Las Vegas — So the Cavs and Kings are at it again with Mike Bibby. As one of the three writers who was swarming all over UNLV to break this story yesterday, I still am not quite sure why this deal broke down. It certainly looked like it was going to happen when both Damon Jones and Drew Gooden were in the gym with the Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof and their entire front office. Let me also pass this along, Danny Ferry really wanted the rights to Luis Scola from the Spurs. I mean really, really, really wanted him. It would also make sense for the Spurs not to hand players to a division rival for nothing but money. Yet, no dice.
The only thing I can think is the Kings just still aren’t happy with the package being offered. The Cavs can offer Gooden and expiring contracts (Ira Newble, David Wesley) or they can offer Gooden and a shooter (Jones) or a combination of both. They are still trying to get a third team involved, just as they were for hours and hours back in February, to sweeten the package. With all this talk, my gut tells me this probably gets done at some point in the future. They aren’t going to give up now.
On the Anderson Varejao front, one league executive told me yesterday: “This is going to be one to watch.” He meant for entertainment value, in a sick, detatched way. Andy’s agent, Dan Fegan, is looking for the big score. I’m talking about something like $9-$10 million a year. I believe the Cavs are offering something much closer to $6 million a year. You don’t have to be a math major to know that is a wide gap. The Cavs will not pay it and, because Varejao is restricted and no teams who want Varejao have cap space left, they will not have to pay it. They do not have to do a sign-and-trade for it if they don’t feel like it, either. Here’s the thing, though, Fegan does not like to compromise. He may rather have Andy play out a one-year qualifying offer and become unrestricted next summer.
Now, this doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. First off, because’s a second round pick, his qualifying offer is only $1.3 million. Sasha Pavlovic’s, for example, is around $4 million. That means Andy potentially would be leaving $5 million on the table just this season alone. This is a guy who has made just $2.6 million over the last three years combined. He may never make up that money. Second, next summer the free agent market is deeper and there are no teams that will have a bunch of money. So if he leaves the Cavs, it very likely would be just for the mid-level exception, which will be around $5.5 million next year. Does that make sense? No, but it does make a point, which is what Fegan might want to do.
Here’s something you need to keep in mind that no one is talking about. Andy really, really wants to play for Brazil in next month’s FIBA Americas Tournament. He loves playing for the national team and the Brazilians are fighting for one of the two spots in the Olympics next year. With the Americans and Argentines there, they need their best players. Andy can’t risk playing without a contract, remember he blew out his shoulder playing for the national team two years ago. I have not spoken to Andy since the season ended, so maybe his feelings have changed. But he’s always expressed to me how he wants to make the basketball team as popular as a the national soccer team, when the whole country shuts down to watch. That is probably unrealistic, but Andy always sounded passionate about it. Anyway, that means the contract has to get done in the next few weeks if he wants to play. We’ll see…
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Alan Tucker, full of sound and fury but signifying nothing. The reason the Blazers got the draft pick is they had a trade exception (created earlier that night when they moved Zach Randolph) so they could take James Jones away from PHX for free. The Blazers handed over $3 million cash, took $3 million away in Jones and it saved having to pay the draft pick a million this year. Not to mention potental luxury tax savings of $3 million to to Suns. It was a $10 million deal. All the Cavs could offer was a $3 million check. For all your rippings and boatshoes nonsense, the Cavs are 100-64 since Ferry took over as GM and 4-2 in playoff series. No, there are not a perfect or championship team. But for crying out loud, come back down to earth where the rest of us live.
What about gibson, hes okay in distributing and brown could be a great player in a few years, remember he was the 1st pick cavs should wait till next free agency which will have more choices cavs beet detroit 4-2 people they can live without bibby +got valuable expirence from finals we can beat anyone in the east whos in our way the magic!!? rashard lewis is as stupid as the magic(who ggave max contract to him) to sy they are same as cavs! LEBRON JAMES
Huh? Our schools have failed so badly.
These things I know:
-I’d just be happy to replace the garbage on this roster (Amon Ones, Marshall, Wesley, Pollard- even though I’ll miss his antics) with some young talent, even if unproven.
