Comments on: Restricted summer, what a bummer

By: alan t.

alan t. — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:23:35 +0000

They only ponied up a “bit more money?” Try five million a year more than he could have gotten anywhere else. Only a few teams could have offered more than the midlevel exception, but none of those teams wanted Ilgauskas. The Hawks and Knicks had other plans. So why did Ferry bid against himself? It made no sense then, it makes no sense now.

And who says that James wanted Ilgauskas back? I mean, other than Z’s biggest fans, the local sportswriters. Don’t you find it ironic that James always complains about the speed of the offense, but Ilgauskas is one of the very reasons that Mike Brown has been forced to run an offense that makes Mike Fratello’s offense look like the Indianapolis Speedway?

By: TheOUTLAW

TheOUTLAW — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:35:51 +0000

The only reason that Ferry bid against himself for Z is because the Cavs had already alienated Z. They treated him as though that had no interest in him until Ferry came on board and LeBron mentioned that he wanted Z back. Then they actually had to pony up a bit more money to get him back. While LeBron has mentioned that we need both Sasha and Varejao back this time as well, they have far less leverage than Z did as an unrestricted free agent

By: alan t.

alan t. — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:43:20 +0000

Funny you should ask that question, larry. I believe former Spurs end-of-the-bench guy Kevin Willis is available and looking for a team. The looming threat of a wily 45-year-old veteran to fill the gap is Ferry’s ace in the hole. It will bring Varejao’s agent to his knees.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:58:03 +0000

I wonder who will be taking Verajao’s place? With training camp starting next week, are there even any former Spurs end-of-benchers available at this point?

By: alan t.

alan t. — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:21:29 +0000

Are Ferry’s negotiating skills this incredibly pathetic? He’s totally clueless on how to go about negotiating with Pavlovic’s agent, so what’s this guy do? He goes out and tries to find a Pavlovic clone simply to get Pavlovic’s agent to lower himself to Ferry’s children’s table level. This latest move is reason enough to put Ferry’s head through his shiny new office walls.

Devin Brown, the Cavaliers’ latest career vagabond touring his way through the NBA, is going to give the roster exactly what it needs when it slices, dices and ultimately crushes the Western Conference’s best, won’t it? Who cares if it doesn’t fill a need in any way, shape or form? At least it’ll make Ferry’s job easier.

Unbelievable.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:37:28 +0000

Wow! I’ve been starving for ANY Cavs news and I stumble on gem. Where’s my bookmark?!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:52:04 +0000

I just read that Shawn Marion wants out of Phoenix. With all due respect to the recent calls for Juwan Howard and Eddie Jones, this is actually a guy worth pursuing. Can this happen? Is there no chance on the planet of getting Marion? When I think of LeBron & Marion together, I think of a team that at last could legitimately challenge the West’s top dogs.

By: WSM?

WSM? — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:31:01 +0000

Johnny B doesn’t know his ass from a ruble!!$

By: The Written Language Is Not Johnny's Strong Suit

The Written Language Is Not Johnny's Strong Suit — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:08:09 +0000

Johnny B, who gives an aardvark’s a-hole how somebody posts in a blog? It’s not English 850 at Harvard, it’s the Akron Beacon Journal. I haven’t read anything that patronizing since Terry Pluto last told everybody how we’re all supposed to feel.

Oh, and you really may want to take a closer look at your second sentence.

By: Johnny B

Johnny B — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:23:57 +0000

$ = the dollar sign. It’s not used with rubles.

“in awhile” should be “in a while”.