Links to the Present – July 20, 2013: Andrew Bynum is Joe Namath edition
2013-07-20
We are a day late on this news, but the Cavs introduced Andrew Bynum yesterday. He said “this is definitely a playoff team”; a guarantee the new big man is now obliged to follow through on. One day into his official employment with the Cavaliers, so far, so good; Bynum is spending a lot of time with the doctors and in the gym.
Real GM reports (via Jason Lloyd / Akron Beacon Journal) that Mike Brown wants Dion Waiters to strictly play shooting guard. This is completely rational, assuming the back-up point guard option is not Donald Sloan. Fortunately, Jarrett Jack is not Donald Sloan. Coach Brown seems to be stressing defense with Dion, and from reports, the young protege is listening. Dion possesses potential to be an impactful player at that end of the court, and hopefully he gets there.
Finally, according to Jason Lloyd, Tyler Zeller will miss the remainder of Summer League; he requires stitches on his left ring finger. The injury is not serious, and he was likely to sit out the remaining games regardless. He will participate in next week’s USA Basketball Mini-camp. Glad to hear that Tyler is okay, but this shocking blow may derail the team’s ongoing Summer League championship aspirations. Losing his 10 point, 8 rebound averages requires a Herculean effort from Kenny Kadji in order to hoist the Cavs into the final four. Their quarter-final appearance starts at 4 pm EST against Miami. Come on, Cleveland Cavaliers Summer League Team!! Avenge the blown 27-point lead from March!! Beat the Heat!!
On a more serious note, it would be cool if the team won and Dion, Carrick Felix, etc, kicked butt. Possibly this has been reported somewhere already, but Dion is probably not much longer for summer league either though.
Agree @ Underdog. Especially on Varejao comment. Bynum was the most excited to play with Andy more than anyone else. He mentioned Kyrie but elaborated more about Anderson. You get those 2 healthy WOW!
Saw a blurb somewhere that Brown has been around the NBA for 20 years and he thinks Tristan Thompson is one of the top 5 hard workers’ he’s been around. Yeah, if Waiters fulfills his potential and Thompson has that type of work ethic . . . and Bennett turns out to be an all star and Kyrie keeps being Kyrie – we have a lot to look forward to. And even though bloggers keep bringing some of these names up as trade fodder I don’t see it happening. I also think Anderson’s going to be around for at least… Read more »
Well No Dion either and thus we lose. But summer league is about the rest of your roster spots and it was smart to leave out Zeller and Waiters though it was fun for us fans to watch. I’d like to see a story from you guys sometime on how the players like Brown compared to Scott even though I know it’s a no-no to compare. Today’s summer league announcers kinda eluded to that on Waiters. It’s got to be so different for them on the BETTER communication on the floor during play time. THey (announcers) had said Waiters had… Read more »