-Dwayne Jones needs to see some time, preferably steal Marshall’s minutes. Guy’s a beast, and could replace Gooden someday.
-Gooden for 2001 Bibby would be a deal…too bad it’s 2007.
-I think you sign Andy and Sasha long term, WITHOUT being a cheap organization (see: Boozer, Carlos). 7-8 million a year for a young 7-footer with athleticism? sounds like a bargain. Let’s not forget that this is the same league in which turds like Theo Ratliff will make 11 million next season.
-Sasha looked lost against the best team in the NBA. Yup, time to give up on that guy. You people are ridiculous. He’s young, like the rest of this team, and despite that, he locked down Deshawn Stevenson, Vince Carter, and Rip Hamilton in the NBA PLAYOFFS.
-I’d trade Larry Hughes for a $20 gas card, 3 new basketballs, and a James Posey Fathead.
-Anyone think Juan Carlos Navarro, via Spain, would be the outside shooter we’ve been looking for? Hello, midlevel exception.
-Lebron James plays his own position on the floor, not a 3, not a 4… he plays the “Lebron” position – all 5 at once.
…Go Cavs
What is that, the new math? I thought they gave up that experiment back in the 70s.
With a little bean juggling, a little roster juggling, same deal for Cleveland, even if it took a few days longer to complete. It’s clear that the beat writer was wrong, that Ferry truly has few NBA “friends.” This is a business. You snooze, you lose.
And what crap…crediting Ferry for the Cavs’ record is like crediting the Atlantic Ocean for having water. Ferry just happened to be around while James was playing and the Seed Gods were watching. Who else other than family, close friends and the mentally retarded would pat this guy on the back for the job he has done?
Seriously, don’t post really stupid posts like that. Please. I thought my colitis was in remission. Not anymore.
We still need an allaround point guard(shooter,playmaker,defender) and theres nothing we can do aout it mike bibbys not the answer until those cap burning cotracts(Jones,Pollard,Wesley,Hughes) are over we cant really do anything that will make a big impact but ferrys doing all he can
Don’t forget Marshall’s dead-weight contract. And Newble’s. Cavs lead the league in most-worthless bench players, and that’s a fact. Just look at the Spurs’ reserves vs. ours, if you want to wretch a bit. Thanks, Cavs talent-evaluators! You’ve done it again, and again, and again….
Spurs are getting old. their championship team wont last much longer and they dont have any yong talent like cavs do(gibson,Brown,Lebron)
I’ll bet other general managers are just burning down the Q’s phone lines for a taste of that young and talented Gibson and Brown bonanza. Fiber optics weren’t made to handle that kind of communication overload.
Hey Tucker, I hear there’s room on the Pistons bandwagon… I’m sure you’d fit right in with all the ingrates and low-lifes from Detroit. Get lost.
The nucleus of the King, Gibson, Brown, Gooden, Sasha, and Andy is REAL nice, and add a piece here and there, we’re golden. Just keep it together and dont waste draft picks, Danny. That’s all we ask.
THE CAVS DONT NEED PAVS
Fans fall in love with their own players. Let’s be serious, Gibson and Brown have no value to any other front office.
I remember Terry Pluto repeatedly comparing Varejao to Dennis Rodman. I mean Rodman the awesome rebounder with a mad mission, not Rodman the fabulously flamboyant transvestite. So you’d think a guy like this would be in heavy demand. And yet there Varejao is, for all intents and purposes, being mocked by every GM out there. And Gooden is getting so much respect, that a guy that’s now with his eight NBA team is considered to have more overall value than Gooden. A vagabond like Jason Kapono gets a full midlevel exception from a respected executive, while Pavlovic is at home eating borscht and reading Leon Trotsky’s autobiography. Doesn’t even have a phone in his house. Doesn’t need one.
The Cavs roster is like the ugly girl at the party. Nobody is hitting on her. Not even the drunk guys. I find this depressing.
Tucker why dont u go make your own goth blog and stop harrasing us
I cant think of a point guard I’d rather have going into next season than Daniel Gibson… excluding Tony Parker and Chris Paul. I’m not saying the Cavs are loaded or anything, but there are enough young, talented players to be the East Beast for a long time, assuming we keep all of them. I think you’re DE-valuing Gibson and Brown just as much as you say im overvaluing them. There are plenty of teams out there who would love to have either guy, but especially Gibson.
