One of the worst things about graduating college when you’re
a male that loves basketball is completely realizing you will never ever become
a professional basketball player.
I can no longer be offered a walk-on spot (while I’m draining set shots
in the gym where a college coach is looking for a spot shooter because his best
one is suspended for a drug problem), then a scholarship, and finally become a
lottery player all during my senior year.
Omri Casspi, however, changes my feelings and gives me hope to still
play my way onto a D-League and finally a pro team. Casspi is terrible, just terrible enough to make me
think I might be better than him.
Casspi air balled his first three shot (I could clank it), and when I
think of my fondest Casspi moments a few of them involve clanking dunks and
even getting the ball stuck between rim and backboard. I do that stuff all of the time. Thanks, Casspi.
Unfortunately, seeing Casspi play so bad was the best part
of the night for aspiring Cavs fans.
Our bigs suck at offense. Tristan
Thompson does the same thing Dwight Howards used to do a lot where he brings
the ball down low before trying to shoot.
This results in the ball getting stripped a ton, especially for Thompson
who doesn’t possess as much strength Howard. Thompson should stick to getting garbage points and try to
put his shots up quicker so he produces off of Kyrie’s semi open drop offs
(rather then just open).
Samardo Samuels forgets to roll off of picks and stands
around after setting them. He
could have gotten a few more points if he rolled better. On a side note, is Samardo actually
good? A few of my coworkers in
Chicago seem to think he is a beast and not in a funny way.
As always, the no-forward Miles was terrible. Dion Waiters also had a bad shooting
night, but I like the amount of shots he took because it made Alonzo Gee take
less shots (only 4). It also made
me appreciate Gee a little: he can
actually play defense. He stays in
front of his man for sure.
The biggest issue tonight was our all around defense. Anderson Varejao must hold our guys
accountable or his effort is infectious when he is on the floor. No one even made an effort to look like
they were playing defense; Kyrie and Waiters would lose their guys on defense
and then just look at them while they took an open shot. They wouldn’t even try to run at them
for the attempt at contesting.
Both of them also made the men on the Warriors setting picks
look ten feet wide. Kyrie and Waiters
are both athletic, so they should run over the pick rather then just stopping
and watching the open shot get launched.
Thompson also struggled on defense not knowing when to rotate and help
on the guards driving or when to just stand with his hands up and not go for a
block. I think Varejao helps
Thompson out a ton by taking the skilled player in the paint and directing him
a little bit on where to rotate when necessary.
Wanna here a joke?
How do you drive on Dion Waiters and Kyrie Irving? Just move to the left or right of
them.
The Fuck Truck driver of the night is Jon Leuer. He gets it
tonight because he showed effort.
He tried to stay with his man and didn’t play that bad of defense. He was usually in front of who he
covered and boxed out on defense. It
also seemed like he hustled for the loose balls. Jon Leuer needs to do what he do because he ripped on NBA
2k11 with the Bucks. He makes open
shots on the video game, and since the Cavs are a lot better on the game than
real life, Jon Leuer should just shoot more and pretend he’s a virtual version
of himself.
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