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	<title>Comments on: Answering some rumors</title>
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		<title>By: Benedion</title>
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		<dc:creator>Benedion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I personally think that they should just let Wally go then trade Wallace or Z for the rights to Beidrins to free up cap space to be able to sign Brand or Davis. Beidrins is a young player who can help the Cavs a lot and both Wallace&#039;s and Z&#039;s salary is just too much for them. Wallace is not that great a defender like before and Z just lack the intensity to play right now if you watch both of them carefully. I also agree in trading for Felton/Mo Williams, if they could not get Baron Davis, however, I think Felton would be a better choice for the Cavs then Mo Williams.

They also should keep Gibson and West because Gibson is a great spot-up shooter just like Kerr was during Chicago&#039;s 2nd championship run and West is a great defender especially during the 2008 playoffs.

BTW, they also have players like Snow, Smith, Pavlovic who I think could be traded. Arenas, Josh Smith, Childress, Okafor, Duhon, Gordon, JR smith are also a Free Agents.

If they, however, instead sign Magette, they could just let LBJ play at point then place Gibson at 2 and Magette at 3.
In my opinion, Wally is very much overrated and if the Cavs should only sign him if they could not get a PG or SG better than him. 
If the Cavs doesn&#039;t make any roster changes or good trades this pre-season, I believe that would not win this year&#039;s championship and LBJ is just waiting his career playing with an old team.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally think that they should just let Wally go then trade Wallace or Z for the rights to Beidrins to free up cap space to be able to sign Brand or Davis. Beidrins is a young player who can help the Cavs a lot and both Wallace&#8217;s and Z&#8217;s salary is just too much for them. Wallace is not that great a defender like before and Z just lack the intensity to play right now if you watch both of them carefully. I also agree in trading for Felton/Mo Williams, if they could not get Baron Davis, however, I think Felton would be a better choice for the Cavs then Mo Williams.</p>
<p>They also should keep Gibson and West because Gibson is a great spot-up shooter just like Kerr was during Chicago&#8217;s 2nd championship run and West is a great defender especially during the 2008 playoffs.</p>
<p>BTW, they also have players like Snow, Smith, Pavlovic who I think could be traded. Arenas, Josh Smith, Childress, Okafor, Duhon, Gordon, JR smith are also a Free Agents.</p>
<p>If they, however, instead sign Magette, they could just let LBJ play at point then place Gibson at 2 and Magette at 3.<br />
In my opinion, Wally is very much overrated and if the Cavs should only sign him if they could not get a PG or SG better than him.<br />
If the Cavs doesn&#8217;t make any roster changes or good trades this pre-season, I believe that would not win this year&#8217;s championship and LBJ is just waiting his career playing with an old team.</p>
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		<title>By: Joel Gedeon</title>
		<link>http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/cavs/2008/05/26/answering-some-rumors/comment-page-3/#comment-62247</link>
		<dc:creator>Joel Gedeon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What about Gerald &quot;G-Force&quot; Wallace? I&#039;ve heard he&#039;s on the block but can the cavs acquire him, do they have the assets to acquire him and Felton?

I was thinking maybe:

Felton and Wallace for Gibson OR Delonte, 2 future firsts and Ben Wallace since he played with Larry Brown in Detroit. Thoughts?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about Gerald &#8220;G-Force&#8221; Wallace? I&#8217;ve heard he&#8217;s on the block but can the cavs acquire him, do they have the assets to acquire him and Felton?</p>
<p>I was thinking maybe:</p>
<p>Felton and Wallace for Gibson OR Delonte, 2 future firsts and Ben Wallace since he played with Larry Brown in Detroit. Thoughts?</p>
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		<title>By: Josh</title>
		<link>http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/cavs/2008/05/26/answering-some-rumors/comment-page-3/#comment-61344</link>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d do that in a heartbeat, but I fear Alan may need a nap halfway through.  Senior citizens need those naps to function.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d do that in a heartbeat, but I fear Alan may need a nap halfway through.  Senior citizens need those naps to function.</p>
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		<title>By: Legend Killer34</title>
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		<dc:creator>Legend Killer34</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well i hope that the Jermaine O Neal rumors are true.Id love the 11th pick and a healthy O Neal.The Cavs could get Augustine at the 11th pick.And you guys need to settle your differneces with like a fantasy make your own NBA team with like a salary cap and gm thing.And everyone can get involved or do fantasy basketball on yahoo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well i hope that the Jermaine O Neal rumors are true.Id love the 11th pick and a healthy O Neal.The Cavs could get Augustine at the 11th pick.And you guys need to settle your differneces with like a fantasy make your own NBA team with like a salary cap and gm thing.And everyone can get involved or do fantasy basketball on yahoo.</p>
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		<title>By: Legend Killer34</title>
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		<dc:creator>Legend Killer34</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well guys how about do a fantasy draft or fantasy gm or something to that extent to see who would draft a NBA baseketball team.Sort of like fantasy sports here.Also Id rather take Rush from Kansas than Roberts from Memphis.But then again id love to take Augustine at the 11 pick if those Jermaine O Neal rumors would be true.Imagine Augustine</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well guys how about do a fantasy draft or fantasy gm or something to that extent to see who would draft a NBA baseketball team.Sort of like fantasy sports here.Also Id rather take Rush from Kansas than Roberts from Memphis.But then again id love to take Augustine at the 11 pick if those Jermaine O Neal rumors would be true.Imagine Augustine</p>
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		<title>By: Josh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And my point, grampa Alan, is that the Cavs could trot out a starting lineup of your boy Rondo, Kobe, James, Duncan, and Shaq and you would still rip, hate and try to verbally disparage them.  You&#039;re a negative person, probably a very difficult individual to be in the same room with, and I&#039;m not just going to sit by and not call you on it.  

You&#039;re like the old man who lost his mind sitting in the wooden rocking chair on your porch, surrounded by cats and constantly cleaning out your shotgun in case someone dares step on your lawn.  Unreasonable and completely nuts.

I made a mistake (it happens) with the Miles contract.  I do not, however, feel it is a mistake to support the Cavs, and I do not feel that LeBron James, by himself and on his own, can drag a completely horrible team to the NBA Finals, or past the Wizards for that matter.  I realize how good he is, but he&#039;s still not THAT good.  There are pieces in place, and we&#039;ll see where this team is in a couple of years.

I choose to focus on reality, Alan.  You focus on conspiracy theories, borderline factoids you make up, and your blind hatred for all things Cavs.  It&#039;s to the point where you dont even talk about basketball unless it&#039;s an opportunity to blast Ferry.