I’m not on here trying to be cute like Tucker here, but cmon, this ugly girl roster went to the FINALS. I know Lebron’s shoulders carry a tremendous load, but can we be serious for once? This roster is good… not great, but very good. The Bulls won titles with BJ Armstrong at point and Luc Longley at center.
PS- Rashard Lewis better put all that money where his big mouth is… or he’ll be the biggest max deal BUST since Allan Houston. The Cavs front office may miss from time to time, but 80+ million for Rashard Lewis is absolutely hilarious. It could be worse.
The Cavs belonged in a finals series like Rosie O’Donnell belongs in a string bikini. The misadventures of Varejao, Gooden and Pavlovic only extends the humiliation. No respect. Fans, media, front office people. Everybody outside of Northeast Ohio is mocking the Cavs roster. It’s not a great time to be a Cavs fan. I mean, we have a guy running the show that was hot for something named Luis Scola, which until only recently I thought was a disease of the spine. Everywhere except in Northeast Ohio, the Cavs roster has an aura of a Rodney Dangerfield joke. “I tell ya, I was an ugly kid. When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.”
tucker what don’t you find depressing, besides jackin’ it to your winnie the pooh posters? be careful though, you might get chronic proctitis to go with your colitis.
Tucker is sorta right about the Cavs roster. Outside of NE Ohio, we all heard the mocking during the NBA Finals. And I was in full agreement at the time. Let’s not re-write history now. We’ve got one superstar who barely shot 30%, plus a nice little guard who had a great game. Shannon? Who knows what we’ve got. Andy? He’s wild alright. Drew? When he’s got a clue, good; often absent. Z? He’s on the bench in the 4th, if not sooner. Sasha? Soooo inconsistent, shooting and finishing.
Ferry had best remember what we all said immediately after the series: The team needs MAJOR CHANGES, not just a minor tweak. “Minor” will not beat the Spurs, and probably won’t even get them back to the Finals.
Of course, Ferry and Paxton’s previous signings will no doubt prevent “major” upgrades. And if we have to wait til all those deadweight contracts expire first, oh boy….our window is shrinkkkking.
For those saying everyonoe outside of NE Ohio thinks “Everybody outside of Northeast Ohio is mocking the Cavs roster. It’s not a great time to be a Cavs fan,” that is far from the truth. I travel between Phoenix and Salt Lake City quite often and during the playoffs (finals included) coache and media were praising the job the Cavs are doing and that they are heading in the right direction.
Personally Allen, it seems that in your eyes “it is never a great time to be a Cavs fan.” For someone who posts a lot, how can you even call yourself a fan? I cannot remember the last time you had anything good to say about this team, without saying something condescending or negative. You rip the Cavs all season, they dominated the series against the Pistons and BAM, we do not hear from you for weeks.
IMO, you lose all credibility and it is hard for me to take anything you say seriously.
As for AV, I think the reason he is not drawing more interest is that his agent is asking for way more money then he is worth at this point. In a few years maybe but right now he is asking way too much.
“No Name,” my sincere apology for getting “tied up” with a person’s coma and death rather than dragging my fat butt and jotting a few online paragraphs until a few days after the conclusion of the Finals. I promise I will never do it again.
And I’m not sure where you were traveling in the desert, but I think you suffered heat stroke. That’s the only rational explanation for you to deny that the rest of the country has been bitchslapping the Cleveland Cavaliers.
I mean, never mind the rest of the country brutalizing the Cavs, if memory serves, even Bill Livingston wrote that they were the worst team to make it to the Finals. Ever. When even a sports guy from the normally mild and meek pom-pom driven Cleveland media is writing something this, well, it’s not good.
You got me curious, No Name, so I looked up that Livingston column. Actually, what he wrote is they’re the least-talented team since the merger, not in history. So going back to 1976. He’s old enough that he really should have gone back much farther than the merger, but I suppose it doesn’t matter. The point is that in the absence of LeBron James, they’re a national joke. Akron Beacon Journal rumors of Ferry sending the FTD Florist into the homes of guys named Luis and Beno don’t help.
