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Cavs 2010-11 season (official thread)

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Aviator330;1873464; said:
I didn't see that when it first happened but that was nasty!! The one on Davis was great too.
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I thought the one on Davis was REALLY close to being goaltending. It was right on the cusp, and I couldn't tell if the ball was on its way down or not--it was so close that it is probably one of those calls that you can't really fault the refs no matter which way they call it. Good thing for the Cavs too--had they called goaltending, the losing streak would be at 27! :lol:

Go Cavs! They have the chance to make it two in a row today against a Wizards team that is putrid on the road.
 
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The Cavs are in the unusual position of being expected to win tonight at home versus the Wizards, who are 0-25 on the road.

Washington leads by 20 in the second quarter.
 
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Another losing streak ends in the Q as Washington improves to 1-25 on the road for the season.

Wizards 115
Cavs 100
 
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cavs trade chatter, news on the streak, and long term outlook

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-110211-13/latest-trade-chatter
Count Antawn Jamison among those convinced that he'll still be with the Cavs after the deadline, largely because of the salaries Cleveland would have to take back to move him with a full season at $15.1 million left on his deal.

"We have to figure nobody's coming in and nobody's going to change things up," Jamison said.

The Cavs would ideally want a first-round pick from a contender interested in pilfering swingman Anthony Parker and his $2.9 million expiring contract for the rest of the season, but word is a second-round pick might get it done. Chicago remains a prime suitor for Parker.

As for the $14.5 million trade exception Cleveland possesses as its main shred of compensation from the free-agent defection of LeBron James, it's not too early to start wondering what happens if the Cavs, as expected, opt for payroll flexibility heading into the NBA's new financial frontier and decide not to make use of the exception before this trade deadline.

The risk there is that the exception might be gone forever if the Cavs don't use it in the next two weeks.

Although the exception isn't scheduled to expire until July 11 -- which is the NBA's first business day one year removed from James' departure -- Cleveland can't just assume it will just transfer to the first 10 (or so) days of the NBA's eventual next offseason should this summer's business get frozen by a lockout. As numerous execs like to say these days in response to such hard-to-answer questions: What if trade exceptions don't exist in the NBA after a new collective bargaining agreement takes hold? Another good example of the sort of frustrating unknowns teams are pondering these days.
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A home win Friday night over the Clippers meant the Cleveland Cavaliers' losing streak did not reach 27 games, which would have marked the longest winless run in the history of North America's four major team sports.

Longer than the 26 games in a row lost by Major League Baseball's Louisville Colonels in 1889.

Longer, too, than the 26 consecutive Ls racked up by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 and 1977 before the first victory in franchise history.

Beating the Clips in OT also took some of the edge off Sunday's home showdown with Washington, with the Wiz shouldering all of the pressure thanks to their 0-25 record on the road this season.

Here are eight factoids -- one for every Cavs victory before Friday's slump-buster -- to file away from the Cavs' record-setting futility:

1. Before Friday's win, Cleveland's only win in a whopping stretch of 37 games? Dec. 18 at home against the Knicks. In overtime.

2. The Cavs have lost 26 consecutive road games after starting 3-1 on the road. They had also dropped 11 straight at home before Friday and 15 straight to sub-.500 teams.

3. The Cavs have used 19 starting lineups so far this season, most in the NBA.

4. Three of the eight teams Cleveland had beaten before Friday night were winning teams: Boston on Oct. 27, Memphis on Nov. 27 and the Knicks in December. All three of those wins came at home.

5. At an average of 1.00 point per possession, Cleveland has the league's second most inefficient offense behind Milwaukee's (0.99). The Cavs, meanwhile, play the league's worst 3-point defense and allow 1.11 points per possession, tied with Toronto for the NBA's least-efficient D.

6. The Cavs' win over the Clippers hiked their record to 1-22 this season without defensive anchor Anderson Varejao, who was ruled out for the rest of the season in January because of a longstanding ankle problem.

7. Mo Williams was shooting 26.6 percent this season from 3-point range entering Friday's play. That's the league's lowest percentage for any player with at least 100 attempts from deep.

