By the way, if George keeps this up and actually posts more than his usual biannual self, once right before he comes out of hibernation, and once right after he comes out of hibernation, I can see myself liking George’s Cavs beat writing a heckuva lot better than I liked Windhorst’s, whether it’s here or in the paper. Any black guy who starts out by makes tanning jokes is OK by me.

Kinda stinks, Windhorst jumping ship, with his Beacon Journal buyout money in hand, and then stealing Wright’s Cavs beat. Those are two guys who won’t be having dinner together anytime soon. Whatever you need to do to advance your career, I guess.

By the way, let’s not fool ourselves that money is no object with Gilbert, George. He kinda got stuck with those horrible contracts before his primary business started tanking. Things are so bad, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s told his wife to start re-using the bathroom Q-tips.

The Cavaliers’ payroll is primarily the result of past dealings, not because he likes tossing money around now. Besides, Snow’s salary is going because of the knee and insurance paying the salary, the white guy with the really thick eyebrows is going to have his bloated salary unloaded, and Sideshow Bob will be gone by the trade deadline. In turn, they’ll acquire somebody with a very short-term contract and save money on payroll.

Also, people seem to ignore, or just don’t realize, that they actually saved about $2 million this year on the Mo Williams deal. It’s no coincidence that there’s really nothing substantial on the payroll signed after 2009-2010. Assuming LeBron goes, I can easily see Williams eventually being the highest paid guy on the entire team, and the Cavs being amongst the lowest payrolls in the entire league.

Speaking of George and hibernation, I think this should be George’s photo, both here and in the paper. Seriously. Compare it to the photo they’ve got in the paper now. Tell me with a straight face it doesn’t look exactly like George. Face, head, body, the whole kit and kaboodle.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/hibernation_01.html

Best Wishes,
T

It’s refreshing to read an article where the writer doesn’t insist on trying to answer all questions. So thanks for that…it gets people thinking.

Good teams treat the regular season almost like the preseason anyway: stay healthy, continue to grow as a team, and play well enough to get into the playoffs when the real season begins.

Why should we care about preseason or in-season rankings? With Lebron on our team, won’t we always be better in the playoffs anyway?

George, I like your writing style and looking forward to reading your Cavs info!