Guess who is a co-favorite to win the 2010 NBA title? Right now. Without Ron Artest, without Rasheed Wallace, without Antonio McDyess, without Trevor Ariza?
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Anyone notice the difference between the 2005-2006 Miami Heat and the 2007-2008 Miami Heat?
Anyone notice that by virtue of unloading Zach Randolph and acquiring Quentin Richardson's expiring contract, the Clippers now have cap space to burn for LeBron James?
Is one title really going to be able to offset the fatal pain of what happens next? I don't know, with people in Northeast Ohio so desperate for anything to cheer, maybe it will. You sure can't cheer for Mayor Frank Jackson's toupee, I'll say that much.
even odds on lebron attending a klan rally as there is joining the clippers. they are essentially the same thing.
terje, I really have a feeling about this. It's now the Knicks or the Clippers. Donald Sterling can't do anything to undermine James, all of their best guys will be under long-term contract. The Staples Center would be sold out every night, Sterling would be delighted. and the celebrity fakes other than current long-time season-ticket holder Billy Crystal would want to be seen courtside. It's going to happen, mark my words. Knicks or Clippers.
By the way, if Nike sponsored a Klan rally, I honestly believe James would attend.
This has nothing to do with the Cavaliers, but am I the only guy who finds it hilarious that the Indians signed a free agent who they thought was a 17-year-old Dominican named "Jose Ozoria," and it turned out he's actually 20-years-old and his real name is Wally Bryan?
I wonder if Danny Ferry's real name is Hervé Villechaize. I could never get enough of Tattoo. http://xr.com/h5hd
With the odds as they are, the Cavs are more than twice as likely to win the championship as compared to the Celtics.
According to these oddsmakers, anyhow.
Anyone notice the list that came out today by Sports Illustrated of the 5 Least Popular Managers in MLB? As voted by the players, number 5 is some guy named Eric Wedge.
Harumppph! At least he is being mentioned in the same breath with Piniella, Torre, Guillen, and LaRussa. They all have WS rings, don't they? Where's Eric's?
Nice guys finish… as broadcasters.
WS rings? Wedge would get a ring if he installed wainscot in the dugout? I don't get it.
Wally Bryan will be like the second coming of LeBron James, this time in baseball cleats!
I heard that he once spit a pumpkin seed from home to just beyond first.
Never, NEVER disrespect the mighty Wally!
danny ferry just choked on artest.
going to the lakers:
But Artest said talks with Cleveland "never got that far." Told that Cleveland, by all accounts, had extreme interest, Artest said, "I don't know how extreme. I love the Cleveland Cavaliers, though. I love LeBron and Coach (Mike) Brown and Shaq."
Why is anybody shocked? I wrote he was going to the Lakers days ago, and the Cavaliers didn't have a snowball's chance. I don't have sixth sense, just common sense. Won't anybody join me in this common sense endeavor?
Rule of thumb: If a rumor involves the Cleveland Cavaliers, and you read it in a local newspaper, it is false.
And Pat, please, would you stop passing around Windhorst's and Chris Broussard's nonsense? Not surprisingly, a couple of days ago on ESPN, I saw Broussard spreading garbage that the Cavaliers were going to sign Artest to a one-year deal. The same thing Windhorst made a reference to. Am I supposed to believe this was a coincidence?
I'm telling you, man, Ferry IS their source. Those two guys are Ferry's puppets on a string.
Both Windhorst and Broussard have the credibility of my two dogs, who coincidentally mauled a raccoon in my backyard at 3 am this morning and got their faces a little ripped up in the process. Much like ESPN watchers and Plain Dealer readers anytime there is another Cavaliers story to eagerly disseminate with disinformation.
Windhorst graduated from the Beacon Journal AAA club and was sent up to the majors, but he still hits like Jack Heidemann. Yes, I know I'm dating myself. So sue me.
Why does this Windhorst and Broussard manipulation thing piss me off so much? I honestly have no idea. I'm an angry guy who had to get up to break up a dog tag-team vs. raccoon fight at 3 in the morning. Good times.
i'm certainly not shocked. what stood out to me is that apparently ferry didn't even talk to artest about a deal.
