He is a horrible and might be one of the worst role model players in this league in terms of being a team playerr....and he's the guy who did something STUPID to get a triple double...but read this:
The past five games, though, illustrate the Ricky Effect pretty clearly.
On Nov. 12, Cleveland followed Davis' sluggish lead to suffer a bad loss in Miami, which was the Heat's first win of the season.
Two nights later, in Boston, Davis shot 4-for-16 and proved so uninterested in ball movement that Silas had to bench him for the final four minutes of a relatively close game that the Cavaliers would end up losing by nine.
Just 24 hours later, Davis transformed himself into a selfless stopper, taking only six shots and hounding Allen Iverson all over the floor in Cleveland's 91-88 victory.
Davis then scorched the Clippers for 27 points in a comfortable home win Tuesday night before morphing back into the me-first Ricky the next night in Washington. After making his first five shots against the Wiz, Davis missed seven of his next eight attempts until Silas pulled him with three minutes left in the third quarter. Davis did not return.
So, in summary:
Besides his unquestioned standing as the Cavs' best outside shooter, Davis is a gifted passer and an effective perimeter defender when he wants to be. He can get up on people and run the break like James does. Yet when Davis does none of that, Silas looks increasingly tempted to yank him off the floor and play Kevin Ollie or Ira Newble, who will play with more discipline.
Problem is, the Cavs don't have enough talent -- and nowhere near sufficient outside shooting -- for Davis to be sitting. Ilgauskas also started the season in a shoot-every-touch mode but has gradually moved away from that, after a couple benchings of his own. Yet progress with Davis, sadly, never seems to last.
That's why, according to more than one rival general manager, Cleveland is prepared to trade Davis, fearing that he simply won't be a team guy for them no matter what Silas tries. You suspect that the Cavs would jump at the chance now to revive those old Ricky-for-Wally Szczerbiak scenarios with Friday night's visitors from Minnesota. Szczerbiak is injured and won't play, but he was a collegian in Ohio and shoots the ball worlds better than anyone on Cleveland's present roster.
And yes...Paul Silias is thinking of cutting him if he doesn't play better as a team player...(*cough* it's only a rumour/analysis i found on espn.com)
