22 Points, 5 Rebounds and 4 Assists not a bad game from Hayward
Beast of a combo Atlanta has now - Millsap 25&11, Horford 27&10.
So it was the benches fault you ended up in the lottery? Seriously if your starting 5 is that locked then you are not a lottery team. Lottery teams are there because they need to upgrade and we are not talking about the 12th or 13th pick here, you had number one.But we didn't need a good starter because our starting five is set! I've said this a million times and I'll say it again. We didn't need the number one pick this season. We didn't need a flat out superstar that needs to dominate from game one. We needed effective and solid role players to round out our bench. Chris Grant has said they choose Bennett because to Cleveland he was the best Player available and the player with the most talent
The other problem i see with Dwight this year is how effective can he be playing big minutes in a tight game at PF playing beside another big that cant go far from the ring?Problem i've always had with Dwight in MVP talks is how much does he actually show up to help him team win games? From what i've seen he tends to go missing when everyone else is playing poorly, instead of taking over and turning things around. I've never seen him as a game winner - just a nice "piece".
MVP so far: CP3 miles in front, Paul George, Kevin Love - with Anthony Davis my dark horse at the momentAnd all the usual suspects will be up there by season's end, LBJ, KD, Drose etc.
I know season is early but could Dwight howard be the most improved player by the end of season and if so will M.V.P. be in the cards .
Dude's back problems look forgotten .Free throws are going down .
(hoping for nasty BIG MAN dunks from howard hey maybe even oden and bynum) .Hoping we see bynum dunk on howard now thats better .(WITH A CRAZY TECHNICAL)lol.
I just think they need to get Bennet some easy interior baskets; rotate, get him a good mismatch and an easy two, or run a couple pick'n'rolls for him, once he gets a few shots in and a couple hits from the charity stripe, he'll start to find his way and get some confidence back.
So it was the benches fault you ended up in the lottery? Seriously if your starting 5 is that locked then you are not a lottery team. Lottery teams are there because they need to upgrade and we are not talking about the 12th or 13th pick here, you had number one.
In all this I hope he improves, I hope that the 0-15 was just some crazy ass start to the season. But seriously you need to stop coming up with excuses.
So if Varejoe was injured so much why not draft a player that can slot right into his postion. Why not draft Noel and trade for Holiday.
What happened to you guys winning a ring before LeBron? Cavs front office is dodgy. You say they are making good moves now, why not do that why they had the best player in the world?
The guy they took with the first pick was a horrible decision, if you weren't such a big fan you'd agree
If you watched any Cleveland games last season we would have understood how our starting five was set and how much injuries effected it. Only two players from our starting five, Gee and Thompson played all 82 games last season. Varejoe only played 25 games and Irving and Waiters missed chunks of time, leaving our bench to play a lot of starters minutes and leaving them to do a lot of heavy work..
Because we want playoffs this season so why draft Noel who's coming back from an ACL? That you just say why not draft Noel and trade for Holiday? Why in the world would we trade for Holiday when we already have Kyrie?
We didn't make the best moves when we had LeBron but the front office was different. We had Danny Ferry and the season LeBron left we brought in Chris Grant. So how's it dodgy? Can't compare it because two different guys were running the team.
Four games in and your saying it was a horrible decision...smh. Give the kid some time.
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Compare that to the bulls though - make the eastern semis.
Rose out all season.
Noah, hinrich, taj all missed 20+ games each.
Only two players on the entire roster played all 82 (butler, Nate-not starters)
I'll say what's said before to be a lottery team, there some upgrades needed
The ONLY reason I'm saying that it was a horrible pick is because they used it for a bench player. Why trade for Holiday if you have Kyrie you ask? Maybe so he can sit on the bench as you're happy to take bench player. At least Holiday is a proven NBA player and you still would have gotten a top 10 pick.
Honestly dude take your Cavs blinders off for just one second (I admire your love/dedication to the team) and just see things for what they are.
You want to be a sports writer right? If this was another team in the same situation with the same type of players would you be saying the same things?
Im a massive Knicks fan but I'd be the first to point out all the stupid moves we have made over the years.
C'mon now you can't possible compare the Bulls, one of the leagues best bench units to Cleveland's, one of the worst bench units (from last season)
Bench players don't get you to the semi finals. (yes they have an impact, but you are talking up your "locked" starters like they are the dream team).
As has been said if your bench is so weak wouldn't you draft someone who is potentially an upgrade in the starters and bench that player and it doesn't have to be right away.
Eg. Draft oladipo have him being the spark off the bench until all start break or earlier then replace waiters or Clark in the starting line up.
As I said I hope Bennett lives up to his potential. It is only 4 games but at the end of the day there is no excuse for any NBA player, let alone a number one pick, going 0-15 and 2-4 from the line.
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