, and take another look at thise stats and notice that he’s STILL shooting UNDER 50%!!! he’s 7′3″! now, maybe he loses a few percentage points with all those tip-in attempts but i’m pretty sure he shot over 50% a few years ago.

i think tucker is right vis-a-vis pluto liking Z because of the foot and remaining loyal. i never thought i’d say this but i wish we had a sam smith-type who would tell it like it about the hometown team.

i have mentioned in other forums how with the internet and espn, that rather than many different voices being heard, what has actually happened is that a monolithic “groupthink” has emerged on so many sport topics by those who cover them. and there is no clearer example of that then with the cavs media.

sheesh, next thing ya know i’ll be longing for gib and pete franklin!

oh, and didn’t it look nice the other day against the sixers when we had a POINT GUARD who drove and dished the ball and hit open shots? but as pluto says, gibson’s not ready to start. so that’s that!

It borders on bizarre how every local sportswriter seems to completely agree with every one of these highly debatable notions. I can’t remember one article, column or blurb that really questions any of them.

But getting back to the point, a flat-out concise statement saying “I now admit I was wrong about Ilgauskas” would be refreshing, if indeed that is what is attempting to be said. Frankly, I don’t know. I can’t tell. Because unless I’ve missed something, as it now stands, we’re talking of a sportswriting viewpoint that says “heads I win, tails you lose.”

But Pluto is again beating the old horse in today’s column, claiming Z needs more touches. Pluto outlines how Z’s numbers have risen each month this season, forgetting to mention that the Cavs have gotten worse as Z’s numbers have improved.

The Cavs offense looked pretty good the first few games this season, when Z was playing about 20 minutes a game and feeling left out. He can be valuable as a role player but he’s just terrible as a go-to guy.

But as you say, more to my larger point, somebody buy the Beacon Journal a gigantic case of Woolite. No, make that two giant cases. Jeez, talk about sprinting straight to the head of the class of wishy-washy sportswriting. The last time there was anything that outrageously contraditory, the ancient French Vikings were inventing the term “jumbo shrimp.”

How does this fact differ from any other season? If not for the additional fact both you and your Beacon Journal brethren have spent literally *years* ignoring it, instead choosing to relentless argue that Ilgauskas is rarely fed the ball, thereby hurting the team, you’d have some foundation as to why you’re even mentioning it.

Playing both sides of the fence is a real journalistic stinkaroo. Either you want Ilgauskas to get fed the the ball and perform the exact same black hole thing he’s been doing for nearly 10 years now, or you don’t. For Pete’s sakes, don’t be an egregious hypocrite. Choose a side, put it into print, and stick with your decision. Which is it?

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/6407860?MSNHPHMA

Allowing LeBron, Hughes, Gooden, and Jones to shoot jumpers prays on the weakness of the Cavs.

Offensively, what they’re doing with Z is baffling, why they’ve pulled Z off the block to shoot jumpers is beyond comprehension. (I’m guessing to open things up.)

Yes, Z can knock that shot down. However, I’d rather have my 7’3” player in around the basket for many reasons, especially for his Off. Rebound skill. He’s never been quick or explosive but he’s managed to be one of the better post players in the league with good hands.

Why they don’t use that aspect of his game? Ask Coach!

I’m sure the Lakers would love to have him in their triangle offense as would a handful of other teams, but he’s you ONLY true post player!