Links to the Present: March 21, 2012
2012-03-21
“Cavaliers guard Donald Sloan learned the jab step in two distinctly different types of gyms. The strapping 6-foot-3, 203-pound Sloan has used it to beat opponents off the dribble and to the punch. On his way to earning a scholarship at Texas A&M, he spent four years in a Dallas boxing club learning the finer points of pugilism from his kin. The NBA is filled with fight fans and includes a few players like Cavs’ guard Daniel Gibson who have sparred as part of their basketball training.” [Tom Reed]
“In the first game of the post-Ryan Hollins era, the Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to Atlanta to play the Hawks. It was merely a couple days ago when the Hawks stomped on the Cavs at home, and this time, the game will be played in HOTlanta. This does not bode well for the Cavaliers. However, after Hollins was waived, I’m slightly more inclined to believe in miracles.” [Conrad Kaczmarek]
“Coon grouped the Cavs in the ‘If cap space is king, then fit me for a crown’ section. There were plenty of other teams in this category as well and obviously the Cavaliers and the rest won’t all be able to bring in any big name free agents this summer. With $26 million in cap space this summer the team certainly could make some massive move.” [John of FTS]
And the Kings waived J.J. Hickson. I know the Cavs are thin in the frontcourt, but for the sake of my sanity, I would prefer they not re-acquire Hickson. He and Byron Scott did nothing but bicker at one another all of last season, and I think we’ve all figured out at this point that Hickson is never going to be very good.
No GM in the hostory of the NBA would have traded Amare for JJ, not even Zeke or Kaaaaaaahhhhnn!!!!.
Old friends Kerr and Ferry used that trade as a smokescreen to drive the price for Jamison down, as WAS was desperate to offload his contract. Woked like a charm as we literally got AJ for free.
Wow. Hickson waived! I don’t know if the Cavs should reacquire him or not – he’s probably better than Samuels, Erdin, or whatever other inept players we have on the roster. But it’s amazing how far his stock has fallen. To think we could have gotten Amare for him to pair with LeBron? And we didn’t do it? And instead we got Casspi, who’s useless, LeBron left, and we didn’t win the conference (and Jamison was pretty terrible in that stretch as well). It’d certainly be awesome if we could view an alternate reality where the Cavs traded Hickson for… Read more »