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Cavs 2010-11 season (official thread)

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Tonyank;1863028; said:
This thread rivals the Indians thread in complete failures.... Not sure which is worst :/
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I don't think it's the thread's fault...



...anyways, I just hope the team doesn't get rid of Scott when they liquidate the roster. I still think he could do something with a different cast.
 
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I put this in the cavs thread since i went to the game, but the majority of this is about the nuggets....one thing i will say is that Christian Eyenga could be very good and has alot of potential....i really liked what I saw from him and on both sides of the ball even tho he had the unfortunate task of guarding carmelo alot of the time....here is a picture i took at the game
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I also got a awesome opportunity to go to the Nuggets Shootaround the morning before the game where i actually got to sit on the floor and was able to watch the practice and take pictures...i took about 20 total and felt like a total douche doing so because every now and then a player would look over and stare, like what is this dumbass doing? but i didnt care...here is a few i took


shootaround was funny because the entire emphasis on a defensive strategy evolved around what Jamison was going to do...shootaround is basically really relaxed and mostly just set spots for shooting and running a few plays at jogging pace....since they were playing the cavs i assumed this wasnt the case if they were playing the Lakers

The night before the game i had a once in a lifetime oppurtunity that basically involved being at a dinner in Cleveland with most of the Denver Nuggets coaching staff (including Coach Karl) and a assistant for the Cavs who i sat next to and picked his brain on various things involving with the cavs...i was extremely lucky to be involved in a experience like this and will most deffinitly never forget it
 
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im starting to like manny harris...if we had an actual PG that could play in Scott's system then i think he could do well...but now with all the injuries hes stuck playing PG himself half the time...hes good at making his own shot...decent 3 point shot....athletic and will crash the boards....i would like to see us keep him around
 
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Sad thing is this team is an early, what, 3-1 raod start was it? away from seriously challenging the 72-73 Sixers. The only reason this team won't win less than 9 is because they have won 9 already.
 
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Posnanski is awesome

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/02/01/losing-as-destiny/?eref=sihp
The NBA does something strange: They consider Cleveland?s 24-game losing streak in 1982 to be the all-time record, even though the thing was accomplished over two seasons. That year, the Cavaliers lost their last 19 games of the 1981-82 season, and their first five of the 1982-83 season.
Don?t get me wrong ? that was a spectacular streak and a spectacular wreck of a team. What makes the streak even better is that the Cavaliers broke the streak against a terrible Golden State Warriors team at home, but they needed overtime to do it. And they promptly lost seven more in a row, which means that the Cavs were a Warriors regulation shot away from losing 32 in a row. I was a big Cavaliers fan at the time, and I remember just how bad those teams were. People called them the Cadavers, and rarely has any insulting nickname fit better. But it wasn?t their awfulness that made them stand out. It was their purpose. They seemed determined to rid themselves of any player that showed even the vaguest spark of talent.
The 1981-82 team had Bill Laimbeer, Mike Mitchell, Scott Wedman and James Edwards. That is not great, admittedly. But maybe with those four, a bunch of role players (something the Cavaliers did not lack ? 23 different players wore a Cavs uniform that season) and some intensity, you could at least make things respectable. Those Cavaliers were the arch-enemy of respectability, of course, and so they traded away all four within two years. It was that systematic purging of anything resembling aptitude that made that team, in my opinion, unique in NBA history. Mike Mitchell was my favorite player at the time, for lack of options. He was a turnover machine, which was a special feat because he almost never passed the ball. His defense was often purely theoretical. But he could put the ball in the basket. This was too much for Cleveland. He was traded before the streak began for Ron Brewer, Reggie Johnson and cash. Especially, cash.
Bill Laimbeer ? by far the best player on the team, though to be fair the Cavaliers seemed hopelessly unaware of it at the time ? was traded for Phil Hubbard, Paul Mokeski and first- and second-round draft picks. With those picks, and I swear this is true, the Cavaliers took John Bagley and Dave Magley. Yes. Bagley and Magley. It?s like Dr. Seuss was running the organization.
Even so, even as gloriously bad as the those Cavaliers teams were, I don?t think you should count a losing streak over two seasons. A two-year losing streak is an oddity, might make for an interesting bar bet, but it?s not continuous. To me the longest losing streak in NBA history is 23 games, and for the next few days it will be held by the expansion 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies and the 1997-98 Denver Nuggets.
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the streak extends to 22 with a 117-112 loss at home to the Pacers

i figure their best chance to finally win a game is the stretch of 3 on Feb 9 11 and 13 where they play the Pistons, Clippers and Wizards at home
 
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WolverineMike;1868103; said:
certainly they can beat the Grizzlies......right? I don't want to see this happen to Scott. I've always liked him as a coach.
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the Grizzlies are somewhat decent this year, 26-24 right now.....more than likely a loss
 
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