Hoopsworld Previews the Cavs
2012-10-17
Casspi to the hoop!
Hoopsworld previewed the 2012-2013 Cavs season. It’s easily the best season preview I’ve seen from a non-blog source. There was one quote that specifically stood out to me, which came in the context of praising Chris Grant: “All Grant has done so far is nearly copy the Thunder’s model for success to perfection.” That’s an interesting opinion. I’m of the belief that everyone tries to imitate OKC. Who wouldn’t want to be the Thunder? But execution for their plan involves all of your draft picks being superstars or stars (depending on how you feel about James Harden.) The Thunder drafted Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden in consecutive years. That kind of drafting success is unprecedented, and unlikely to happen again. Maybe it’s time for people to stop comparing every young team to the Thunder. Oh, you want the season preview? Here’s the link.
I have one point of disagreement with this breakdown: The commentary suggested that losing Jamison was going to hurt the team. David Berri’s analysis suggests that losing Jamison was actually the best move the Cavs made in the offseason, because he was chucking up a lot of bad shots.
Decent breakdown… The last question they pose as being incredibly important is not really a viable question unless we suffer many injuries. If we stay healthy, (Andy & Kyrie) we will not be in a position to tank regardless of possible trades. I really don’t see a scenario in which we trade Andy without getting a good player back immediately. So even then, Kyrie plus good player and the other guys minus Andy still makes us better than a possible Top 5 pick team. That was a relatively convoluted sentence, but I think you guys get me. Whether it fits… Read more »