L Cleveland 89 Milwaukee 91 - Pre Season

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add in Lebron's automatic 25 pts and we win by 23. i'm not worried. we have a better team with better players.

but we need to do better playing against scrub teams like milwauke. they have no all stars and we have three, counting hughes, who would have been an all star if he did not have jameson and arenas on his team in DC.

jones needs to start playing like he did in miami. he is a great 3 point shooter. we just don't have our point guards working yet. wilk is about the best we have there so far.

we have found our second center --- zenden hamilton. all of our centers names begin with Z.

I thought brown was more of a defensive coach. it did not look like the cavs were trying to stay in front of the bucks guards.

 

[Karma]

The fact TJ Ford ran riot early is one of the primary reasons I want Snow starting. We need to be strong defensively from the get go. Make the opposition adjust to us. Damon will find his shot, but until that happens he should sit behind Snow.

Mike Wilks is a no brainer now over Keleena. Wilks has produced each outing, and gives us a more athletic look at the perimeter.

 

[LyXo]

I guess I'm warming up to the idea of Wilks now that Rivera is fading away so much. He can be our defensive Earl Boykins off the bench should we need a change of pace. He's been solid and won't cause any problems on our team.

Luke disappearing is no good. From TJ's assessment, I suppose Luke isn't too good against hard nosed defenders. The bright side, however, is that he isn't a starter yet and will go against weaker 2nd units rather than starters until he's ready. I'm still confounded though, didn't he burn Igoudala in college? He was shut down against Philly also.

Hughes, Hughes, why the injury. I guess its better now than later.

Ilguaskas showing up the rookie. I like it. Big Z showing why he's an All-star.

I hope.... oh god.. Black Z? (Zendon Hamilton) is physical. He can score and rebound, but can he defend? He's only 250, but I guess the extra 2 inches over Jahidi and Obinna helps. He might be a good mentor to AV.

And Karma, I agree with Snow starting for initial defense, very good point. Crush their confidence first on that end of the floor and it'll set the tone for the half. Crush it again after halftime and they're done for.