so wuzzup boston fans? i would love to hear some takes on the trade at this point.
of course trades take years to show their true value, but so far this has gone down exactly as i thought it would. most people weren't paying attention to the cavs until lebron came, and trust me, they were a total joke from top to bottom. even our good players were bad. we cavs fans knew that but had no choice to love them. mihm has sucked since day one and won't amount to much except another big white guy in green that you all wish would relive your glory years. but it won't happen, he's too soft. van horn would be an upgrade and i don't hear anyone proclaiming him anything legendary.
ricky is a badass - i loved his attitude on the court from day one. i knew that he had the game to back it up. if the rest of the team could just follow his lead..... wait why won't they? ever? on any team? it's cuz ricky is subversive. he appears to be trying his hardest but he is the first one to get a printout of his stats every quarter. he keeps the fans loving him (myself included) with his ability to amaze in mid-air. plus he's a funky cat that has that underdog feel to him. but he's a false prophet, that ricky davis. we knew as soon as lebron made his first bucket. so we shopped him and you took both these doo-doo heads off our hands. thanks. it was completely addition by subtraction.
BUT WAIT you mean we get players in return? actual boston players? that played? hopefully they won't suck. that was my attitude. and guess what,they don't suck at all. in fact they are becoming a real important part of our team. if i was to make up some sort of importance to the cavs rank it would go like this: lebron, boozer, wagner, ewill, diop, z, battie, kedrick, kapano, mcinnis, ollie, newble, bremer, which means our new players are 4, 7 & 8. and each of them plays smart defensive basketball, like real basketball players! something we didn't have many of in cleveland since about 93.
before the trade they were 6-18. since the trade the cavs are 10-10, and 5 for their last 7. and their turnovers (their worst stat) have dropped considerably.
i know the record's not as good out in boston but there's always more to it. i wanna hear the boston side of the trade, especially since i've been into ricky davis for years and now i just want him to suck so we can take your playoff spot ;-)
of course trades take years to show their true value, but so far this has gone down exactly as i thought it would. most people weren't paying attention to the cavs until lebron came, and trust me, they were a total joke from top to bottom. even our good players were bad. we cavs fans knew that but had no choice to love them. mihm has sucked since day one and won't amount to much except another big white guy in green that you all wish would relive your glory years. but it won't happen, he's too soft. van horn would be an upgrade and i don't hear anyone proclaiming him anything legendary.
ricky is a badass - i loved his attitude on the court from day one. i knew that he had the game to back it up. if the rest of the team could just follow his lead..... wait why won't they? ever? on any team? it's cuz ricky is subversive. he appears to be trying his hardest but he is the first one to get a printout of his stats every quarter. he keeps the fans loving him (myself included) with his ability to amaze in mid-air. plus he's a funky cat that has that underdog feel to him. but he's a false prophet, that ricky davis. we knew as soon as lebron made his first bucket. so we shopped him and you took both these doo-doo heads off our hands. thanks. it was completely addition by subtraction.
BUT WAIT you mean we get players in return? actual boston players? that played? hopefully they won't suck. that was my attitude. and guess what,they don't suck at all. in fact they are becoming a real important part of our team. if i was to make up some sort of importance to the cavs rank it would go like this: lebron, boozer, wagner, ewill, diop, z, battie, kedrick, kapano, mcinnis, ollie, newble, bremer, which means our new players are 4, 7 & 8. and each of them plays smart defensive basketball, like real basketball players! something we didn't have many of in cleveland since about 93.
before the trade they were 6-18. since the trade the cavs are 10-10, and 5 for their last 7. and their turnovers (their worst stat) have dropped considerably.
i know the record's not as good out in boston but there's always more to it. i wanna hear the boston side of the trade, especially since i've been into ricky davis for years and now i just want him to suck so we can take your playoff spot ;-)