Posts Tagged ‘Cleveland Cavaliers’
Glorious Jacksonville
Two days and 800 miles have landed me in Jacksonville Fl. Highlights of the trip thus far have been -
1. Buying gas 5 times.
2. Not being able to find any good CD’s at a Best Buy in Fredericksburg, Va. (but the did have 500 copies of Guns n Roses – Chinese Democracy out an on display)
3. Getting a ticket in Richmond and not seeing another cop the rest of trip.
4. Leaving the Shoney’s buffet unaffected.
5. Watching the Cleveland Cavaliers choke a series away and maybe lose LeBron James because of it. He did have a triple-double and everyone around him seemed to tighten up and miss shots before they took them, but if LeBron doesn’t win something soon everyone is going to start calling him Patrick Ewing and Karl Malone. I don’t think that is fair yet, but Jordan would’ve never lost to an old team that’s been done for two years.
6. The lovely view of Panda Express from the hotel window.
(Number seven will be missing the Flyers tonight when I can’t find anywhere to watch it.)
Tonight, the search is on for something I don’t regret eating and for someone that has ever seen a hockey game before.
UPDATE: 7:39 PM
Well, that was pointless…
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/boxscore;_ylt=ApP02RCddDYgvEprRi6tUIvezYd4?gid=2010051401
UPDATE 2: 10:04 PM
I can’t believe I’m stuck in Jacksonville. I had to listen the first two periods on my iPhone until I got to a crab shack to watch the third. I feel so disconnected. No sound on the tv and I’m the only one within a 600 mile radius that cares.
Still it’s the biggest win I’ve ever seen. It’s amazing that a team this bad could do it. They better not waste it and blow a series to Montreal. They don’t have to win the finals now, but they do have to get there.
Knicks Get Larry Hughes at the Deadline
It looks like Andre Miller is still a Sixer. Leaving last night’s game early couldn’t have helped improve his value. The Knicks on the other hand worked out two trades, getting Larry Hughes from the Bulls and Chris Wilcox from Oklahoma City. Have you noticed that they’re not even hiding the fact that their only goal as a franchise is clearing cap space for after next season to sign Lebron James. Half the league started doing this a year and a half ago. The Knicks at least are up front about. I wonder if this is what the league intended (multiple teams tanking for three+ years to sign a superstar) when they instituted their impossible to calculate cap. Now imagine if the Knicks don’t sign a superstar after next season. I know they probably will, but lets say something happens and it doesn’t work out. You’ve wasted the decade chasing a chance that got away.
Sacramento completed an inconsequential deal, this time involving Minnesota. What was interesting is that they almost traded Andres Nocioni, whom they acquired yesterday, to Boston. But the length and finances of his contract killed negotiations in the end. I’m still upset at the Kings for taking Sam Cassell from Boston. Who’s going to come off the bench, take bad shots and turn the ball over in the playoffs?
Interestingly, there was some Shaq to Cleveland discussions, but nothing materialized.
There will continue to be a few more deals that leak out involving 9th and 10th men on non-contenders. But I’m done worrying about that for now.
