L2tP, LeTalk Edition
2013-03-20
Sorry, King, Chris Quinn trumped you today.
Well, on the eve of another return to Cleveland for the Miami Heat’s #6, our old friend Brian Windhorst has published a rather long piece on the next decision. It’s rife with speculation on the options and thought processes of a certain former Cleveland Cavalier. So people might be talking about that for the next couple days or so.
As a followup, Fox Sports Florida looks back on LeSeis’s rise in Cleveland, and recaps the heady days of 2003-2004, when Paul Silas led the Cavaliers. They even go back to Ira’s Newblehood for a look into the future…
Newble was James’ teammate for 4 ½ seasons, the longest anybody ever has played with James in the NBA with the exception of Ilgauskas and current Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao.. He also sees a chance James could go back to Cleveland.
“Maybe,” Newble said. “It’s 50-50. If he’s in Miami and they’re winning championships, it would be hard to leave. But that being said, it is your hometown. He enjoyed being there. He liked the organization. There’s no doubt in my mind that if he ever returned, the fans would accept him.”
Meanwhile, the Cavs have signed 29 year old, five season NBA vet, Chris Quinn from the Tulsa 66ers of the D-League to fill in for all the injured guards on the Cavaliers’ roster. Cavs.com breaks the news, here, and The Plain Dealer’s Mary Schmitt Boyer profiles Quinn here.
The Plain Dealer’s Branson Wright has a fun video interview with Wayne Ellington at Dylan’s Barber Salon at 1370 West 9th Street in Cleveland. Topics include North Carolina’s run, his secret favorite NBA player, and Philly cheesesteaks.
In one of a million LeStreak and LeReturn related articles on Cleveland.com, Jodie Valade wonders, If David beat Goliath, why can’t the Cleveland Cavaliers halt the Miami Heat’s 23-game winning streak?
Indeed, Jodie. Indeed.
They did. He should have called a time-out during that run.
But he wasn’t going to play Livingston 45 minutes nor should he have. It isn’t fair to a guy with no knees. Gibson HAD to play, and he played him as little as possible, but that fourteen minutes was still too damning.
Walton and Boobie combined for -60 in 30 minutes
What?!?!?! I got drunk for this game!! Who am I even supposed to me mad at? Did I really expect that line up to win a game, let alone the team on the 2 most winning streak ever!! WHat? DO I hate Byron Scott for being part of a 27 point failure?! Help me Cavs the Blog!! Livingston 3? But why!?!?!?
I don’t think Grant was factoring in that Irving and Waiters would both be out. You take the starting backcourt off of any team and the third guard off the bench is going to be garbage. It was a horrible loss, but Scott is getting too much blame on this one. The fact they were up and in it for the entire game without their three best players against probably the best team in a decade was remarkable.
The only critique I can see is that Zeller should have been in during the fourth quarter.
Rich, I’m not blaming him for playing Gibson, I’m blaming him for continuing to play Gibson as the lead evaporated. Livingston was controlling the tempo of the game, he was directing players on the court and putting them in the position to score and defend. I understand giving him a breather, but come on man. Livingston wasn’t gassed, he didn’t want to come out (it took him a good 5 seconds to even acknowledge Boobie), he knew he was playing some of his best basketball against the best team in the league. Yanking him and refusing to take a timeout… Read more »
No, Gibson isn’t the back-up guard. But he was still the only choice. So when someone blames Scott for playing him, I don’t see how you can get around blaming the FO for having a roster where a coach is forced to play him.
Rich, tough to call Boob the backup point guard when he’s only the back up point due to Kyrie and even Dion being out for the year. I mean he is at best the 3rd string PG and probably more like the 4th.
What I don’t get is why Zeller didn’t get back in. He was dominating down low and, frankly, size down low is the only advantage a team can have on the Heat.
Luke Walton has earned his minutes over the course of the season. I have no problem with a coach letting a guy play through one bad game, as opposed to yanking him. If a guy earns his minutes, let him have them.
Yep… Luke Walton took the air out of this balloon tonight. The Cavs were up 26 when he entered the game in the 3rd quarter and were down 4 when he left. The Heat were outscoring the Cavs about 3 points a minute during his 2nd half minutes. And it really sucks because Zeller only had 4 fouls and was playing really well. Speights sat way too long as well. I see no discernable reason why Scott left Walton in the game that long. It’s mind boggling. Such a horrible game to watch. You kind of knew it was going… Read more »
I’m going to say this and leave it be. If it’s Byron’s fault for playing Gibson all of 14 minutes, then it is just as much Chris Grant’s and Dan Gilbert’s fault for putting together a roster where Daniel Gibson is the only legitimate back-up PG left on the team. I’m in the column that it’s no one’s fault, btw. It’s just the break of injuries. You can’t play Livingston 40 minutes. that’s unfair to him. So you’re left with one option: Daniel Gibson. It sucks. He sucks. But it’s the way the roster is right now, and there is… Read more »
Zeller +28 Walton -34
Why did Zeller not get put in at the 10 minute mark? He was the 2nd best player for the cavs after livingston tonight
Dionn is out for the season getting knee scoped
Swapping Livingston for Boobie and not losing your shit as a 27 point lead over your main rival vanishes at home definitely has to go in the cons column for Byron.
A fan ran onto the court today with a tee shirt that said “WE MISS U” and “2014: COME BACK”
Someone stop Tom Pestak from drinking himself to death tonight.
haha WitMi. I’m fine. Nice games from Livingston/Ellington. I really hope they are on the team going forward.
the only thing gut wrenching tonight was the wide open shot I missed to lose my pickup game. I have no idea how it rolled out. It was halfway down!
I was on the fence before but count me in the dump Byron camp after his mind boggling decision to sit Livingston for Boobie and then leave him as the entire lead vanished. It was blatantly obvious it disrupted not only the defense but Luke and the ball movement on offense. I honestly feel like that substitution is the main reason we fell apart.
WORSTWAYTOLOSEEVER!!!!
I most certainly wish that I could write papers/essays in my Economics courses that exhibit hypotheticals with no backing and get away with it as much as Brian Windhorst does.
But then again, I’d also prefer that my entire career not be a piggy back off of someone else’s successes.