Comments on: No live blog tonight, Ira Newble to Lakers

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:32:00 +0000

Exactly, we’re talking about Ira Newble for God’s sake. I think if Ferry really needed a ‘3′ who cant shoot, defends well at times, and is good for 10 minutes a night in short stretches, he could probably find such a player sitting by his phone.

Once again, whining about not re-signing Ira Newble is comical, considering that a majority of Cavs fans couldnt wait to get him out of here at the beginning of the season.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:19:33 +0000

If anybody wasn’t quite sure just how badly both franchise expansion and the expansion of rosters from 12 to 15 have diluted the NBA’s talent pool to subzero proportions, the fact the Lakers signed Newble to even 10 days of service is one of the seven signs of the basketball apocalypse. David Stern must be spinning in his grave.

By: LeCavalier

LeCavalier — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:07:31 +0000

Wow, we’re talking about Ira Newble here, folks. Chances are he may not play a minute in L.A.

By: white man small johnson

white man small johnson — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:53:09 +0000

i feel you on that biff and i feel if the cavs rest ben he will be ready come playoff time. now the bucks give us fits, so it will be nice to see us come out with a win tonight. there guard tandem rips right thru ours. but yes we have lebron and with him each game is winable..(hey did i spell that right)

By: Bob Montana

Bob Montana — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:00:09 +0000

It seems that the last few games when Ben’s back hasn’t been a problem that he has done well. In terms of being damaged goods etc. Many of the players have gone through physical problems. Not certain why people are real up or down on Ben. Why make him a scape goat? It seems as he has gotten used to Cavs Chemistry that he is doing OK. granted like most players there are teams or situations where he will be better or worse in the line-up.

All in all I think LeBron’s will and leadership pulls the higher potential out of those who are willing to be part of the team. SO perhaps we ahve some good pieces coming together.

I look forwar to Cavs beating Celtics in 6 and then taking out Pistons in 6

By: Biff

Biff — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:49:31 +0000

White:

To say that either team was “had” by the other in the Bulls/Cavs trade is laughable. The Bulls knew Hughes was an injury prone bad jump shooter. The Cavs knew that Wallace was a moderately washed up undersized 4. The Bulls knew that Gooden was upsided minus consistency while the Cavs knew Joe Smith was consistency minus upside. Both teams got exactly what they paid for.

Overall, while Paxon scored points by not having Wallace out there every night to remind the fans how he ruined the franchise, the Cavs also benefited. You can’t be trying to win games when you have a guy running around taking bad shots every night because he’s pissed about his situation and doesn’t particularly care about winning. Even a Ben Wallace with back spasms is one that will get out of the way when he’s on the floor. He’ll play defense when he feels like it and he’ll never be concerned about his numbers.

Overall, I don’t think you could really say either team “won” this trade but if I had to favor one team over the other, it would be the Cavs.

By: chuck

chuck — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:48:25 +0000

The Los Angeles Times headline is “Newble Signed for Rest of Season”, but the transaction is listed with the NBA as a ten day contract. I wonder if there is some formality involved.

By: white man small johnson

white man small johnson — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:55:26 +0000

big ben out again, well it looked like we have been had by the bulls up in chicago, ben is damage goods. i do not care i still like the trade, need to play joe and wally more, also maybe tonight we will see this new kid allred, he ave 16pts in the kids league and he said he loves the pick and pop, well tonight is a chance to get him in there and see what he could do. although looking at him on the bench he does not look like much….

By: kj

kj — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:28:40 +0000

oh, yes, tucker, i’m just crazy to point out that LBJ, who is in the top two in FT attempts in the nba this season went to to the line, ummm, lemme check here…ZERO times yesterday while a jumpshooting bosh went to the line 12 times!

why do people not see that *not* pointing out the failure of refs in particular games is absurd? i mean, i haven’t mentioned the refs for weeks on here. but to not call it when it’s so obvious is asinine. in fact, it’s comical to watch people twist themselves into knots (see windhorst, b.) to NOT mention the officiating! but hey, it’s not like there’s been any NBA ref scandals that would give one slight pause or anything…jeebus…

and douglar, yes, toronto was getting out of LBJ’s way but i can think of at least three occasions in the first half where LBJ got KILLED (one time literally got knocked to the floor) going to the hole, yet nary a whistle. look, i’m not saying LBJ shoulda went the line 10 times or anything. but ZERO? patently ridiculous.

and tucker, yet again, you *cannot* be a stupid as some of the things you write. you wonder why wallace played only 19 minutes ( of which when he covered bosh, bosh scored i believe 2, maybe 3 buckets.). well, genius, it’s because he left the game with back spasms. if you actually WATCHED or LISTENED to the game you would’ve known that. but, hey, *not* watching the cavs then commenting on them is your stock in trade, right?

i love then how you ignore how wallace dominated two all-stars in rasheed and bosh in consecutive games and instead question whether he’ll be able to guard garnett in the future. genius! how do you do it?

btw, i will concede that nance was a better shotblocker but a better low-post defender overall than hot rod? i dunno, but you are right in that we haven’t really had one in cavs history. until now.

By: RTT Rock Taylor

RTT Rock Taylor — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:34:08 +0000

Pet peeve…coach Brown does not incorporate all of his players even when it is obvious that a player on the floor is bad. Ira Newble should have been frequently used in last year’s playoff against the Spur’s…any comments?

It will be interesting to watch the refs during the Buck’s game tonite…the last game the Cavs five played the Bucks eight.