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Ben Wallace

The benefits of being Ben

July 14, 2009

Ben Wallace did pretty well for himself. His retirement talk got him traded to Phoenix, where he took a buyout. Wallace earned $10 million not to play this season, proving once again that we should urge our kids to grow tall and learn to block shots. Where else can you go and be paid $10 million [...]

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Cavs first win in Round 2 was not that difficult

May 5, 2009

Game 1 of the Cavs-Hawks didn't provide a lot to grab hold of, so let's grab hold of this: The Cavs have won all five of their playoff games by double digits. They become the fifth team in NBA history to win five or more postseason games by 10 or more points — and the [...]

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He said it, and I like it

April 8, 2009

"I'm not frustrated.
I think only guys
 on bad teams
 get frustrated."
 
— Ben Wallace, on missing time with a broken leg.

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A nod to Mike Brown, and Ben's future value

April 3, 2009

Mike Brown has one Coach of the Year vote. He probably deserves more. Looking to the future, Ian Thomsen also points out that Ben Wallace can be a valuable player for the Cavs next season – because he will have an expiring contract worth $14 million.

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Winslow traded, Ben breaks his leg

February 27, 2009

The Browns should be dancing with lampshades on their heads if they really got a second-round draft pick for Kellen Winslow. That's what SI.com's Don Banks reported, and if it's true Butch and Sundance need to stand up and say: Who are these guys?
Kellen Winslow did a lot for the Browns in his tenure with [...]

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Cavs beat Celtics … who even try Hack-a-Ben

January 9, 2009

Gonna try this live blog thing at least thru the first half … night games produce bad deadlines. The atmosphere at the Q is pretty charged, which is no surprise. Final thoughts will come after the game … so bear with us.
First quarter: The Cavs start fast and shoot the lights out
The Cavs started [...]

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Finally, an offense that resembled an NBA offense …

May 10, 2008

That’s the way a team is supposed to play, the way a team is supposed to run an offense. The Cavs claimed they did nothing different, but there had to be some new wrinkles in the Cavs' Game 3 win. The key thing they did different – especially early – was make shots and protect [...]

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Cavs win Game 4 … and LeBron continues to amaze

April 27, 2008

Be nice to write something new and fresh and amazingly insightful about LeBron James, but it’s difficult. The guy just keeps doing amazing thing after amazing thing. You want scoring, he scores. You want rebounding, he rebounds (and James is a great rebounder). You want defense, he shuts down the other team’s best player. You [...]

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