What state do YOU live in? The “mild and meek” Cleveland media? Are you illiterate or naive? Cleveland’s media has ruined and chased away more athletes, coaches, and GM’s than most of us thought POSSIBLE. Tell me you’re kidding.
The fact that you cite Bill Livingston for anything is very telling. The guy is abysmal. Bud Shaw, Livingston, and the rest of the crap-spewing media in this city are irrelevant. You really care what the media and the rest of the country thinks of Cleveland? Apparently you havent been a fan very long, if you are one at all. EVERYONE hates Cleveland, and Ohio in general. Ohio State gets dissed, the Browns/Cavs/Indians get dissed… and the local media is mostly to blame. They feed the beast, bad-mouthing everyone and everything associated with Cleveland, until the fans finally cave and start booing. This state has no pride, and morons like Tucker here are ESPN-washed and just repeat everything they hear. Thankfully there are real fans who believe in Cleveland and the teams they cheer for, and eventually those fans are gonna get what they deserve: a champion.
That’s why it’s gonna be SO SWEET when Lebron cashes one in for this city, and that day is coming soon, whether you want to admit it or not. The Drive, the Fumble, the Shot, Jose Mesa… all erased forever. Keep on hatin, but our time is now.
Truth is, “Allen”, YOU are the ugly chick at the Windhorst party. You arent funny, you arent entertaining, and quite frankly, no one who reads these comments wants to hear any more of your junk. Be gone.
Allen,
My appologies and condolensces for your loss. Losing a loved one is never a good time. However, it does not take away the fact that it was rather “odd” timing and when you came back, not one word of praise about the Pistons, you went right back to bashing them.
Again, are you even a fan of the Cavs? Sure the Cavs got embarrased in the finals, but is by not means a bad time to be a Cavs fan. I for one, being a former resident of NE Ohio, loved every second of it. The people in both Phoenix and SLC, were jealous. Sure part of it was us being in the East, but they also realize the potential. If you would get out of your mothers basement once in a while you might see that.
Traveling across the country I get to here a lot of local sports reporters and frankly, most of them (including those in CLE) are homers to the core. However, I truly find it amazing that you say everyone is “bitchslapping the Cavs.”
Again, keep posting your nonesense, it is rather commical and I certainly enjoy it after a long day at work, but IMO you have a long way to go to earn credibility and respect in my eyes (and possibly others as well).
Josh, anybody, such as yourself, who says that Cleveland’s sports media isn’t mild and meek has never traveled or read anything beyond the bounds of Parma. The media itself says the Cleveland media is mild and meek. Honestly, I’d be surprised if you’ve ever read anything national that didn’t have the word “Geographic” next to it.
This isn’t about Bill Livingston. If you don’t believe me, then simply Google the words “Cleveland” “Cavs” “Cavaliers” and “worst.”
I neglected to write that you can also include variations of these words, add a few, leave some out. But make sure you always include the word “worst.” The search engine results ain’t pretty.
I’d have to say the NE Ohio media comes alive when they sense an opportunity to pile on–Shawn Kemp is the best example, though the Braylon Edwards stuff last season was pretty ugly, too. This seems to happen only when the team itself is upset at the player.
When it comes to criticizing the organization, however, or God forbid a team’s general manager, they’re a bunch of poodles.
Been gone all weekend and come back to read this comedy hour over lunch today…
This tucker guy is a joke – anybody else get the feeling that if the Cavs had gotten James Jones and Rudy Fernandez from Phoenix, he’d be criticizing the move to no end? But because they go elsewhere probably due to salary cap issues that he can’t possibly understand, he has to continue to criticize anything and everything Cavs related. I mean come on dude, you seriously want us to believe that if the Cavs had swung some inconsequential deal for those 2, you’d start posting how the Cavs had taken the right step forward?? No way, you’d continue to bash and criticize.
Oh, and the kicker, one line from one article of a Bill Livingston story and he has to put it out there praising it. Again, show of hands, if Bill Livingston was hosting this blog, how many think he’d be the first one to insult and ridicule him over and over again.