8. And we repeat: No team in NBA history has gone from the league's best record to the worst in the space of one season as the Cavs are on course to do. Cleveland was tops in the NBA in 2009-10 at 61-21.
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The toughest stuff, if Antawn Jamison were prone to confessions, would surely be the growing likelihood that he'll have to spend the rest of the season with the Cavs. NBA front-office sources say that few teams have been as active as Cleveland in recent weeks in trying to swing a trade or two before the Feb. 24 deadline, with Jamison high on its list of movable assets. But increasing apprehension about how restrictive the next labor agreement will be has prompted several teams to back off on dealmaking.
Sources say New Orleans, for example, has a level of interest in Jamison but also express skepticism that a suitable deal can be assembled before the deadline to send the 35-year-old anywhere. It's true that Jamison has only one year left on his contract after this season, but that one season is valued at a meaty $15.1 million, which means Cleveland would almost certainly have to take back multiple players to make the salary-cap math work.
The Cavs' apparent preference, like many teams out there unsure about what the future holds for the NBA's financial landscape, is preserving flexibility and accumulating young assets to take into the league's new frontier, unless a trade delivers a certain talent upgrade. Cleveland also still possesses a $14.5 million trade exception created in the sign-and-trade transaction that officially dispatched LeBron to South Beach, but importing more pricey vets like the Cavs did so often in vain during the LeBron era -- in hopes of convincing King James to stay in Cleveland -- doesn't sound too appealing now.
With word reaching us this week that the Cavs also see little benefit to buying out Jamison (one of their few coveted assets) if no trade materializes in the next two-plus weeks, odds start to increase that Jamison will be brought back with Cavs coach Byron Scott for the new season -- whenever that might be post-lockout -- given how admirably those two have been coping with what's happened since Cleveland's forgotten 7-9 start. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert might never be a sympathetic figure after the way he reacted to LeBron's departure, but it's hard not to root for the likes of Jamison and Scott, who are suffering in their own way like the long-tortured Clevelanders that James left behind.
"I'm not a loser," Scott said. "I'm not used to this. I'm very used to winning. But I never say, 'Woe is me.' I've just never been that type of guy. ... It's going to take us a little time, but we're going to get back to it."
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AkpBNBfE_VY7f6vXr.IREP68vLYF?slug=aw-anthonynuggets021511

New Orleans has a strong interest in Cleveland Cavaliers forward Antawn Jamison(notes), but no team seems willing to trade for the two years, and $28 million left on his contract. Cleveland has shown no desire to negotiate a buyout on Jamison?s contract, and sources said Jamison isn?t going to pressure the issue.
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http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/14697636/trade-buzz-swap-not-only-way-melo-ends-up-with-knicks

The Cavs would have to be incentivized to part with Jamison, who isn't said to be pushing an exit strategy and whose leadership will be needed to guide the Cavs through the rest of this trying season. The Hornets have the ability to seek more modest improvements, given their multiple trade exceptions and the $4.6 million they have to spend up to the luxury-tax threshold.
[SIZE=+1]?[/SIZE] The Cavs are aggressively testing the waters to see what kind of assets they can expect to accumulate by volunteering to use their $14.6 million trade exception from LeBron's departure as a parking lot for other teams' unwanted contracts. Cleveland is seeking to use that cap space to acquire draft picks and young players -- a sound strategy, especially considering that the Cavs can use all the room without putting themselves in luxury-tax jeopardy.
[SIZE=+1]?[/SIZE] Sources say the Bulls and Celtics are widely expected to make a move before the deadline, and each is seeking wing help. The Cavs' Anthony Parker would be an ideal fit in both places. Wizards guard Kirk Hinrich would be a good fit, too, but his $8 million salary next season would make such a transaction troublesome.
[SIZE=+1]?[/SIZE] The Hawks are looking for guard help, and sources say they may be interested in the Cavs' Ramon Sessions. The feeling among rival execs is that the Hawks may be willing to spend up to or perhaps even a bit beyond the luxury-tax threshold if there's a deal that would significantly improve their chances in a playoff series with Boston, Orlando or Miami.
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i would like to see Sessions say but depending on what the Cavs would take back in return, i wouldnt be sad if he was traded....parker and jamison i hope both leave town and soon
 
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the antawn jamison thing is somewhat false. first off, he had 2 years $28 million on his contract at the start of this season. the cavs have paid roughly half of that first year already.

secondly, if there is a lockout as expected, nobody gets paid. so, you pay half of this year's salary, then there is a lockout, and if/when the season restarts, you dump him as an expiring, which will be worth a ton at that point. jamison's contract is hardly the inhibitor it's made out to be.
 
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tsteele316;1875173; said:
the antawn jamison thing is somewhat false. first off, he had 2 years $28 million on his contract at the start of this season. the cavs have paid roughly half of that first year already.

secondly, if there is a lockout as expected, nobody gets paid. so, you pay half of this year's salary, then there is a lockout, and if/when the season restarts, you dump him as an expiring, which will be worth a ton at that point. jamison's contract is hardly the inhibitor it's made out to be.
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After a lockout there will be a new CBA. Expiring contracts may not have value in a new CBA, and quite honestly, I hope they don't.
 
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tsteele316;1875185; said:
if there is a hard cap like everyone predicts, they will have massive value as teams desperately try to clear their books.
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We'll see. I'll be hoping for a hard cap, but I'm also hoping for a system where teams trade talent for talent rather than money for money. Player movement in the NBA is a joke.
 
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Ramon Sessions is abusing Derek Fisher tonight with 27 points, and the Cavs lead the Lakers 91-82 with 4 minutes left.

Go Cavs! :lol:
 
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