Man, the Cavaliers SUCK.
Eric Snow may be the most irrelevant starting point guard in the NBA. Damon Jones looks like nothing more than a three-happy gunner. Larry Hughes has apparently never met a jumper he didn’t like. And even with an improved roster, LeBron James tries to do way too much by himself. Worst of all, after watching Tony Parker shred the Cavs’ defense one trip down the floor after another, it’s clear Mike Brown hasn’t taught this team squat about playing D.
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Okay, so now I’m overreacting to a 102-76 loss tonight after overreacting to a 109-87 win Wednesday night. Tonight’s game (on national TV, ugh) proved that Cleveland still has a long way to go, but the good news for Cavs fans is the season just started.
So was I hyping the Cavaliers too much Thursday night by saying they’ll overtake Indiana for the third seed in the East? I may very well have been. But I knew that Thursday night, and just like the win over the Hornets didn’t dramatically sway my opinion (I believed they had a chance at the #3 seed before the season started), tonight’s loss (on the road…against the defending champs) also has little effect on my outlook for this team. I still say they’ll be the East’s third seed.
But they’ve got a lot of work ahead of them.
