My Thoughts On The 2007-08 Cleveland Cavs

It was a year of ups and downs. A year of injuries and trades. A year year of inconsistances. The 2007-08 Cleveland Cavs can be summed up with one word. HELP!!! Thats what LeBron James needs. Sure they brought in help at the trade deadline. Delonte West a point guard. Wally the shooter. Big Ben the enforcer (allegedly) and a veteran Joe Smith. At the time on paper the trade looked good butnow that the season is over lets revisit it shall we? Did the trade work? Yes and no. Yes because you now have your point guard of the future. Joe Smith is a vet whom you can keep around until he retires. Wally found his stroke when he moved into the starting lime up for the playoffs. Why do I say no? Big Ben is not the player he was in Detroit. He looks old and slow and at 33 years old he definitely wouldn't be in my future plans. It took Wally forever to find his jump shot and hes in his 30's as well. I knowyou are thinking Joe Smith is on the wrong side of 30 too but Joe is not a starter. Wally and Ben were starters. There are a few guys that i would love to see the Cavs go after. First Delonte, and Boobie are restricted free agents. Joe Smith is a free agent re sign those guys. Devin Brown and Dwayne Jones are also free agents we can go with out those guys. Besides those guys here are those guys. No Gilbert Arenas or Shawn Marion isn't coming here. They are pricey and they are in the prime of their careers so no Agent 0 or no Matrix. However i do have a list of free agents and potential draft picks that could help the Cavs out.


Bonzi Wells- A veteran swingman who has been through playoff wars with Portland, Sacremanto, Houston and New Orleans. He would help out Cleveland in a major way. He's a guy who can post up 2's and 3's and has a good mid range game.

Ron Artest- Ron Ron wont come cheap so I kind of doubt this one. As much as Cavs fans don't want him he makes sense to a team that I have compared to a breakfast food. He brings toughness and he could be LBJ's bodyguard. Plus Mike Brown Knows him he was the guy who dragged Ron away from the brawl at the Palace a few years ago.

James Posey- Cleveland native, long at 6'8 good defender and above average shooter. Need I say more?

DeSagana Diop- Sure he was garbage when he played here before but that seems like a long time ago. He's a 7 footer who can defend. He doesn't bring alot offensively but thats not why I want the Cavs to bring him in.

Rueben Patterson- Another Cleveland native superior defender and can post up smaller guards another guy who would come cheap.

Elton Brand- At 6'8 I would love to have E.B. he's coming off of a nasty injury some teams may shy away from him but if im Danny Ferry I'm chasing my fellow Duke Blue Devil. Inside post presence and has a decent mid range game.

Jay Williams- Another Duke alum who has been out of the leauge for a while but I've seen him play recently and he looks great. Thers your other point guard right there. Him and Delonte.

Draft Picks

Chris Douglas Roberts- If he falls all the way to the 19 then that would be a travesty. But it would make me a very happy man CDR could be LBJ's Scottie Pippen. At 6'7 can play the 2 or the 3 he's long and has a mid range game the dude can score from almost anywhere.

Brandan Rush- The Kansas swingman i think will be there and i think the Cavs should pick him there. 6'6 with incredible range. Ok defender. Possible 2 guard of the future.

Bill Walker- Definitely won't be around this long but hey can't a brother dream? 6'6 and explosive. Even after surgery. Him and LeBron an the court together would be Phi Slamma Jamma 2k8.

CSU Football Why Not?

In my short time on this earth I have always been a sports lover. I have played just about every sport possible. I even thought once in my life that i would play collegiate sports. There is one thing that has been bothering me for about 15 years or so. Why doesn't Cleveland State University have a football team? Cleveland Ohio is the best football town in the world. With the most loyal (althought not very wise) fan base. I think the people of Cleveland would get behind CSU football. There is alot of talent in the Cleveland + market. So why doesn't the second largest city in Ohio not have a Division 1A program? Why do the talented ball players in this city have to go 200+ miles to play ball at home? I want CSU football and I want it now!!

The one constant i keep hearing is is no facility. Uh hello Krenzler Field anyone? Its right on campus and they just renovated the place. How much more would it cost to add 7,000 seats? Or that could a temporary home until they build a small 10,000 seat stadium. Trust me with a footbal town like this that place would pay for itself in 3-5 years. It would also keep Cleveland kids at home. Picture this, CSU Vikings with Troy Smith at QB Beenie Wells in the back field flanked by Ginn and Gonzo. You mean to tell me that you wouldn't go see them? Please they would have to move games to Browns Stadium. Also imagine the rivary with Ohio State, Akron, Kent State and all the other "local" schools.

The only thing that worries me is the fan base. All these Buckeye lovers who have never come within spitting distance of the Horshoe or the campus. You know the people who say if you are born in Ohio then you are a Buckeye, but wnet to college at Youngstown St. or Toledo and would root for Ohio State instead of their alma mater. What a joke.It would be like the Cleveland State Ohio State game played at the Q last December full of scarlette and gray sweaters and Hang on Sloopy. I understand tradition but Christ! That only goes for peoplewho WENT to Ohio State. If Buckeye lovers showed that kind of passion to CSU football it would work.

In closing i just want to say CSU needs a football team, look at what it has done at South Florida. They started from scratch and look at them now they used to be laughing stocks, but they built them up and now people are talking about them. Thats how it would start off for Cleveland State, but give them a shot and you will see the results.

CAVS WIN BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally the series is over the Cleveland Cavs beat the trash talking goon squad from D.C. Alot of you don't know this but I use to rap a little bit back in the day. I was good too and since all these rappers are making songs. i wrote a few myself. this one i wrote friday night after the CAvs closed out the series. Called Cavs boys (think R.O.C. Boys by Jay Z) same beat i'll be hitting the studio to record this sometime this week. wanna hear it here it go!!!!!!!!!!!


and the winners are the cavs (my man) speech

first of all we wanna thank deshawn/ we wanna thank him for firing up lebron/
thanx to the throat slash the hand thing too/ guess what homeboy we can all see you/
washington ya season is thru/ first round 4 games to 2/
the cavilers beat the wizards yo/ on they home floor 3 years in a row/
thanx to caron, haywood and twan/ a.d and rodger mason/
u tried hard with all of ya goonery/ now gil can blog out ya eulogy/
wats ya excuse now? gil was injured/ but all year long yall was eastern contenders/
thanx 4 all the hating/ and sayin that 23 was over rated/

chorus:
the cavilers beat the wizard yo/ first round series 3 years in a row/
u aint even gotta bring the banners out/ we the eastern conference champs we in the house

verse 2
all of that tough talk it was nuthin/and the tactics was oh so rough/
but when u dealin with a dude as tough/ as lbj it jus aint enough/
in the paint it was big ben and z/ out side it was boobie 3/
cant forget delonte the pg/ or devin brown and my my man wally/
coach got the rotation strait/ u even slapped lebron in the face/
all the flagrant fouls/ push a man in the air? thats dirty and it aint yall style/
its over but it was exciting/ now yall can tell us how the fish are biting/

chorus fade out..............

tell me what u think.