Sunday, February 28, 2010

Cavs and Olympics


The Cavs could easily go 4-0 this week. Here's the lineup this week: home vs. Knicks on Monday, at the Nets on Wednesday, home vs. Pistons on Friday and at Milwaukee on Saturday. Those are four winnable games for a Wednesday that sits at 46-14, best record in the NBA. Assume all of those games will be without Shaq, as his hand injury isn't looking too good (as reported by Brian Windhorst of The PD). The only team of those four that concerns me is Milwaukee, as they are playing good ball right now. Yes, the Nets did beat the Celtics on Saturday, but that was a fluke (although truth be told, I am glad I am not a Celtics fan right now).
I still think LeBron is having possibly his best season. His per-game averages: 30 points, 8.5 assists (career high), 7.1 rebounds, 50.3 field goal percentage (career high), 35.0 3-point percentage (career high), 1.6 steals and 1 block. Numbers don't lie. I am curious to see what direction his stats go in now that the Cavs will be playing "small ball" for a while, without Shaq and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Speaking of Z....
Z will be back with the Cavs, no doubt. Z was traded the Wizards, who proceeded to buy him out of his contract, making him a free agent. Per NBA rules, Z can resign with the Cavs 30 days after this buyout, which in this case is March 22. He will be back. He's not going to the Hawks, or the Celtics, or the Jazz, or anyone else. I was not upset as some (my brother) were about Z being dealt, partly because I knew he'd be back, but also because I love Antawn Jamison (who put up a nice 20-point, 10-rebound performance against the Raptors the other night). In any case, the Big Baldie will be back before you know it. I look forward to it.
And finally, the Olympics. The Vancouver Games end today, and that is just fine with me. I haven't gotten into the Olympics as much as I probably should...I just have a hard time caring about sports that only matter once every six years. And yes, that includes hockey, which never matters. I did enjoy watching the skeleton event, the luge and the snowboardcross. But I can live without everything else. I realize the Olympics are a significant world event and of course, I enjoy seeing the United States win medals. Just not enough to watch on TV.

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