A Farewell To Dahntay
2016-08-01
On Saturday, the Cavs waived the seldom but effectively used Dahntay Jones about four months into his Cleveland career. The business reason for doing this was because his $1.6 million salary would have become guaranteed today for the entire 2016-17 season.
Jones, signed on the final day of the regular season, scored 13 points in his Cavs debut against the Pistons. Thought to be just veteran filler/insurance for the playoff run, he actually provided a pivotal spark in Game 6 of The Finals, scoring five straight points to help stop a Golden State rally, and also drew a couple of fouls on Draymond Green.
In his only other real playoff action, Dahntay got himself suspended for a game in the Eastern Conference Finals after punching Bismack Biyombo in his nether region in Game 3. Even though he was fined $80K for the blow, that was apparently “taken care of” by LeBron.
According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, a DJ return is still possible if he clears waivers.
Given his relatively short stay with the Cavs… here are five things you might not have known about the well-traveled veteran swingman…
1) He’s played for eight NBA teams (Grizzlies, Kings, Nuggets, Pacers, Mavericks, Hawks, Clippers, Cavs), but never officially for the team that drafted him (Celtics) with the 20th overall pick in the 2003 draft.
2) He had not one, but two stints with Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBDL who have arguably one of the best/craziest mascots around…
3) He is the cousin of former NBA big man Al Harrington.
4) He is married to Valeisha Butterfield, the daughter of North Carolina Congressman G. K. Butterfield.
5) He recently lost a bunch of his prized rare Nike kicks in a storage unit snafu…
We’ll see if DJ comes back to the Cavs to help fill out the bench in the coming months, but if this is truly goodbye, here’s one of my favorite external recaps of Dahntay’s adventures in The Finals…
I HAVE TO POST JUST TO POST BECAUSE EVIL DID THE WRITE UP—- DON ‘T WANT YOU TO ” FEEL ALONE ” EVEN IN THE ” OFF SEASON ” YOU STILL SHINE EVIL ( MY MAN ) !!—-HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL CAVS TRAINNG CAMP ?
Lol… Thanks NOMAD! I don’t think the official schedule for training camps have been released yet, but the Magic put this out today…
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/magic-basketblog/os-orlando-magic-2016-preseason-schedule-20160801-story.html
Looks like they’re playing the Cavs on October 5th.
I like winning a championship because there’s literally nothing to write about besides stuff like this =)
PS – I’m planning on buying the entire 2016 Finals on iTunes or Amazon, but I noticed Game 5 looks borked on both options (only 1:12 runtime which means parts of the game are missing). Anyone tried this yet or have other ways they’re digitally keeping this finals for posterity’s sake and future rewatching?
“A guy I know” has torented the games. They’re the complete broadcasts. I don’t condone this, but he has them for all time now and has already made multiple revisits to those games. It was glorious.
Is ‘the guy’ seeding or have a link? ‘One of my friends’ is having trouble finding a link in the usual places