Before last night’s Cavs-Bulls Central Division showdown on TNT, Charles Barkley stated emphatically that the Cavaliers needed to prove they can play with the elite teams like Chicago.
(Disregard for a second that CHI was 41-41 last year and might have things to prove, too.)
Umm…before last night, Cleveland had beaten Washington and San Antonio (on the road), and lost to Atlanta and Charlotte.
Clearly LeBron, et al need to prove nothing against elite teams – no problems there. It’s the sucky teams they have problems with.
To emphasize that point, they rolled over alleged contender Chicago last night, moving the ball a bit on offense and handling the whole operation with relative ease.
Not much of note was said after the game, so allow us to direct your attention to our appearance in Chad Ford’s ESPN chat yesterday.
Brian (Los Angeles): Do you think David Stern will call him “that Chinese guy” on draft night?
Chad Ford: Probably night. But by draft night, most draft fans will know about Yi Jianlian. Some scouts think he’s the best young international draft prospect to hit the draft since Yao himself. That’s high praise … but the kid does have potential. He’s 7 foot, very athletic and can play multiple positions on the floor.
Our 20 entries as “Orange Roundie” demanding eternal allegiance were ignored, yet that gets the call. Oh, well. (We did that while working, btw. We’re either a multi-tasker or a bad worker – likely some of both.)
As for Chicago, this was our first look at them this year. Not to go all Bill Simmons on you, but we talked to our dad three times during the game, and each time he asked what CHI was paying Ben Wallace for.
We’ve said it before – bad signing for this particular team at that money, and we contend that Scott Skiles could get some CBA guy to rebound and play post defense effectively enough. They should’ve saved up for Rashard Lewis next summer.
Back to CLE – all is right with the world. The losing streak is over, at least until we play a weak team again. Next up we’ve got Boston, New York, and Portland. Awesome – three-game skid on the way.
NOTE: This LeBron/quitter nonsense isn’t even addressing.
NOTE 2: Check it! Spider-Man 3 trailer. Ungh! We love girls and money.
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I saw the Barkley comments as well. At halftime the Chuckster had the revelation that Chicago will struggle mightily when the jumpers aren’t falling and they may have prove they can win consistently.
I also think at the opening that Kerr and Albert handled the ‘LeBron walkoff’ story better than any media people I’ve seen.
Ben Wallace is on the Bulls? Seriously, the guy’s an offensive liability and a step slower defensively… talk about overpaying.
man did anyone see lebron quit last night on his team… that was crazy…
MAVS!!!!!!!!!!!!11
I love how LeBron said it wasn’t rock ‘n jock and he couldn’t score a 7 point basket.
Spider-Man 3, see if you can tell which parts were filmed in Cleveland. (I think the stuff with the blue truck. I saw a lot of people always milling around the blue truck but never any actual money-making magic. Is this the hold up with WSM? Too many loitering workers?)
We’re waiting on a contract negotiation with that blue truck.
Cav – What’s it like working with Michael Clarke Duncan?
Not nearly as strange as having Martin Sheen around every day.
Blue truck is shrewd and probably a little pissed. It got smashed up pretty good shooting SM3.
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