You're not shocked that my dogs went all WWE on a raccoon? Or about Ferry's leaked fake story thing. Or both.
The reason Ferry didn't talk deal is because he's really psyched about the Anthony Parker sweepstakes. As we all know, guys with extensive Israeli league experience really know how to sink a matzah ball.
It's official. Alan should be getting payed for this gig.
Thank you, Tbomb, but no compensation necessary here. It's all part and parcel of the Jewish-Irish Treaty of 1905. We give them comedy, they give us potatoes and kosher Guinness.
Who is left free agent wise, by the way? This is really Ferry's worst nightmare. He is running out of options and looking like an incompetent flaccid fool.
Everybody knows he was originally intending to cut Varejao loose. Now, he has placed himself in a position where he just might have to have to grovel at Varejao's agent's feet and take him back. The very same agent who Ferry outrageously dissed two years ago. Duke obviously never offered a course in business ethics. Naturally, Windhorst and Broussard and Ferry's other media allies are going to spin this in Ferry's favor any way they can, but behind the scenes, Ferry is going to lose face in a major way.
By the way, it was nice of him to put on a sportjacket sans tie at that O'Neal press conference. Looked like something straight off the rack from Men's Wearhouse.
I still think the Cavs can win the title because of James' greatness, but this seals the deal. Ferry recruits quality free agents like peanut butter crackers recruit salmonella. No matter what, title or not, James is gone. Fun while it lasted, see ya.
now adrian wojojojo is reporting that the cavs are looking at a sign and trade for anthony parker.
anthony freakin' parker.
danny ferry's worst nightmares have come to life. he has no pull and has the best player on the planet watching it all crumble around his feet. the sham has been exposed if it wasn't obvious in february. of course most cleveland fans are so blinded by lebron they can't see it but "the great danny ferry" (as shaq sarcastically called him on pti) has been publically emasculated.
Really? You've gotta be kidding me. If you're not joking, answer me this: Am I psychic, or WHAT???
Four straight years, every single move I've predicted correctly about Ferry, as well as correctly predicted how each of his individual acquisitions would subsequently fare. Every single one. Not one single miss. Either I should be an NBA GM, or I should wear Steve Van Zandt's bald-headed hanky and become a gypsy.
I wish I had been as successful with women as I've been predicting that professional Cleveland Cavaliers wrecker. Sure, I would have had VD from head to toe, but it would have been a happy VD.
Alan, I for one am ecstatic that all of your predictions regarding the Cav's moves have come true. That means we will win a championship this coming season as per your prediction. Though I do hope your prediction about LeBron leaving is wrong. Guess we'll just have to wait and see if winning a title will be good enough.
Baffled, I'm baffled. I said they are going to win a championship? I think I said that about Leonard's fight against Hagler, but I don't recall saying what you're talking about.
Sorry Alan, I realize us old guys tend to forget things so I'll try and refresh your memory. At the trading deadline this past season you were upset that the Cavs didn't get Shaq. You said they could just hand the Cavs the trophy if that happened. Since the Cavs now have Shaq and have not lost any players of significance I should think you would be ecstatic.
Two points: First, I find it hilarious, in an unhilarious kind of way (is that a word?), that in January, a bunch of the sportswriters wrote pieces very specific to how terrific Wallace is. Then they get rid of him after the season, and now suddenly the swap for Larry Hughes' contract sucks? How convenient.
Second, the Cavaliers were cruising last season. So, yes, despite Pat's naive nonsense believing a couple of piss-poor sources with zero credibility about Phoenix wanting this guy and that guy, and Phoenix wanting to push for a playoffs beatdown (yeah, right), the fact that O'Neal has been acquired now instead of then does not mean what it would have meant in February.
Also, assuming the Lakers can stay healthy, and assuming they can convince Odom to sign a one-year contract, they'll be even better. Their other East competitors will be better. February is not July.
But hey, Anthony Parker is going to save the world!