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Cavs lose the opener to Boston

October 27, 2009

Not a great opening night for the Cavs, who looked like a team still trying to find itself.
LeBron James called it a "transition period."
Coach Mike Brown said: "We will get better."
The cynic in me started to ask why Boson's transition seemed so much easier, but there is an easy reason. Boston's new guys — Rasheed [...]

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The Delonte West situation

October 8, 2009

I think I offered that the Delonte West situation might linger with the Cavs. Well it’s lingered. There’s really nothing to make fun of here. West has some serious issues, and he’s got to deal with them. Unfortunately there’s no guidebook on how to do that.
When West showed up at the Cavs media day, I [...]

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Delonte West misses the first two days of Cavs training camp

October 1, 2009

Catching up … part III …
Delonte West has missed two days of practice
This situation simply does not seem good. And it seems like it will linger.

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West's contract bans driving motorcycles

September 24, 2009

Interesting point on Delonte West: Waitingfornextyear.com dug up the NBA’s standard player contract, and found it has a ban on driving motorcycles. Which means West was in violation of his contract the night he was arrested outside Washington, D.C. I don’t expect this to be an issue; I expect the Cavs to focus on helping [...]

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The Delonte West arrest, part II

September 19, 2009

On the Delonte West arrest …
This comes from the Washington Post about why West was carrying two loaded handguns and a loaded shotgun while driving a three-wheeled motorcycle on a highway in Maryland, outside Washington, D.C.:
“West's father, Dmitri West, said, ‘All I can say is Delonte was looking behind his back and protecting himself.’” He [...]

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Delonte West arrested outside Washington, D.C.

September 18, 2009

Cavs guard Delonte West was arrested in Maryland last night because he had two pistols and a shotgun on his possession. All were loaded.
West was originally pulled over for making an unsafe lane change on Interstate 95 while driving a three-wheeled motorcycle and confessed to carrying a pistol. Police eventually found the other two weapons.
Details [...]

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The nerve of the Phoenix Suns

June 16, 2009

Imagine this novelty in the NBA: The Suns want actual (gasp) players if they trade Shaquille O'Neal.
No retired guys.
No ball boys.
No assistant trainers.
No contracts worth mega-millions that will run out at the end of the season (OK, maybe one of those).
Real, honest-to-goodness players.
Numerous national and local stories indicate that the Cavs will not be able [...]

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He said it

May 22, 2009

"We're going to see
what we're made of now.
But it's not time
to get our panties
in a bunch yet."
— Delonte West

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The Cavs key to winning rests in their touchstone

May 22, 2009

It was frustrating to watch the Cavs offense bog down in Game 1 into the old style offense.
See LeBron.
See LeBron dribble.
See LeBron dribble some more.
See LeBron shoot.
Yes, James, as he said, "had it going." He was hitting a lot of jumpers, and he was carrying his team, but it always seems like the Cavs are [...]

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The Cavs lose Game 1 to Orlando

May 21, 2009

Mike Brown called his team's offense in the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals "stagnant."
That's putting it politely. The Cavs lost Game 1 to Orlando because they quit doing the things they had done all season, things that won them 66 games. That meant ball movement and player movement. But in [...]

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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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The Cavs win Game 3 — no reason to believe it won't be a sweep

April 24, 2009

I think I'll let Mo Williams sum up the Cavs win in Game 3: "I was 1-for-11 and Delonte (West) was 0-for-7 and we had eight turnovers between us And we win the game by 11 on the road. What more do you want me to say?"
Not much to add to that. If either or [...]

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Cavs enjoy themselves again, and it's too bad if Boston didn't like it

April 12, 2009

Someone asked Mike Brown after the game if he worries that the Cavs' in-game, on-the-bench celebrations are becoming too much, whether other teams might resent them. The same person asked LeBron James if he worried that dancing and celebrating on the bench "disrespected" another team. No problem with the question. The guy who asked — [...]

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Delonte West hurts his wrist; a discussion of the "step up"

January 16, 2009

At some point in this Cavs season we knew this would happen. Things would not go as they had early. There would be problems. Struggles. And injuries.
The Cavs have their fill now that Delonte West has broken a bone in his right wrist. West spoke in Chicago of being able to play on the West [...]

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Some thoughts on the Cavs trade

August 14, 2008

Some random thoughts on the Cavs’ deal to acquire Mo Williams:
—Hate losing Joe Smith. Guys like him don’t come along often. Consummate pro. But … as they say … whoever they are … you got to give something to get something. Besides, I'm an old fuddy-duddy who takes a liking to guys like Smith. It's [...]

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Moscow, Milwaukee, contracts and Alaska …

July 30, 2008

Chris Duhon averaged 22.6 minutes, shot 38.7 percent and averaged 5.8 points per game last season in Chicago. This means he was to the Bulls what Devin Brown (22.6 minutes, 40.9 percent shooting, 7.5 points). Didn’t matter to New York, which gave Duhon a contract worth the full “mid-level exception” (who comes up with these [...]

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Delonte West and Casey Blake …

July 26, 2008

So now word breaks that Cavs guard Delonte West is mulling a two-year offer to play in Moscow. West is a restricted free agent, and according to Yahoo.com he is pondering a $10 million deal. Gee, I wonder who (the agent) leaked that information (negotiating ploy), and for what reason (to get the Cavs to [...]

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Some thoughts on Game 7 …

May 19, 2008

OK … there were computer problems. But I got a kick out of this comment on the previous post stating there were computer problems. “Computer problems??? That's the same silly excuse Windy uses whenever he's running late to meet his espn.com deadline.” Why is that funny? Because it was Brian Windhorst, my esteemed colleague, who [...]

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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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