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Brutus1 said:
No, but make it Hinrich and I'd do it.
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Hell yeah, but I doubt the Bulls would go for that. Better chance at Hinrich than Gordon though. The Bulls don't really need 2 PG's starting and their front court is week. Gooden would give them the big man who can score inside that they don't have. The only problem is that Gooden is a restricted FA at the end of the season so they might be able to get him then if they want him. On the other hand it's easier to keep a restricted FA than it is to sign one away from another team if they want to keep him.
 
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exhawg said:
Hell yeah, but I doubt the Bulls would go for that. Better chance at Hinrich than Gordon though. The Bulls don't really need 2 PG's starting and their front court is week. Gooden would give them the big man who can score inside that they don't have. The only problem is that Gooden is a restricted FA at the end of the season so they might be able to get him then if they want him. On the other hand it's easier to keep a restricted FA than it is to sign one away from another team if they want to keep him.
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While Gooden is a restricted fa, if the Bulls signed him, they'd still have to give Cleveland compensation in return. Either way, they need to give to get.

Not suprisingly, the article was in a Chicago paper. The writer suggested Duhon would be a good fit becasue of the Cavs' needs at pg. What a surprise that he mentioned Duhon instead of Hinrich or Gordon. I think the Cavs could get Duhon for much less than Gooden.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
Well the way Pavs is playing lately I want to keep him and Jackson is injured so we can't trade him.

I honestly like our team as it is unless we are getting Hinrich or a defensive power forward.
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If he's going to get healthy I would like to get Fortson from Seattle if the Cavs could get him for a nobody, or 2nd round pick, or Newble and a second round pick, etc. It sounds like Fortson has fallen out of favor with the Sonics anyway.
 
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exhawg said:
If he's going to get healthy I would like to get Fortson from Seattle if the Cavs could get him for a nobody, or 2nd round pick, or Newble and a second round pick, etc. It sounds like Fortson has fallen out of favor with the Sonics anyway.
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Now he would be the perfect fit. Am I imagining things or was there actually talk of this happening earlier in the season.
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
Now he would be the perfect fit. Am I imagining things or was there actually talk of this happening earlier in the season.
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I've been talking about the Cavs needing to make a move for him since earlier in the season. Does that count? :p Fortson hasn't played much as of late so I'm not sure if it's because he's hurt or the coach just doesn't want to play him. He'd be a great 15 minute 5 foul a night kind of player to have on the Cavs roster. That would make up for Gooden and Z's lack of physicality.
 
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PlainDealer

2/8/06

LeBron to participate in Playstation Skills Challenge
LeBron James has taken a lot of grief for not participating in the NBA's slam dunk contest since entering the league in 2003.

So what does "The Chosen One" do to combat his critics? He commits to participate in the Playstation Skills Challenge.

Nice move LeBron!

This contest is more suited to his abilities. LeBron's not a flashy dunker. His rim rattling dunks are power oriented - not flashy. He'll draw the ooh's and ah's from the crowd, but does it in an old fashion way. Simply put, his style is not catered for the dunk contest.

The Playstation Skills Challenge will give him a chance to show the league that he is the perfect player. One that can shoot, dribble and pass with the best of them.

Here is who James will be going up against in the competition:

* Returning champ Steve Nash
* New Orleans/Oklahoma City's Chris Paul
* Miami's Dwyane Wade
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Gooden in trade talks again
Once again there are reports that Cavs forward Drew Gooden might be shipped out of Cleveland. This time it's the Bulls who are showing interest in his services.

Mike McGraw of the Daily Herald writes, "The Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers have had discussions about the 6-foot-10 power forward, according to a league source."

So who is the player the Cavs would receive for sending Drew to Chicago?

"...The most logical fit in a trade would be Chris Duhon, since the Cavaliers are hurting for a true point guard."

Duhon for Gooden ...no thanks. If it includes Gordon, then it's a different story.

Very rarely do teams ever trade big for small.

