One of the most exciting things for the 15 people who can call themselves official members of the Cleveland Cavaliers is the opening of the team’s new training facility, which happened lasterday afternoon.
(Tons of pics of the place here.)
Located across the street from the curiously named “LePeep” cafe, and also full of wonderful opening day jokes, the thing is a monstrous monument to keeping LeBron James happy.
Everything is beyond state-of-the-art, and that means things like vast underwater training facilities and techniques are in use.
“We can raise the treadmill, they can walk onto it and we’ll lower it into the water, safely, because if you have a sprained ankle, you really don’t want to jump into and out of a pool,†beamed Benton. “Water is a great environment to address many multiple issues. Water gives an individual support and just that basic touch and sensation – water is warm and friendly. If we can instruct our players properly, and guide them through that, then we can use water to our best advantage – to condition, to “prehab†and to rehab those players.â€Â
Surely Larry Hughes will spend at least 34 games in the warm and friendly confines of the underwater treadmill, and that means lots of exchanges like the following.
Larry Hughes: I don’t want to get in the water.
Trainer: Go ahead. It’s warm and friendly in there.
Larry Hughes: Oh, I didn’t realize that. I’ll get in now.
Trainer: That hangnail will be healed before you know it!
If that doesn’t tell you the Cavs are going to go all “Cleveland Indians on the Detroit Tigers” on the Pistons all year long, we don’t know what will.
Other teams making improvements are the Charlotte Bobcats, who after 2 (3?) long years in the NBA, are redesigning their court and uniforms. They’re changing their colors from “orange and blue” to “blue and orange”, and yes, that’s really what it says.
If you’re not seeing where we’re going with that, those are the same two colors.
In closing, we say this: if there’s one place in the world we would choose to live when it’s all over, it’d be in the warm and friendly waters of the Cleveland Cavaliers new training facility. The End.
NOTE: This is the official sister post to the “brave and kind” series.
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does that mean Paul Byrd is going to be running the point for CLE this season???
I’ve never understood the fascination with Clevelanders hating on Detroit. It’s not like Cleveland has actually won anything… A buddy of mine called me from the Jake yesterday afternoon and told me the following:
1. Be glad you’re not here because you’d be in jail after punching an obnoxious CLE fan.
2. The injuries the Tigers had this year are the only reason why they aren’t going win the Central.
Well, #2 is just what I said and it’s the truth. My buddy had a beer spilled on him while walking by the railing in the left field seats because he was wearing a Tigers’ shirt. Stay classy CLE!
I never understood the fascination with Detroiters hating on Cleveland. It’s not like Detroit has put out a good car in years.
Another reason why they aren’t going to win the Central….they don’t have as many wins as the Indians. That’s a big one. Also….because they don’t have enough pitching….or hitting…those are big too. Also….because they can’t beat the Indians….that one is important, but not as much as the others.
Also…the Bobcats new logo scares me. Grrr….
I see the ‘no excuses’ Boney is back.
I spent some time at Comerica during and Indians game. I met obnoxious Detroiters. You think it only happens one way? Please.
I’m sure your buddy’s bitterness had nothing to do with his comments.
So I work near the new practice facility, LaPeep rocks – they serve alchohol starting at like 9 am.
Our company has a suite at the Q, and the boss tried to get us in for the grand opening tour… didn’t pan out for some reason. Maybe some day I’ll get some camo gear and go investigate. It seems pretty wide open at least at the driveway to the place. Independence is mostly a working town – offices, landscaping, and shipping companies. What are the chances I run into Damon Jones at the taco hut?
Is this the same Detroit that had the Malice in the Palace or was that a different Detroit? Wait, maybe that was the one that burns down the city every Halloween?
All I remember is that when CLE won the Eastern Conference, there were zero arrests and lots of people hugging each other.
hugging sounds warm and friendly.
Hugging is brave and kind.
*sigh*
i’m never gonna fit with the cool kids.
Boney is neither warm nor friendly nor brave nor kind.
If I was Detroit (suspend reality here – I am a major city, buildings and all), I would hate Cleveland. Detroit has Motown and is the home of many great bands, and yet Cleveland has the rock hall of fame. Yet when I think of Cleveland music, all that comes to mind is Bone Thugs n Harmony.
Umm the new Bobkerwolves logo is kinda frightening. Does this mean they’ll be hiring Robert Parrish to run their franchise into the ground/ trade away their only marketable star in ten years as well?
I find it funny that on Monday when I attended the game Detroit fans were sure flapping their gums with a 5-2 lead, not to mention one of them left their hat on during the national anthem…..stay classy Detroit! Also, what is up with the mullet hats?
Um… I went to a Browns game at Municipal when I was a kid where I witnesses a Steelers fan get urinated on in the men’s room. Good things there’s no Browns-Lions rivalry, eh?
Classy were not. However, Detroit doesn’t exactly connote class either or Chicago, New York, Philly, D.C. (ever seen the “First Ladies” of Football? Classy for a bunch of strippers), Green Bay, etc.
I’ve heard that Toronto fans are warm and friendly…but they’re Canadian. Same story for Montreal, except for the McGill students and graduates, they’re pricks.
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