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i dunno if it is a statement game, because there is a decent chance, with the way things stand right now, that these 2 could meet up in the second round.

but i just want to blast them out of the quicken loans arena.

i think it is good tho. for the team, for the morale, to play someone who is challenging you instead of beating up these teams that are pretty much dead and don't care. just going thru the motions and finishing their season... ie chicago, detroit, etc..

lebron inks an extension with nike, i find that funny, because his nike contract is up this year, just further pointing out the stupidity of people who said there was an "escalator clause" in his nike deal.

why would you have an escalator clause in your deal that expires before your contract with the cavs?

morons. gotta love baseless comments from people who don't know what they're talking about.

there was no escalator clause in his contract. brian windhorst has shot this down several times.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/03/ilgauskas_to_sign_1-year_deal.html

so the cavs signed z for the rest of the year, a pro rated vets minimum for the rest of the year. So correct me if I'm wrong, bit didn't z miss out on 1.5 million when he was bought by the wiz? Now we are are paying him 150k? Kinda sounds like he got shafted.

no, i think most of his $$ was paid up front this year, for this exact situation.

he also got a 600,000 trade kicker when he was dealt.

according to windy, there never was an escalator in that deal, not even in the first 3 years.

he said some of his other deals may have something similiar, but the money wouldn't nearly cover what the cavs can pay him extra from anyone else.

i heard several nba "experts" on espn use the escalator thing. jalen rose, jamal mashburn, steven a, tim legler...

i just love that the media has to really back off on the whole thing. it is so painfully obvious that the cavs are awesome, that his best option is to stay, that they can't even fabricate something. they have to basically wait for the playoffs.

that's what happens when you're ripping off 7 and 8 game winnings streaks, never losing more than 3 games in a month, and are watching young players blossom into solid contributors (here's looking at you, jj and jawad)

the fact that we're winning with jj hickson starting at the 5 tells you what this team is all about.

NBA Today show on ESPN is ridiculous, Esp when they get jiving. The TNT show is far better in my opinion.

i just watch nbatv, my favorite channel out there.

They also mentioned that he was weighing a few options, one of which was probably the MLE which would have carried a two year deal (although the second year could be an option for either side).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but had he signed for longer, we could have worked out a long-term deal without care for the cap, but since he'll be a FA this summer, we'll have to fit him into the cap to keep him, right?

i think with bird rights we can keep him

There's a pretty decent chance I think that he retires this year if we win the title. If we don't he'll most certainly be back for another shot though. He could come back either way, but I really doubt he signs anywhere but here if he does. Why would he?

I think signing the deal he did was him keeping his options open and doesn't mean he plans on bolting to the highest bidder like I've heard suggested.

i used a website for gambling info, it's really good, and if you're into that type of thing, it's covers.com.

but they also have good info just for basketball junkies like myself.

kind of a cool thing, they have days rest v. opp. days rest

cavs are absolutely tearing a new one into anyone who is on their second leg of a back to back

18-2 when playing a team that played the night before.

also, when the cavs get 1 day of rest, 34-6, with 2 days of rest? 7-1, so 41-7 when getting 1-2 days of rest. guess what you'll be seeing a lot of in the playoffs, 1-2 days of rest.

although, the cavs, if you're a gambler, have not been kind, they are 35-35 against the spread.

that is due to the fact that the cavs have become a public favorite. which is a good thing for us.

Countdown to Tip-off: 3 hrs.

Welcome back Z!

Hopefully it'll be on Youtube.

i can't believe we're favored by 6, i see a trap here.

I can't believe that we're favored by ONLY 6.

What's the smallest margin of victory in our last 15 games? It's gotta be at least 6, if not more.

Ok, I'll answer my own question - 2 pts, against San Antonio back on the 8th.



The average, however, is much higher: 10.65 for the month of March, including counting our sole loss in March as a -7 to margin of victory.
Not counting that loss at all (counting only victories), it goes up to 12.4 pts.

Going back to the break, including the 3 straight losses (6 extra games, total of an additional 23 pts), we drop to a margin of 8.23.
Not counting those three losses at all, however, our margin actually goes up a bit to 12.46.

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delonte west lighting it up right now, pulling a lebron and scoring all the points.

can someone more knowledgeable on the issue help me out on this?

what is the difference between gilbert arenas' situation and delonte's situation?

the commish came down hard on gilbert yet delonte has not been punished at all

is it because they were actually brought into an nba facility? because i think most would agree delonte's situation was worse, because we don't know where he was going, but considering his mental health, that guy probably shouldn't have guns...

just wondering tho, he's as important as anyone else not named lebron, to the cavs, and i just worry that we could get screwed when the playoffs start, if they try and jam him.

as with all things, it's not just what happened in the initial event, but the aftermath.

gilbert joking around about the situation afterwards and being non-repentent until it was too late is what sealed his fate.

and the fact that they were in a NBA arena and actually pulled guns on each other, one of which was apparently loaded does not help matters.

at least Delonte kept his guns strapped until the police politely asked him to remove them.

one more thing: hot sauce is better than a hibachi

i heard rick bucher on espn radio last night driving home from my game, and he said the guns were not loaded, and in fact, they never pointed them at each other.

on top of that he said he has several teammates er i mean sources, who said the two were in the hot tob joking around about an hour after it happened.

i think it was more dumb, than anything else.

delonte's situation is a bit scarier. and did we ever find out where he was going. i really wondered that more than anything else, and it seemed like when it was reported they never really went into it. scary stuff.

not sure, everything i have seen reported has said that Crittenton's gun was loaded. i don't know what to trust in the media these days though.

anyway, if nothing else, the joking about it during pregame and all the negative media attention and stories that derived from that also would explain why he got slapped harder.

and the cavs strike my betting account once again, i think i may take one for the team and use this money to load up against the cavs every single game, ensuring a championship for the city of cleveland.

that was way too easy.

Don't forget the attempt to cover up the event as well as the location where it happened. Gun laws are VERY STRICT in DC.

Arenas faces much harsher police actions based off of where each offense took place.

Wasn't Delonte arrested in DC?

Delonte was arrested in Maryland.

and I believe his charges were misdemeanor in MD

ok, that makes more sense then, i was under the impression he was also arrested in dc and we know how tough they are with gun issues...

i was worried more about the legal side of it than what david stern would do. i think considering he moved quickly on arenas, he would have done the same with west. i can't see him suspending delonte for the playoffs or anything,

but i guess it's possible because he has the legal side of it coming up, right?

I think Delonte's hearing is scheduled sometime in late April. I wouldn't be surprised if it got pushed back again.

man, i don't think i'm gonna know what to do with myself tomorrow.

you've got osu/tenn, and other tourney action, cavs/spurs, and lakers/thunder

i might need 3 tvs in the same room

I was thinking the same thing, so I am doing the best thing, going to a bar with some friends.

J/C

it's nice to know that if any Cavs want to buy some DVDs, they have their supplier back on the team.