We'll see what happens as more reports continue to unfold.
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PlainDealer

2/8/06

<H1 class=red>James guarded in play

</H1>Cavs star attempts to improve defense


Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Burt Graeff

Plain Dealer Reporter

LeBron James' offensive exploits are well-chronicled. The kid is the NBA's third-leading scorer (30.9 points a game), is tied for 13th in assists (6.5 a game) and as Miami coach Pat Riley puts it, "goes to the basket like a runaway freight train."
Not much is said about James' play at the defensive end - except by his critics. They insist he takes plays off to conserve energy for the times when he has the ball and that he is regularly beaten in man-on-man situations.
Scenarios in the Cavaliers last two games seem to indicate James is interested in shutting the critics up. In Saturday night's 100-95 loss to Philadelphia, James went to first-year coach Mike Brown and asked to defend high-scoring Allen Iverson in the fourth quarter.
It could have been embarrassing for James, a 6-8, 245-pounder who cannot match the quickness of Iverson, a 6-foot, 165-pounder capable of breaking down anyone off the dribble.
In Monday night's 89-86 victory over Milwaukee, Brown assigned James to defend the Bucks high-scoring Michael Redd at the start of the fourth. Redd is a 6-6, 215-pound guard who can get a jump shot off quicker than a defender can extend an arm.
Iverson and Redd scored seven and eight points respectively in the fourth quarters, but James hardly embarrassed himself. "Like all of our players, [James] has room to improve," Brown said, "but he's getting better.
"I've said it before and I'll say it again . . . LeBron James has the ability to become a first-team All-Defensive player."
The NBA's top four scorers of all-time - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain - were no slouches defensively. Combined, they were named first-team All-Defense 18 times.
Jordan was an eight-time first teamer and, in 1987-88, when he averaged 35 points a game to lead the NBA in scoring, was also named its Defensive Player of the Year. It prompted then-Lakers GM Jerry West to say, "People realize Michael Jordan is the best offensive player in the game today. What they forget is that he's also its best defensive player."
At 21, James is not close to being a standout defensive player. Playing defense is a mind-set. The game's top defenders want to do it.
Brown said he sees a difference in James when he is defending a big-time scorer as opposed to defending one of the league's also-rans. "When LeBron is on better players," Brown said, "he tends to lock in more."
With defenders not allowed to hand-check, it is virtually impossible for one player to contain the likes of James, Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade. Defending as a team becomes imperative in order to reasonably contain the league's high scorers.
"LeBron's team defense has also gotten a lot better," Brown said.
It's obvious James wants to quiet those who question his desire, and ability, to play defense. "I have taken it as a challenge," he said. "You've got to know when you can get up on a guy and when you have to back off him, and I'm learning.
"I want the coach to know he can put me on a team's top offensive player."
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PlainDealer

2/8/06

Trade rumors don't bother Gooden


Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Burt Graeff
Plain Dealer Reporter

Cavaliers power forward Drew Gooden shrugs off speculation he'll be playing elsewhere before the NBA's trading deadline.
"I've heard this stuff for the last three or four years," he said. "I don't worry about it."
Gooden, who is averaging 11.1 points and 8.8 rebounds in 28 minutes a game, will be a restricted free agent at the end of the season. The Cavaliers must decide which is their best course: keep Gooden, risk losing him in the off-season and get nothing or trade him before the Feb. 23 deadline to get something.
Cavaliers General Manager Danny Ferry does not comment on trade talk.
The Chicago Bulls, looking for frontline help, reportedly are interested in Gooden and have tossed out point guard Chris Duhon as bait.
Duhon, a second-round draft pick in 2004, is averaging 9.3 points and 5.5 assists in 32 minutes a game. He's a 37 percent 3-point shooter, hitting 68-of-184 from downtown. Like Ferry, he is a Duke graduate.
With the recent emergence of 6-10 forward/center Anderson Varejao, the Cavaliers may look at making a Gooden-for-Duhon trade as a way to upgrade the point-guard spot while not creating a huge void at power forward.
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PlainDealer

2/8/06

<H1 class=red>Cavs at Minnesota

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Wednesday, February 08, 2006



Tipoff: 8 p.m., Target Center, Minneapolis.

TV/Radio: FSN Ohio; WTAM AM/1100.

Notable: In the first game of the two-game season series that concludes tonight, the Cavaliers shot 32 percent from the field and lost, 89-85, at The Q on Nov. 26. LeBron James scored 38 points, but it was Kevin Garnett (26 points, 11 rebounds) who led the Wolves. . . . Ex-Cavs guard Ricky Davis is averaging 17.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in seven games since being traded to Minnesota from Boston.

Next for the Cavs: at Washington, 7 p.m., Friday, FSN Ohio.

- Burt Graeff
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