While we’re going links crazy…
2012-09-13Our fine TrueHoop cohorts at Hardwood Paroxysm had a spirited debate about Dion Waiters the other day. I fall in the camp that thinks the Cavs rookie showed up at Summer League out-of-shape purposefully, because he likes a challenge. Summer League while in top condition? Too easy for D-Wait.
Better to speculate on Leuer, Jones and Eric than Erden and Hollins.
It’s a great problem to have, but damn…the Cavs have more young talent than they have minutes at PF
Yeah, and it’s mostly speculative talent…not like, “that’s a potential trade chip”, but more of “i’d like to see what he can do”.
Nathan,
Good comment. As an essentially zero-risk pick-up, Kevin Jones is definitely worth a look for a year.
Jones probably doesn’t have much upside, but he’s a guy who can come off the bench and get buckets right away. He has a very diverse and efficient offensive game for a rookie, and he can play solid post defense against a guy close to his size. 51% shooting really doesn’t do justice to how efficient a scorer Jones was in college. He barely got any rest his senior year, playing an insane 38.3 minutes per game, and WVU’s only other offensive “option” shot 36% from the field. Opponents basically tried as hard as they could, through double teams or… Read more »
No love for Kevin Jones? There’s 18 guys on the team right now. For some reason i believe that either Eric or Jones will stick. Luer, Azubuike, Sloan, and Walton seem like cut/buyout candidates. The $1,000,000 (yeah that’s six zeros), ‘Gody contract still baffles. Can someone tell me if they needed this number to get to the salary floor, or who he has pictures of in the Cavs front office?
No love for Leuer? I say get rid of Azubuike and Sloan, they either not on contract or non-guaranteed. Don’t pick up Eric’s contract. One commenter pointed out earlier in the offseason that by signing Eric to a contract, even if they cut him, Cleveland has the rights to assign him to Canton. That sounds like the best move. I can’t imagine there is alot of interest around the NBA otherwise for him. I like Kevin Jones (but obviously overlooked him in my comment below). He would be my sixth big man, and would be on the active roster as… Read more »
Maybe Andy gets limited due to his injury history, but byron seems to like playing veterans a lot and Andy is by far the best veteran on the team, and by far our best post player (unless zeller and/or Thompson do crazy things this year) so I think he’ll be playing 35ish minutes a night when healthy.
for the 4th scraps, I see Leuer and Samuels splitting it for the most part, and no one else getting minutes barring injury.
Wow does basketball need to start so that we can stop talking about baby fat and summer league. I wax between complaining about no content here, to complaining about the content. I need me some training camp.
Here’s a Topic: Cav’s front court rotation: who sticks? who plays? who’s in the D-League? discuss.
HoopsDogg, I need me some training camp, too. Front court rotation is easy…Varejao and Zeller start, they both sit at 6 minutes, when TT and Leuer check in. TT and Zeller start second quarter, until four minutes in when Varejao subs for Zeller. With five minutes to go, Zeller checks back in for TT. Basically AV, TZ, and TT each play 28-ish minutes a game and Leuer plays 12. For the most part, one of Leuer or Zeller is paired with one of AV or TT. A floor spacing floor stays on the court most of the time and everyone… Read more »