When will ESPN stop with their LeBron/Cavs blinded love?

[Edgar]

I love Delonte west tough!

[RAcker]

[Check_My_Stats]

But next time the Cavs play in Boston, they should just leave Delonte. You guys can have him back.

[Chris]

Rasheed Wallace? When was the last time he was even good? Or even posted up lol? He is a broke down 6'11 three point specialist that has gotten destroyed by the Cavs the last two series they played.

He has averaged about 12 and 7 for the last 3 seasons, and remains one of the best defensive big men in the game.  Not a bad 6th man.  Remember, he is not replacing KG and Perkins, he is being added to them. 

I remember him getting destroyed by Varejao and Joe Smith in the playoffs. And do you want to see how good of job he did guarding Shaq last season? I've got the boxscore if you want to see it. Pick your poison with the Cavs. Get killed by Lebron, Shaq, or one of the shooters. By the way, can you guys take Delonte back? That guy doesn't belong on the team. What a clown

Its a good thing we have perkins and bbd to guard shaq then.

Perkins can't even stay out of foul trouble guarding Big Z. He will have 3 fouls easily before halftime trying to guard Shaq or playing help defense on Lebron when he blows by Pierce.

Big man is our deepest position, and we have 5 solid dependeble big men (good riddence mikki) who can step in if one of our guys gets into foul trouble.

Also not that im going to say lebron will blow past pierce, but thats what we have KG for. Thats who you'll see on help defense.
Thats why its kinda good to have the best defender in the league.

Thats fine. KG is a great player. But in a Cleveland/Boston series, the Cavs are going to have someone open pretty much everytime.

Only if the execute perfectly.  With the C's defense (when it is executed correctly), even though they double-team and hedge on the perimeter with their big men, they always rotate down, meaning it takes a risky skip pass, or several quick passes to actually get the ball to the open man.  

I also think its way too early to be counting out the Magic.  Even though Carter has the mental toughness of a 5 year old girl, he is also a huge front-runner who disapears when his team sucks, but plays like an absolute superstar when his team around him is good.  Since they were really missing a true "finisher" like him, they are going to be VERY good this year.

Let's face it, it is going to be a knock-down drag out race in the East this year, and it is likely going to come down to which team is healthy and hot at the right time.  

[Chris]

But next time the Cavs play in Boston, they should just leave Delonte. You guys can have him back.

Haha, OK, now you're talking.  I was wondering when Clevelanders would turn on him.  He is just a huge tease.

[RAcker]

But next time the Cavs play in Boston, they should just leave Delonte. You guys can have him back.

You are so wise.

[Edgar]

But next time the Cavs play in Boston, they should just leave Delonte. You guys can have him back.

Haha, OK, now you're talking.  I was wondering when Clevelanders would turn on him.  He is just a huge tease.

now i am certain ... I cant be in this conversation
U all know why....

pst pst.. Mo Williams is that U

[Check_My_Stats]

But next time the Cavs play in Boston, they should just leave Delonte. You guys can have him back.

Haha, OK, now you're talking.  I was wondering when Clevelanders would turn on him.  He is just a huge tease.

I don't care for him at all personally

[Edgar]

ahh and shaq is done....


most people here will get this one.

[Check_My_Stats]

O and im not from Cleveland. I live in Pittsburgh but have never like the 76ers. Always thought Allen Iverson was a selfish me-first player and never cared for Barkley. Been a Lebron fan since I saw him play during his high school years. So im not some Cavs or Cleveland homer. I don't even think they will win the Finals (Lakers). I just don't see them losing the East.

[Check_My_Stats]

ahh and shaq is done....


most people here will get this one.

He could be totally washed up for all I care. He would still be more productive than Pavlovic and the corpse of Ben Wallace.

[4THQTR]

But next time the Cavs play in Boston, they should just leave Delonte. You guys can have him back.

I know it's a waste of time actually pointing something out to you, but as far as i can recall delonte was the only one of the cavs' that didn't completely choke in that orlando series in which they were one lebron miracle shot away from getting swept...

At least boston made a series out of it (with scal and mikki moore as the backup bigs...)

[Edgar]

O and im not from Cleveland. I live in Pittsburgh but have never like the 76ers. Always thought Allen Iverson was a selfish me-first player and never cared for Barkley. Been a Lebron fan since I saw him play during his high school years. So im not some Cavs or Cleveland homer. I don't even think they will win the Finals (Lakers). I just don't see them losing the East.

its ok thats the beauty of sport

Once youre capable of explaining the reasoning behind your cavs, err, leBron fanhood is as respectable as any other here

[guava_wrench]

It made me mad during last season and last playoffs to see how ESPN was always putting the Cavs at the top when they didn't deserve their spot. I was glad to see that they calmed down after they were eliminated by Orlando. And I thought that this season ESPN would have learned the lesson... guess what? I was wrong.

I mean, how can they be so biased? Here are their predictions about the Eastern Conference standings of next season. The Cavs are first ; why not?

But what they use as "arguments" to justify their choices is just absurd. Here is what they say about the Cavs :

"Let's talk Shaq, the Big Caveat Emptor: He has won four titles, is on his fifth franchise and has been swept from the playoffs six times. Reborn in Phoenix, he led the Suns to exactly one playoff win in two seasons. So will he break up the Cavs with laughter or just break them up? Can't wait to find out. (Why only 61 wins? See note above.)"

And about the Celtics (2nd in standings) :

"Many think a healthy Kevin Garnett and a revitalized Rasheed Wallace will get the Celts back to the top. (See our East title picks on Thursday.) But KG's balky knee is unproven, and Sheed is a known coach killer who is coming off a lousy season and turns 35 this month. So some voters are still in wait-and-C mode"

OK. So Shaq will be in great shape (they don't even question his health when it's well known that Phoenix's medical staff is the greatest in the league...), is not old (37) but KG's knee is a concern and Sheed is too old at 35. Yeah... right.

I don't mean that their concerns about the Celtics aren't legitimate. But if you apply such questions about the health and the age of the Celtics key players, you have to do it with every other team that has the same concerns. Plain and simple. What about Ilgauskas and Shaq? They are both old and usually not in great shape.

Needless to say that ESPN doesn't even mention the concerns about Jameer Nelson's health after his return to the NBA the upcoming season...

Am I the only one irritated by this unconditional love for the Cavs?

Try meditation. That might help your anger issues, at least for a few hours. Maybe some deep breathing.

I can't imagine why I would get angry over people giving credit to the team with the best record in the league.

I don't see anything absurd about their analysis. Out of Rasheed, KG, and Shaq, KG is clearly the biggest health question mark because he is coming off a season where he couldn't play and because he jumps the most of the 3. Shaq looked fine last year.

[fairweatherfan]

- Shaq had his best season in about 5 years last year, and the Cavs don't need 20 and 10 every night from him. 
- Cavs had a better record and made it further than we did last year.
- No one's seen KG play since he got hurt (except the aborted comeback) and regardless of why, Sheed unarguably had a lousy season.
- Our guys play better when they feel disrespected.
- Preseason rankings mean even less than preseason games.


I'm fine with this.