Comments on: A critic trashes the Cavs chances

By: terje

terje — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:59:54 +0000

true. at least the dude who wrote the article was clear that he was referring to the starters.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:17:23 +0000

Actually the frontcourt also consists of the backups who get minutes and that's especially true of the Cavs. Brown has always been good at rotating limited bigs during the playoffs and I imagine he'll find a decent rotation pattern in the next two series to offset Z's and Varejao's limitations.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:13:56 +0000

I know that, you know that, but the guy who wrote it evidently doesn't know that about the term "frontcourt." Or maybe he knows it, but he's too sloppy a writer to give a rat's patootie about distinguishing the term from what he was really writing about.

By: terje

terje — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:36:29 +0000

comparisons aside, a basketball frontcourt consists of the center and both forwards. i think ol' gregg might not know that lebron james is listed as the sf.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:21:26 +0000

I enjoy Australian accents. That is my passionate defense of Luc Longley.

By: terje

terje — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:12:52 +0000

let's see your passionate defense of luc longley.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:59:41 +0000

terje, seriously, I don't know what's in that Montana water. Whatever it is, bottle it and ship it to me.

By: terje

terje — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:56:17 +0000

rodman wasn't capable of scoring later in his career. the guy has been on a bender for 15 years. all he could do is rebound. regardless, he wasn't good enough to make up the difference for longley. that front court was just as bad as the current cavs.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:41:01 +0000

But terje, he didn't HAVE to score with Chicago. If they needed him to score, he could have. All he had to do was rebound, play defense and set picks. Pretty much all Varejao has to do.

I honestly don't know how you can write any of this stuff with a straight face. Are you at least giggling? I hope so.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:35:40 +0000

You've gotta be kidding me, terje. The guy won the NBA rebounding title all three seasons he played with Chicago. Just with offensive rebounds alone, he averaged an incredible SIX a game. He was a scary defensive player and he intimidated everybody because he was certifiably nuts.

Who in the hell does Varejao intimidate, other than the guy who's afraid he's going to flop and draw a foul?

Again, comparing Rodman and Varejao is just beyond ridiculous. Even with Chicago, Rodman was 10 times the player Varejao is or will ever be.