Did you know that the Cavs could have picked up Antonio Daniels but traded Miles&#039; corpse for Jeff McInnis instead?  Did you know that instead of Darius Miles, the Cavs could have gotten Lamar Odom and 2 #1 picks for Andre Miller had they traded him to the Lakers?  Did you know that one of those picks was Caron Butler?  OUCH.... I&#039;ll take Danny Ferry over Jim Paxson any day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And my point, grampa Alan, is that the Cavs could trot out a starting lineup of your boy Rondo, Kobe, James, Duncan, and Shaq and you would still rip, hate and try to verbally disparage them.  You&#8217;re a negative person, probably a very difficult individual to be in the same room with, and I&#8217;m not just going to sit by and not call you on it.  </p>
<p>You&#8217;re like the old man who lost his mind sitting in the wooden rocking chair on your porch, surrounded by cats and constantly cleaning out your shotgun in case someone dares step on your lawn.  Unreasonable and completely nuts.</p>
<p>I made a mistake (it happens) with the Miles contract.  I do not, however, feel it is a mistake to support the Cavs, and I do not feel that LeBron James, by himself and on his own, can drag a completely horrible team to the NBA Finals, or past the Wizards for that matter.  I realize how good he is, but he&#8217;s still not THAT good.  There are pieces in place, and we&#8217;ll see where this team is in a couple of years.</p>
<p>I choose to focus on reality, Alan.  You focus on conspiracy theories, borderline factoids you make up, and your blind hatred for all things Cavs.  It&#8217;s to the point where you dont even talk about basketball unless it&#8217;s an opportunity to blast Ferry.</p>
<p>Did you know that the Cavs could have picked up Antonio Daniels but traded Miles&#8217; corpse for Jeff McInnis instead?  Did you know that instead of Darius Miles, the Cavs could have gotten Lamar Odom and 2 #1 picks for Andre Miller had they traded him to the Lakers?  Did you know that one of those picks was Caron Butler?  OUCH&#8230;. I&#8217;ll take Danny Ferry over Jim Paxson any day.</p>
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		<title>By: alan t.</title>
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		<dc:creator>alan t.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Josh, my point was your weren&#039;t even in the same solar system with your ridiculous statements regarding Miles&#039; contract, that all of Paxson&#039;s foibles directly led to James and keeping the Cavaliers in Cleveland as opposed to wherever Gund would have pawned the franchise, and that it&#039;s absolutely incredible that you still sincerely maintain and believe that the team is far greater than James plus 14 stooges.  That&#039;s my point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Josh, my point was your weren&#8217;t even in the same solar system with your ridiculous statements regarding Miles&#8217; contract, that all of Paxson&#8217;s foibles directly led to James and keeping the Cavaliers in Cleveland as opposed to wherever Gund would have pawned the franchise, and that it&#8217;s absolutely incredible that you still sincerely maintain and believe that the team is far greater than James plus 14 stooges.  That&#8217;s my point.</p>
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		<title>By: Josh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Augustine, Lawson, Brooks... all would be major upgrades.  I think they should look at the &#039;2&#039; guard position also.  This team just needs more scoring punch, period.

I like your trade, but Milwaukee is likely to try to push a monster contract on us (Bell, Simmons, Gazurich) along with asking for more on our end.  It&#039;s going to be very difficult to pull off a trade of that magnitude without severely hampering the franchise, long-term.  What makes me nervous about Redd is the knee.  I dont want another Larry Hughes type guy who cant stay healthy and/or make a shot.

I think the best approach is going to be taking the best player they possibly can at 19 (Rush, Douglas-Roberts, or a PG listed above), perhaps trying to buy into the 2nd round for a project  big man, and hope that our cap space brings in a marquee guy next summer.  We&#039;ll see how it plays out...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Augustine, Lawson, Brooks&#8230; all would be major upgrades.  I think they should look at the &#8216;2&#8242; guard position also.  This team just needs more scoring punch, period.</p>
<p>I like your trade, but Milwaukee is likely to try to push a monster contract on us (Bell, Simmons, Gazurich) along with asking for more on our end.  It&#8217;s going to be very difficult to pull off a trade of that magnitude without severely hampering the franchise, long-term.  What makes me nervous about Redd is the knee.  I dont want another Larry Hughes type guy who cant stay healthy and/or make a shot.</p>
<p>I think the best approach is going to be taking the best player they possibly can at 19 (Rush, Douglas-Roberts, or a PG listed above), perhaps trying to buy into the 2nd round for a project  big man, and hope that our cap space brings in a marquee guy next summer.  We&#8217;ll see how it plays out&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Legend Killer34</title>
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		<dc:creator>Legend Killer34</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Cavs need major moves as well as cavs fans know.Here is one to ponder how about Wally and Andy for Redd and Villanueva?Redd would def be a upgrade at shooting guard and Villanueva is really good at rebounding and a better upgrade over Andy.I also hope that they get either a point guad or big man in the draft id love D J Augustine if he fell that low.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Cavs need major moves as well as cavs fans know.Here is one to ponder how about Wally and Andy for Redd and Villanueva?Redd would def be a upgrade at shooting guard and Villanueva is really good at rebounding and a better upgrade over Andy.I also hope that they get either a point guad or big man in the draft id love D J Augustine if he fell that low.</p>
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		<title>By: Josh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a basketball blog, and your posts rarely, if ever, have anything to do with basketball.  What&#039;s your point?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a basketball blog, and your posts rarely, if ever, have anything to do with basketball.  What&#8217;s your point?</p>
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