RealGM: Cavs best in the East.

[zmac]

http://cavaliers.realgm.com/articles/80 ... _the_east/

I totally agree!!

[Jugs]

Best travelling team maybes.

if you guys dont get it, lebron travelled =P

[kinokong]

lol let them win a conference title and then we'll start talking....

[funk99]

Best travelling team maybes.

if you guys dont get it, lebron travelled =P

Haha. Yea cavaliers are the best in east. in their dreams. cuz that site is pretty shit

[Matt]

Mourning was a defensive force, it could be argued that he should have packed it in as well, given his medical maladies.

He's still better then any C the Cavs have.

Shaq - even though he made 1st team all-NBA last year, he's not what he once was, and is declining rapidly

and yet he still draws automatic double teams

Haslem, who is a nice player who is unfortunately probably already as good as he is going to get

maybe maybe not, but still better than anything Cavs have.

While only losing Murray, the Cavs have added David Wesley (similar player to Murray, only disadvantage being age), Scot Pollard, and rookie draftees Shannon Brown and Daniel Gibson.

nothing to brag about

---bubble teams - probably playoff bound unless things go wrong

DETROIT PISTONS
INDIANA PACERS

Probably playoff bound? this is a joke.

---definitely in, barring a catastrohpic event

CHICAGO BULLS

The Bulls are the trendy pick to reach lofty heights this year, even picked to surpass the Cavaliers by some experts. Such nonsense...
........Defense hasn't exactly been the Bulls problem

MIAMI HEAT
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

The Cavaliers are one of the few teams that match up with the Heat, as they can somewhat offset Shaq with the presence of Zydrunas Ilgauskas

1st off, Bulls did have problems with their rebounding, and adding Brown & Wallace helps.

Miami Heat i agree are a deffinate lock, but Cavs, please, had they not acquired Flip Murray last season they would have been in the lottery.

The bit about matching up with Miami is a joke too. The Heat are better at every position except the 3.

Whoever wrote this article is a pessimist when it comes to evaluating teams, except the Cavs where he's totally optimistic. He forgot to mention Clevelands inability to rebound in the clutch, or anyone other than LeBron to score reliably. Yet he hypes Luke Jackson....awesome!

[Cloudy]

Good point Matt, you saved my time by not needing to click on that link.

[Indy]

At this point I have the East ranked like this:

Miami
Detroit
Cleveland
Indiana
Chicago
New Jersey
Washington
Milwaukee
Orlando

[Jackie Kong]

http://cavaliers.realgm.com/articles/80/20060929/time_for_a_coronation_-_cavaliers_are_the_best_team_in_the_east/

I totally agree!!

I agree. I think the cavs are the best in the east.
Compared to last year, in the upcoming season they will have better chemistry and defense, a more experienced coach, more balanced bench and with some luck, a recovered Hughes.

Moreover, Miami is a team full of oldies that already achieved their mission of winning a championship, Detroit lost big ben and the bulls are still not good enough to make some serious campaign.

New Jersey looks like a fine squad however i don't think they can do much with just Krstic in frontcourt.

[cklitsie]

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Name: Keith Berzanske
Age: 10
Favorite Team(s): Cleveland Cavaliers
Least favorite team(s): Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls

[Dan's Brain]

lol. how did u come up with that name?

[maes]

I'm skeptical that Eric Snow & Larry can lead a team to the NBA Finals. LeBron is unstoppable, but outside of his 30 there's still the other 60-80 points that needs to be accounted for, and that starts w/ the guardplay. You simply don't see NBA championship teams with weak guards.

I think people are guilty of selective memory when it comes to the Cavs playoff performance. A lot of is made of them "almost" beating Detroit. But they also "almost" lost to the Wizards. The series was tied 2 - 2, and then the Cavs won the next 2 games by a grand total margin of 2 points. 4 Free Throws, and the Wizards win that series 4 - 2 instead of the Cavs.

EDIT:
Larry Hughes can't even make a fist with his shooting hand. GL Cavs.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi ... ting_hand/

[cklitsie]

lol. how did u come up with that name?

"Time for a coronation - Cavaliers are the best team in the East
Authored by Keith Berzanske - 29th September, 2006 - 6:34 pm"

[Indy]

If the Cavs go to the finals I'll eat my foot. It's simply not going to happen.

[Gedas]

Defenetely NOT, I can tell you that. They have some hope to conference finals though, but beating Heat with all of their main players staying is not possible. Another thing is the Pacers, who will I'm sure do their best next season and might come out even on the top of the East, or at least second of third. They have the roster to do it, they just need the chemistry.

[sdot_thadon]

Its not set in stone yet, but its a strong possibility for the CAVs to reach the finals, Face it the east is almost wide open. The champs should be the favorites, but they are an aging champ. Detroit is a wild card as is Indy, expect Lebron to give a repeat performance from last year, and D-wade too. Hell had Cleveland took Detroit out in game 6 when they had the chance, I'm not so sure Miami would have beaten them in the east finals.

[KIG1]

I agree, LeBron has matured as a player and has a pretty good suporting cast.

[nets4life]

thats complete bull shit, theyr good but not the best. How can this guy write off the defending NBA champions when the Cavs have made no significant changes

[Jugs]

Hm, the same can be said for all the Houston Rockets/T-mac fags who think they'll do well this season.

[j.23]

detroit being playoff bound simply because big ben departed? that article just lost all credibility -- but then again, we are talking about realGM..

[Matt]

This guy just went out and crowned Cavs as East champs despite them not improving much, Miami staying the same and he hasn't even seen Indiana or Detroit, 2 teams that can realistically take the East, play yet.

[Laxation]

thats complete bull shit, theyr good but not the best. How can this guy write off the defending NBA champions when the Cavs have made no significant changes

because Miami is getting pretty dam old...

Hm, the same can be said for all the Houston Rockets/T-mac fags who think they'll do well this season.

if they can stay healthy, they will do well


There is no way anyone can pick the best in the east yet, like everyone says, its just way too open to chose a single best. You cant even pick whose gonna win central...

[sdot_thadon]

Jugs wrote:
Hm, the same can be said for all the Houston Rockets/T-mac fags who think they'll do well this season.

Easy on them Rockets, i saw a squad that had potential last year, but only played together maybe 20 out of 82 games due to various injuries. This year they improve on last years squad majorly in my opinion. So give them a chance, and remember ain't many dudes in the league that can put up 13 points in 35 seconds against the Spurs.