Comments on: Gameblog: Cavs vs. Utah Jazz

By: mike

mike — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:51:25 +0000

yeah – alan cracks me up. he is absolutely in love with Joe Dumars, as seen by the “keeps rolling sevens” comment above. so what did dumars “roll” when he badly underestimated and gave up on Mehmet Okur a few years ago??

By: MQ

MQ — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:38 +0000

Damn, Alan is really losing it now that the Cavs are good.

Delonte West is more than an average NBA player — average backcourt players can’t shoot over 50% from the floor and 45% from 3. He fits perfectly within this offense, never forces it if it isn’t there but nails it when it is. His defense is improving by leaps and bound too.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:03:56 +0000

so no, i dont think that you think Rodney Stuckey will be the Pistons’ starting point guard next season because he is not on the cavs roster. i think that because that’s what you said.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:59:09 +0000

alan, in case you’d like me to refresh your memory:

“# alan t. Says:
November 4th, 2008 at 2:34 am

How is that Pistons trade a “desperate move by a team on the decline?” They may get McDyess back, Iverson is still an excellent player if he can stay in one piece, his fat contract expires at the end of this season, and Rodney Stuckey appears to be a damn good player who will play the point for years. They’re not on the decline. They could sign Boozer or Marion next summer, then still have plenty of cap room left for the summer of 2010. It’s a shame the Cavs can’t trade Ferry for Dumars.”

you also said “Dumars knows what he’s doing. With the exception of that Milicic thing, which he blew, Dumars keeps rolling sevens.”

if you’d like, i’d be happy to give you a list of dumars’ numerous “questionable” moves in addition to the darko thing.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:51:55 +0000

i agree 100% that wallace isnt an all star. hes not even close to that level. clearly he is one of the most overpaid players in the nba. the point is, he’s not quite washed up like alan t desperately wishes. the guy can still contribute. in fact, in that utah game, he did a decent job of helping slow down boozer. definitely we can use an upgrade though.

By: terje

terje — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:49:30 +0000

i remember last year when windhorst pulled my post about wallace being on drugs. i never thought he really was but because of his play was so poor i didn’t know how else to justify his play. like alan said, the guy just disappears from entire games. i don’t think i’m “whining” about a low post player for the roster but if wallace was even vaguely reminiscent of his piston days i wouldn’t say anything about wanting a big man.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:44:28 +0000

alan – wallace has had one single game this year where he laid a gooseegg. not games (plural) – just one single game.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:43:24 +0000

actually, alan, you made a few recent comments in a few other posts about what a genius joe dumars is as GM of the pistons (while also saying how awful ferry is) and pointed to the draft pick of stuckey as one of those “amazing” moves by joe dumars. you also said something about how stuckey looks to be a future star. what you based this on, i really dont know.
lol…thanks for the tip about law school.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:40:17 +0000

And Mike, one other thing, it’s not just Wallace’s offense. This guy has been reduced to having games where he has goose eggs. No points, no rebounds, no blocks, no nothing. Just occupying matter and space, a physics professor’s dream. Hell, put Bernie Kosar’s pasty white legs in a basketball uniform during his diminishing skills days, and even he could have grabbed least one rebound.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:33:04 +0000

Rodney Stuckey isn’t on the Cavaliers’ roster, so that is why I think he will be the Pistons’ starting point guard next season? Wow. I hope you’re not planning on going to law school, Mike.