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Report: Anderson Varejao to refuse championship ring offer from Cavaliers

By Rob Perez @World_Wide_Wob
Jul 18, 2016 at 4:10p ET
As if the Cleveland Cavaliers front office didn't have enough difficult decisions to make this Summer negotiating LeBron James' new contract, attempting to retain vital role players like J.R. Smith, and/or convincing Richard Jefferson to delay his retirement -- one of the items is no longer on the docket: whether Anderson Varejao should receive a championship ring or not.

Varejao, as you will remember, was a fan favorite during his 12-year career with the Cavaliers franchise. However, after being traded to and waived by the Portland Trail Blazers halfway through the 2015-2016 campaign -- Varejao signed with the rival Golden State Warriors, who ultimately were defeated by his former club in the NBA Finals.

Since there is no official NBA policy regarding owners gifting players rings, Varejao's situation was a peculiar one -- as he was a player on the Cavaliers for a significant period of time this season, precedence suggests that he would be eligible to receive a championship ring despite being on the opposing side during the NBA Finals.

However, per Fox Sports Ohio's Sam Amico, it appears Varejao will refuse the offer from the Cavaliers -- if presented...


Sam Amico @AmicoHoops
Varejao eligible to receive a championship ring from time with #Cavs, but told he has no plans to accept after finishing with #Warriors.
3:48 PM - 17 Jul 2016

Maybe he feels like he 'didn't earn it', or, maybe he feels like Benedict Arnold for switching sides ... regardless of the reason, if this report ultimately deems to be true: you got to respect Varejao's decision to turn down this offer -- as even if it doesn't carry any sentimental value because the team he was actually on the roster for during the Finals lost, he could accept the ring and sell it for the monetary value of what takes a lot of people in this country years to earn.

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This seems like a decision he may regret a few years down the road.

Felder is a keeper. Really impressed me in the summer league.

I was mostly impressed as well. He is very explosive and athletic ... and a lefty guard is always a little more deceptive.

I do think he made some poor decisions with the ball at times and obviously his size will be an issue at times (despite his tenacity and athleticism)

I bought my first piece of NON Browns clothing in 3 years.

I really like those shorts

You've never seen them on GM.

Maybe, but I can understand why he did it. I could see him taking it if he had been traded to Phoenix, but to be traded to the team that the Cavs beat in the finals.. yea, I don't think I would want it either.

Summer of JR Smith video game style. The best way I can describe this is, "What the heck did I just watch? Wait, that was actually pretty funny." Just don't ask me for your two minutes back.

haha thats funny

That's great!

Look I apologized once already. Get over it. Geez I beat you out for the ugliest legs in America Pageant, and your still upset. You did get the 1st runner up award and if I fail to uphold the bylaws of the pageant I could still be stripped of my title.

2 words that should never go together: GM and stripped.

I suppose you want all those tens back you stuffed in my g-string now

only the sweaty ones

What exactly is going on here...

Saw an interesting fact, the last time a NBA Finals series didn't have MJ, Hakeem, Duncan, Dirk, Kobe or Lebron.....Was in 1990.


So if you have an all time great wing or big man you should be in good shape!

Just like the stat a few years ago that Kerr (Bulls, Spurs) and Horry (Rockets, Lakers, Spurs) won the finals for like 15 straight yrs

Shaq would probably be a better replacement for Dirk, but even then you only really need him for that one year it was Dallas vs Miami without Lebron.

You could also add Bird and Kareem to that list and go back to 1980 with the exception of that 1990 year.

We call the coins, dimes not tens, and no you can keep them.

To quote Daniel Tosh - we call that making it hail!

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-pulls-2...-190148437.html

I made a thread in EE as well. Didn't quite know where to put it

Props to Tyron Lue. I know it's easy "coaching" Lebron James and Kyrie Irving, but for whatever reason he clicked with these guys more than Blatt. He did what the coach of superstars should, get the hell out of the way and let great players be great.

Didn't he tell LeBron to shut the F up in a huddle though? Which I think is great, but you're right he did seem to mesh with the players much better than Blatt did.

well if last night was any indication, Durant, Green, and Klay look like they can play very well together haha

I think it comes down to a simple question. Do you think the team would have come together the way it did at the end under Blatt? Do you think the Cavs would have won the championship under Blatt? IMO, I don't think so. That's not a knock on Blatt. That's just big time kudos to Lue. Whatever the magic was he needed, he had it.

And Griifin...makes me think of the line in Top Gun when Hollywood tells Maverick "gutsiest move I ever saw Mav". Take out Mav and put Griffin in. LOL.

I think they could have won w/Blatt. They won two games last year and didn't have Kyrie and Love.

I think Lue deserves some credit, though.

The best thing I saw was how they defended the perimeter. There were two keys:

1. Our guards would pressure the ball and then we would have a big [either TT or Love] flash out and contest the ball handler well above the three point line. This effectively took away a lot of the 3 pt. shots that Curry and Klay usually get. They forced some and missed quite a few. It also was effective in slowing Golden State's offense down. The length of our bigs made it hard for their guards to pass the ball, which effectively limited their ball movement. It didn't work all the time, but it worked enough. I first saw Pop use this when the Spurs beat the Warriors in San Anotnio during the regular season.

2. Other times, Lue had TT shadow Curry all over the court. Somehow, TT was able to fight through all the screens and stay w/Curry more times than not. His length and agility played a big part in slowing down Curry. Not many guys his size could pull this off, but give Lue credit in figuring out that TT was up to the challenge.

I don't think Lue got enough credit for those two moves during--and after--the Finals.

If these coins are rolled and not loose

Then use quarters.

To. Impress the ladies

Curry has a really weird 3 point shot. It's almost like a shot put. It's a LOT lower than how Klay does it. Klay actually has the perfect 3 ball form. Currys 3 ball is so unorthodox that it makes him impossible to guard because he releases so damn quickly. However, because of his low release point, anybody with length, strength to fight screens, AND foot quickness will make it difficult for him. Curry's 3 ball is equivalent to Dirks 1 legged fadeaway. It's not pretty technique wise, but it's extremely difficult to defend.

Lebron posted an Instagram vid of his son playing basketball. Lebron and Savannah need to get to work until the Cavs have a fab 5 of mini Lebrons.

Holy crap that video was crazy impressive. His handles are unreal and you can tell he has the same feel for the game as his dad.

His handles are actually better than his dad's.

I can't even imagine the ungodly amount of recruiting attention this kid is going to recieve.

Already offered a full ride by Calipari IIRC

I'm not much of a basketball fan any more, but I still read the threads. That term - "handles" - I don't think I ever heard it until this year. What does it mean?

That the player handles the ball very well ... good ball handling. In my opinion, Kyrie has the best handles in the league right now

Imagine if on draft day he says that he'd only play in Cleveland.

Not getting on your case.......just food for thought.

If you are talking about just what a guy does while he is dribbling....then I think you have a good argument.

On the other hand, if you are talking about actually getting somewhere w/the ball and also helping set-up others, than it isn't even close. CPIII is still the best, even if he isn't as flashy as some of the other guys.

Yeah I'm just basically talking about Kyrie as a "juggler" of the ball. It's on a string with him. There's no doubt that CP3 is more productive with the ball as a playmaker. But Kyrie is the best ball handler.

I'd take Kyrie to pair up with Lebron over CP3, but you're right.