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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 departure of John Kuester

July 8, 2009

AOL's take on John Kuester, a very good coach who is leaving the Cavs to be head coach of the Pistons: "Despite the presence of LeBron James, the Cavs were utterly stagnant on offense before this past season; with Kuester calling the offensive shots, the Cavs featured the most efficient offense in the East. Finally a [...]

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Ranking one, two, three in something

June 17, 2009

Mike Brown, Danny Ferry and Mo Williams finished one-two-three in ESPN.com's list of the biggest playoff losers. Remember when life was rosy after consecutive sweeps?
 

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Tonight's game comes down to …

May 30, 2009

What does tonight's game boil down to? In its essence, its purest form, its DNA, its molecular structure?
Shooting.
Mo Williams took a huge stride toward regaining his form in Game 5 (after he had taken small strides in Game 4). His shooting, along with that of Daniel Gibson, opened things up for LeBron James at "the [...]

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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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The Cavs welcome the break — as they should

May 14, 2009

There's nothing wrong with a few days off.
Who doesn't enjoy a few days off, relaxing on the chaise lounge, sipping a Vitamin water (who actually drinks that stuff?).
A few days off for the Cavs means only that they've done everything right in the playoffs. Which is to say they've won eight times in eight games.
Mike [...]

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Cavs sweep another series, thanks to their defense

May 11, 2009

Do we focus on the big picture, the little picture, or worry about the offensive flaws the past two games exposed? Perhaps all the above — though when a team sweeps consecutive series and the team's standout appears for his postgame news conference with a Cheshire-cat grin on his face … well … there's not [...]

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The Cavs look ahead to Game 4 and a sweep

May 10, 2009

Some highlights from interviews Sunday with the Cavs:
There was a lot of discussion about LeBron James' 47-point game, and the decision to let him go. Players and coach Mike Brown admitted that won't happen every game, but James was so "on" the other night they let him go.

Players also admitted that James made shots 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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The Cavs have a legitimate shot to sweep the major NBA awards

April 13, 2009

Awards time in the NBA approaches, and major news sites are taking their polls. They don't mean anything, but they're interesting — and a good insight into what will happen.
To the surprise of nobody, ESPN's panel of experts picked LeBron James as the league's MVP.
SI.com polled scouts and executives and James was the unanimous choice.
"When I [...]

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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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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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The Cavs beat the Pistons in an ugly … err … pretty game

March 31, 2009

I didn't think much of the way the Cavs played Tuesday night. They struggled in an ugly game, but made enough plays to beat Detroit.
Mike Brown, though, loved the game.
"It was a good, ugly, physical grind-it-out type of game," Brown said.
Which clearly is not the kind of game that Dayana Mendoza would play at Guantanomo. [...]

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The Magic say the refs contributed to their loss to the Cavs

March 17, 2009

The Orlando Magic will be a very dangerous team for someone come the playoffs. Dwight Howard's inside power combined with the Magic's shooting will make them dangerous — if they get by their playoff inexperience. It's likely Orlando and Boston will play, and after watching the Magic play the Cavs I'm not ready to give [...]

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Another look at Mike Brown

March 13, 2009

It's been my contention that Mike Brown is underrated and underappreciated as a coach. He's a victim of the "Cleveland woes," an illness cause by a 40-year championship drought which causes folks to be excessively critical of really good coaches just because they haven't ended that drought. In a story written before last night's win [...]

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