You are a joke. Why do you even come here NON-STOP mind you and post your dribble? Are you looking for approval and for folks to agree with you to prove you are the best? Do you want Windhorst’s job and so you have to attack everything he says and does to attain it? Just leave and do everyone, including yourself, a favor. Get to know your relatives, your family a bit better so the next time the Cavs have a good run thru the playoffs, you can state that you were spending quality time with loved ones instead of some blurb about someone in a coma.
Blah blah blah Cavs are great.
Blah blah blah get out of your mommy’s basement Allen (sic) Tucker.
Blah blah blah Lebron is the bestest player ever.
Blah blah blah the Cavs will win the Finals.
Blah blah blah Cleveland media is ruining the city.
Seriously, the cavs can easily get to the finals. Lebrons only problem was his ft percentage and shooting witch in an interview he said he’s trying to improve it this offseason, gibson and brown were rookies and gibson is now a valuable player.gooden has grfeat potential if spmeone drew some plays, mike brown is looking for an assistant, z’s an okay center, we could use varejao’s enrgy, pavlovic we dont really need, hughes im not even talking about. dosent look like an ulgy roster to me!not with NBA’s golden boy!
Nice job Alan – is this the kind of rambling we can expect from you from now on? Because really, it is a big improvement over the other type of jibberish you usually post.
Um, everyone, the Cavs don’t have any cap room. They don’t have any appropriately-priced players. They don’t have any good expiring contracts. They can’t even trade their 2007 first-round pick.
Like it or not, the best chance the Cavaliers have to get better is for the young players currently on the roster to improve. Andy is 24, still two years away from even entering his prime. Sasha is 23. These guys are NBA veterans, but they still young and have tremendous upside. Dennis Rodman didn’t even play an NBA game until he was 25 years old, and didn’t become the legendary rebounding machine until he was 30. Andy and Sasha can get much better in the next few years, and the Cavs are in a great position to benefit from that.
If anything, the Cavs need to address the ineptitude of their offense before they address the makeup of the roster. No one can accurately evaluate the players on this Cavs team after last year, because the offensive system made everyone look bad. The market for average NBA free agents is down right now, and the Cavs can take advantage and lock up two of their young, contributing veterans as a result. Now all they have to do is avoid adding a declining Mike Bibby, and they’re set.
Go Cavs.
Mike
Very well said Mike.
And Mr. Idiot, aka Alan, no one (at least no one who isn’t already wearing rose colored glasses) is saying they will get as far as they did this past year and win a championship next year but the doom and gloom you spew on an hourly basis is past its expiration date. Anything the Cavs or Windhorst do is bad and anything they don’t do is worse. Nothing pleases you and even if they happen to get Kobe, KG, Duncan and Nash this off season, Phil Jackson to coach them, and Mitch Albom to become the new beat writer, you would still be the type of guy to bitch and complain. LET IT GO ALREADY. Crawl back into your hole (or momma’s basement if that makes it more real) and find something else to bitch about somewhere else.
There’s a lot of issues on this team, a lot of it brought upon by the GM and the bad contracts and the offensive ineptitude. Acknowledged, now move on. Despite that, they made it to the finals, albeit in a weaker conference. It happened, nothing you say will change that. A great accomplishment for a young team. Let’s see if they can mature and grow together as the moves that can be made this offseason are not going to be all that.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m not sure I’d be all that happy with Albom. He’s too sensitive.
Christ on a stick, Tucker. You certainly seem to have gotten under some people’s skin this time around. Just to prove you’re an actual fan of the team, perhaps you SHOULD say something positive about the Cavaliers.
It can be anything Cavs-related, as long as it’s complimentary. Here are some possible topics that you can easily find something positive to comment on:
1. The Cavaliers were in the Finals for once.
2. Lebron James’ compelling 48-point performance against Detroit.
3. Mike Brown’s compelling performance as the villainous Albert Diggs in “Bird on a Wire.”
4. Mike Bibby hasn’t been added to the roster (yet).
5. David Wesley didn’t kill anybody on the team this year.
Mitch Albom is a dog. With Albom and Reverend Pluto on staff, the ABJ would achieve holy book status by next january.
