Comments on: SI: On Cavs http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/2007/05/08/si-on-cavs/ RON LEDGARD, the Beacon Journal deputy sports editor, ON SPORTS ... AND OTHER STUFF Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Alan Tucker http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/2007/05/08/si-on-cavs/#comment-66 Alan Tucker Tue, 08 May 2007 15:58:32 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/?p=58#comment-66 I clicked your link. Sorry, but I saw next to nothing about Bibby, which is why I clicked the link. All I saw is the usual media overkill. No pun intended. Why is it that after a professional athlete endures a personal tragedy, they are portrayed by the media as a special kind of silent hero? Hughes, Ilgauskas, Tiger Woods, I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. It's ridiculous. But getting back to my point (again, no pun intended), Hughes is not a point guard. He's not a shooting guard. He's not a passer. Not too great at defense, unless he's gambling the farm in a passing lane. Ferry has a way with words, but "versatility" is often just code for not too proficient at any one thing. Like a "tweener" that's neither a small forward nor a power forward. Hughes isn't bad, but is he worth five years of huge dollars on the salary cap? I clicked your link. Sorry, but I saw next to nothing about Bibby, which is why I clicked the link. All I saw is the usual media overkill. No pun intended.

Why is it that after a professional athlete endures a personal tragedy, they are portrayed by the media as a special kind of silent hero? Hughes, Ilgauskas, Tiger Woods, I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. It's ridiculous.

But getting back to my point (again, no pun intended), Hughes is not a point guard. He's not a shooting guard. He's not a passer. Not too great at defense, unless he's gambling the farm in a passing lane.

Ferry has a way with words, but "versatility" is often just code for not too proficient at any one thing. Like a "tweener" that's neither a small forward nor a power forward.

Hughes isn't bad, but is he worth five years of huge dollars on the salary cap?

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