Links to the Present: December 16, 2011
2011-12-16
“I think [Irving]’s ready. I think he can definitely play. But if I’m ready to give him the ball? When will I know? Probably Dec. 25. I’ll let you know on the 26th.” [Byron Scott via Mary Schmitt Boyer on the possibility of Kyrie Irving being the team’s starting PG]
“I really don’t have this attitude where I need to start. I think my play will continue to dictate that as we continue to go through training camp. Hopefully, I’ll be a starter, but if not, I’ll bring energy off the bench. So we’ll see how it goes.” [Kyrie Irving]
Kyrie also has “mixed emotions” about the Baron Davis move, according to Bob Finnan.
Fear the Sword has a preview of tonight’s preseason tilt against the Pistons.
TD over at WFNY examines whether or not Dan Gilbert has an image problem.
On the Twitters
“Gilbert on when Cleveland wins a championship: ‘It will be one big-ass party, my friend.'” [Scott Sargent]
“Unrealistic expectations of Tristan Thompson by fans and media alike. Will take him years to learn how to play on the offensive side.” [realcavsfans]
Yeah as I’ve said before, I think the best thing for this season is to suck again but have fun doing it, because apparently next years draft class is pretty strong. Then if Kyrie has developed a little, the thompson project is coming along, and we are able to pick a high end SG or SF, thats not a half bad team. Having streamed the preseason T-Wolves game, I’m mad we don’t have Derrick Williams… my god is he going to be good. The T-Wolves are actually my ‘team to root for when the Cavs aren’t playing” this season –… Read more »
Thompson is going to be a beast? 8 pts 4 boards 5 fouls…in preseason. Dude might be good one day but looks like a project right now. Irving offers a little more hope.
i think krolik left when LBJ did! hahaha! now this blog appears to be run by guys who take the weekend off! cool…
does john krolik even write anything anymore? did you guys even watch the preseason game? why do i still visit this blog?
Parker’s American, but he played in Israel and won several championships there.
Say what you will about Chris Grant (he gets a borderline gentleman’s B so far from me, 84%), but he has at least done passable work. Contrast Grant with Denny Ainge in Boston — while Ainge has been able to hang on to the Big Three, everything else has been been crumbling around the Boston foundations, and the future looks bleak for the Celtics. The Cavs restart with low expectations, but at least they are young. (Not that they had any choice, really, and will still have a worse record than Boston for a couple of years, but you get… Read more »
I hope Thompson gets some good time against Bosh. However Thompson offensively will probably get owned by a fair few PFs
No update on the Cavs’ first game (yes, preseason, but still) in months? ????
Tristan Thompson is a monster and is going to take a dump on Chris Bosh.