At least our local savior hasn’t been wasting his summer on extraneous non-basketball projects, instead devoting his time to things like “free throw shooting” and “discovering a consistent shooting form.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAFRk4_bmC8
It’s being tossed around, but probably not by Ferry and Mchale, unfortunately:
Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Sasha Pavlovic, Donyell Marshall /or Damon Jones, and a 2008 first rounder for KEVIN GARNETT and an expiring contract (not sure who).
GOD I hope so…
Wow, looks like the moronic alan tucker has made more enemies than ever. That’s good, and to be expected after all he’s said and done. Perpetual criticism of a team, followed by a self-imposed exile during the curiously timed coma, (or was it vegetative state, or was it just a long nap) of a friend/relative/winnie the pooh ain’t gonna earn you much love. As it was, your idiotic potshots had only garnered the affection of one troglodyte Billy, Tucker. With your most recent stunt you showed what a complete jackass you are. No one here (besides your loyalists Billy, Doc, and TPH) will ever give one ounce of credibility to your inane ramblings any longer Tuck. I suggest you tend to your comatose friend and stop posting for good.
Hi, JoeHoops. What’s shakin’.
doc, with respect to Albom, I actually think it would be absolutely terrific to have Albom and Pluto squaring off against each other. Albom is a Jewish guy with a toupee. Pluto is a bald Christian guy. It would be even better than Siskel and Ebert. I’d read it, I’d listen to it, I’d watch it.
this guys the best, numbr 1. quit callin pluto revrend to.
http://www.foronemoreday.com/
A few comments:
The media are always prone to hyperbole and bandwagons. It became the trendy thing to bag on the Cavs as the worst finals team ever, and every sportswriter seemed to try to out do the other when it came to exaggerating this. It doesn’t mean the it’s true. How about the ‘81 Rockets. They managed to win two games in the finals, but they finished below .500 in the regular season. People bag on the Cavs road to the finals, but the Rockets got there by beating the Lakers in one of those old three game series, beating a good SPurs team in 7, and then beating the Kings in the conference finals. The Kings were also below .500 in the regular season.
As far as the Cavs not belonging in the finals what could they do? They were the number two seed in the conference, and they beat the number one seed in the conference finals. Would people have said Detroit didn’t belong in the Finals if they had beaten the Cavs? I doubt it. What if Utah had beaten the Spurs, after getting off the hook and not having to play the Mavs, but the over-achieving Warriors?
Outside of Cleveland, people were blown away by the Cavs beating the Pistons. It’s not just a northeast Ohio thing. But the Cavs were underdogs against the Spurs, and rightfully so. San Antonio was a better team. The media smelled blood, and they love to senseationalize even more than they like to be right about something.
Keep posting, Chuck. You make a lot of sense.
Chuck, that’s an incredibly poor comparison. A large part of the problem is how the Cavs got there. They’re ripe for a schoolyard beating from anybody in the national media that wants to give it. The Rockets were like Cinderella incredibly beating the odds. Like the 1983 North Carolina State team. The Cavs, on the other hand, preceded the Pistons series by “mowing down” two purported professional rosters that Oden’s Ohio State team just might have torched.
The Eastern Conference is a titantic joke. It’s not even in the same universe as the West. Everybody said it. Then the Cavs went out and proved it. Not only did they prove they were the best of the worst, but they proved they’re a one-man band. As prestige goes, they would have been better off losing to the Pistons, because the 2006-07 Cavs roster is going to carry the national media stink of last season for decades to come.
Here’s a fun little game to play – - Pretend you’re at the Y playing pickup with the Cavs roster. Then take all of the individual West’s playoff rosters, with the exception of maybe the Lakers. Hell, let’s start with the Nuggets, for example, a team that lost in the first round and were seeded what, sixth? Fifth? Seventh? Can’t remember. Anyway, whatever they were seeded, let’s use the Nuggets as an example. You and I will be team captains…
O.K., it’s a given that James will be picked first. Then pick the next four players, who would you pick next? Anybody in their right mind would pick Anthony, then Iverson, then Camby, then that Nene dude. And this is a team that lost in the West’s first round! Yet the Cavs made it to the FINALS! I mean, the present disparity of the NBA’s level of competition is unbelievable. It’s like comparing the major league to AAA. Simply admit this, and then the group of ridiculously blind, deaf and dumb diehard Cavs fans (including some in the local media) wouldn’t be a fish in a barrel target like the team and the team’s general manager have been.
