Cavaliers news, features and notes
- NBA Draft lottery: Cavs’ third-best odds have history of turning into top selection
- 2103 NBA Scouting Combine: GlenOak graduate C.J. McCollum hopes to be a lottery pick
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Cleveland Cavaliers focus on drafting good players, not overall strength of draft
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Otto Porter seems like perfect fit for Cleveland Cavaliers but no meeting on agenda
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine notebook: Nerlens Noel won’t play until late December but still interests Cavaliers
- Projected top pick Nerlens Noel won't be ready for start of season, targeting Christmas
- Former Ohio State star Deshaun Thomas refuses to give NBA team his phone number at combine
- Otto Porter, Cleveland Cavaliers won't meet during combine
- NBA Draft filled with mystery prospects; Otto Porter of Georgetown could be Cavs target
- Cavs notebook: Waiters, Zeller named to All-Rookie teams
Caught on camera
When doing some research for this story, I broke down every single Cavs possession from Game 1 against the Wizards. I prepared a complex chart, watching how the Cavs got LeBron James the ball and what the Wizards did in response. By the way, he got the ball on 68 of 76 possessions, 39 with a pass in the halfcourt and 29 when he brought it up the court himself (If there was a foul or violation or ball out of bounds that reset the offense, I just counted the whole thing as one possession).
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ESPN Chat Today
For any blog readers interested, I will be doing a chat today on ESPN.com at 4 p.m. about LeBron James' career. I'll have a story up on the site sometime this afternoon about his five great debuts: high school, national TV, pro, All-Star, and playoffs. Here's a chart on them from the Sunday's ABJ.
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5 things I think I know about this series
1. The hardest player for the Cavs to control will be Antawn Jamison. Gilbert Arenas will get his points, he's a great player. But the Cavs really don't have anyone on their roster who has shown they can defend him. He averaged a double-double against the Cavs this season.
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My ballots
Boston -- I was in Washington on Tax Day and I'm now in Boston on Patriot Day. Talk about experiencing the best and worst of America.
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OK'ey dokey
Oklahoma City -- One of the few reasons why I was looking forward to coming here for the last several weeks is a desire to see the Oklahoma City bombing memorial. It took 45 minutes to find it despite it being only about six blocks from the hotel because we (the now healthy Bob Finnan back on the beat and I) got lost several times, but it was worth it. On the day the bombing happened, April 19, 1995, I was on a junior class trip to Washington D.C. and we were not able to go into the Capital building because they'd closed it out of precaution. Being there Monday afternoon sort of reminded me of that day and how I've lived my life since then, which is why we build and go to memorials...to reflect. Of course, the 168 people who died that day didn't get a chance to live those 11 years which is the point. In all, I didn't think it was as visually powerful as other memorials I've been to over the years, but it was unique.
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