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Cavs 06-07 season thread

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Wrong Coach?
Feb 4 - Despite Cleveland's contender status, there's growing sentiment that coach Mike Brown, in his second year with the club, is the wrong coach to get the Cavaliers to the next level.


The feeling is Brown's defensive style is a bad fit with a team built around the explosiveness of LeBron James.
The players aren't critical of Brown on the record -- not yet anyway -- but there's grumbling in the locker room that the team would be better served by replacing the current grind-it-out half-court style with more of a running offense.-- Chicago Sun-Times

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Not Happy
Feb 4 - It will probably not happen before this month's trading deadline, but at some point in the foreseeable future, the Cavs probably are going to have to make a major trade because they are not maximizing the potential in their pieces. The way things look, the guy who is most likely to go is Larry Hughes.

Hughes is not happy with his role on the team, and that has become more apparent as this season has dragged on. He hasn't done so publicly, but privately he's been grumbling about the way he's used, and he is upset because it isn't the situation he thought he was signing up for when he left the Washington Wizards. -- Akron Beacon-Journal
 
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That's an interesting point about a running offense. It's something that's not the norm in the eastern conference and most teams in the east struggle against.

I personally am not a fan of Brown either. He just doesn't seem to have it as a head coach. He just seems to passive and seems better suited in an assistant role to me.
 
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Change needed in King's court


As the Cavs and Pistons prepare for their showdown this weekend (ABC, Sunday, 2:30 p.m. ET) ESPN.com NBA analyst Jamal Mashburn looks at the strengths and weaknesses of each team.


The Cavs need a wake-up call. How can they shake the doldrums?

Make LeBron James into the point forward as soon as possible. His best assets are on display when he's being a playmaker. He's unselfish. The Cavs' approach should declare that he's our point guard and surround him with shooters.

So how does that affect the lineup?

For now, more Damon Jones, less Eric Snow. Snow offers good defense as a point guard, but he's a liability as shooter. Damon isn't exceptional with the defense but has been shooting well.

What else is wrong in the kingdom?

The bench players aren't shooting the ball real well. On top of that, the Cavs aren't making their free throws consistently (68.7 percent, worst in the NBA).
Against a good defensive team in the playoffs, you have to make your free throws. Gilbert Arenas against the Cavs last season is an example of what not to do. If the Cavs made more free throws, they probably could have won two or three extra games this season.
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Bob Saccamano;739492; said:
Not Happy[/B]
Feb 4 - It will probably not happen before this month's trading deadline, but at some point in the foreseeable future, the Cavs probably are going to have to make a major trade because they are not maximizing the potential in their pieces. The way things look, the guy who is most likely to go is Larry Hughes.

Hughes is not happy with his role on the team, and that has become more apparent as this season has dragged on. He hasn't done so publicly, but privately he's been grumbling about the way he's used, and he is upset because it isn't the situation he thought he was signing up for when he left the Washington Wizards. -- Akron Beacon-Journal
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You've shot over 50% in only 2 of the last 18 games. In the other 16 games you're shooting 35%. You make $13 mil with numbers like that. You should be happier than hell.
 
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I am at a total loss for words...

This team just isnt very good, no way to spin it, too many problems, no offense, head coach that is looking like he isnt going to cut it, LBJ is barely getting 20/nite lately, Hughes isnt happy making 13 million/year...

The only bright spots at this point are the fact that the East sucks and we still have the 4th best record, we have a guy that LBJ that hopefully turns it on sometimes and Sasha and Gibby are playing very good basketball...
 
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exhawg;739779; said:
The Cavs didn't really play very bad today, but they just couldn't hit a shot to save their lives. Lebron probably missed enough close shots to tie the game.
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The thing is they have had that problem all season, they are last in the league in free throw percentage and fg percentage...

It is hard to win games when you can't score...Last year they had LBJ scoring an extra 5 or so pts a game and he could actually make a free throw...

Last year in the Pistons series we shot 77% from the line...I know it was only 7 games, but they were pressure packed games with the season on the line...Now we are shooting like 67%. That is just not good...
 
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Odd Man Out
Feb 5 - Changes to the rotation seem to have left as the odd man out. Daniel Gibson's elevation to starter and Sasha Pavlovic's recent emergence have resulted in Jones' minutes being slashed.

Jones, who has played well for much of the season, is publicly taking it in stride.

"I guess we're looking for something to give us a spark and get us on that right track. My main concern is winning basketball games. I'll leave the other decisions up to coach. I felt like I was playing pretty good basketball." -- Akron Beacon-Journal

"I'm 1,000 percent healthy," Jones said. "I've been 1,000 percent healthy. Even when I was struggling with the back spasms, I was able to go out and do some good things on the basketball court. Health has nothing to do with it.

"I was playing good basketball. When the team isn't doing very well, you have to do some things to shake it up. That's what's happening right now." -- Willoughby News-Herald

Damon Jones, the self pro claimed best shooter in the world, will get the chance to prove himself when he par ticipates in the 3-point shootout during All-Star weekend in Las Vegas.

The NBA will announce the field of 3-point shooters for the Feb. 17 contest later today, and according to league sources, Jones will be among a field that includes Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki.


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crazybuckfan40;739971; said:
I have always hated the idea of getting rid of a coach in mid season, b/c you are already midway thru the season, but I am starting to feel that Brown might be holding us back...
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well, unless mike brown tells his players to shoot 68% from the ft line, i don't know if you can make that assumption. cleveland is dead last, by a wide margin. if they were simply 20th out of 30, which is still very poor, they would be in the top half of the league in scoring running this same offense.

cleveland is also in the bottom 4 in fg%, thanks largely in part to larry hughes.
 
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I honestly don't think that Jones has any reason to be upset, while he is a good shooter, he doesnt bring that much to the table other than that and Gibby and Sasha have been our best 2 players over the past 2 weeks...

As for him being in the 3 point contest he better show up or he is going to take a lot of shit for all the shit he talks...
 
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