Then, to top things off, after that incredibly horrific performance which by far was the worst offensive Finals performance of any team in NBA history, during the off-season our own free agents aren’t getting offers from any other team. I mean, how hugely insulting is that? A guy the Beacon Journal’s columnist declared to be Dennis Rodman, and a guy the Beacon Journal’s beat writer declared to be the NBA’s Most Improved Player. Nobody else wants them. No respect. At least Rodney Dangerfield was funny and could tug on his red tie.
Attention NBA! Attention NBA Fans!! Attention NBA Executives and coaaches!!!
The Eastern Conference has decided to stay home and not play a regular season in 2007-2008. One source has been quoted as saying “The great Alan Tucker showed us the error of our ways…he spoke in words that truly resonated with us and showed us we were doing nothing postitive for the people of the world other than making a mockery of ourselves…You have my word that the Eastern Conference and their teams will not make an appearance in any professional NBA game until the great Alan Tucker allows us to come back.”
Well, gosh darn, there ya have it…Alan does it again! Good boy!!
Ingenius rebuttal argument, “Rick.”
Where is Matt Barnes’s name? Why is he not being discussed? We could get him for a fraction of the cost of Bibby and he is a better player. What is wrong with Ferry?
Please view this post from WoW, particularly the last bit: http://dberri.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/not-monta-ellis/
Unfortunately the Cavaliers are finished. No one wants our garbage
in a trade or free agency. Oden and Durant will change the league
dramatically and the Bucks Bulls Raptors and Pistons all got better.
Welcome to the Mistake on the Lake. I heard the smell at the Stadium
was ripe on Saturday. More good press.
Matt Barnes? He’s not a point guard.
Why not use what they’ve already got? Hughes isn’t a point guard, Gibson isn’t a point guard, Snow isn’t…well, anything. So why not give the job to James, and try to upgrade the other positions? This is about the only strategy they haven’t tried, so why not give it a whirl? Jordan spouted off during stretches when Collins and Jackson told him to be the point guard, but who cares what James thinks? He’s on the hook for three more seasons whether he likes it or not. If he can dance like Bobby Brown, then he can dance like Mike Bibby.
Ah “Alan”…a rebuttal indicates I was refuting or denying what you are trying to say. Denying gibberish is a pointless cause now isn’t it? I think I was merely agreeing with you because that is what you are after, correct? You are seeking validation, some sort of approval from us (the ones who merely come here for offseason information) to make up for some glaring omission in your own life? I was trying to provide that to you. Sadly, it appears I have failed in that. Apparently, a lot of people have failed you somewhere along the way.
You have made your point…the Cavs suck, the Eastern conference sucks, Lebron sucks, Ferry sucks, life sucks. Oh wait, maybe that’s taking it a bit far, for now. Great…how many different ways can you say the same thing over and over and over again? Now move along….isn’t there a New York Knicks board you can go pester for a while? Or better yet…how bout a sport that’s IN-SEASON, I think the KC Royals might need a champion to their cause and you fit the bill. Lookie there – kill 2 birds with one stone…or rather, maybe get lucky and just put one into a coma for the time being.
Online stalkers are always entertaining. It’s like having my own personal Son of Sam or Capricorn Killer. Kind of scary, but at the same time, weirdly complementary. So I’ll save you the time, pal: I’m a Gemini.
Whoops. I know how obsessive-compulsive you guys are, so I misspelled a word up there. Is it driving you bats?
The CAVS suck
Tucker Sucks
Ferry Sucks
Billy sucks
Joe Hoops sucks
The reason the Bibby trade didn,t happen is the Kings didn,t want
faggot Damona. He is why we dont have Bibby. Him and Marshall
for 2 more years. GOD HELP US>
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