Trade: Cavaliers acquire Jamison

[selby56]

Your right, but just because the Lakers lost to the Cavs twice doesn't have anything to do with the playoffs, Lakers have the history, you can't say Cavs are better, the Cavs don't have the history.

It may have nothing to do with the playoffs, but it does show that the Cavaliers are capable of beating the Lakers, which would lead me to question if the Lakers really are the clear cut better team.

I'm not saying that the Cavs are better, all I'm saying is that there is no way someone can sit here and say that the Lakers are the obvious, clear cut, undisputed better team, because the Cavs have shown that they can beat them.

[JesRey]

It may have nothing to do with the playoffs, but it does show that the Cavaliers are capable of beating the Lakers, which would lead me to question if the Lakers really are the clear cut better team.

I'm not saying that the Cavs are better, all I'm saying is that there is no way someone can sit here and say that the Lakers are the obvious, clear cut, undisputed better team, because the Cavs have shown that they can beat them.

If the Lakers tried as hard as the Cavs... Maybe

[cp3fan18261]

It may have nothing to do with the playoffs, but it does show that the Cavaliers are capable of beating the Lakers, which would lead me to question if the Lakers really are the clear cut better team.

I'm not saying that the Cavs are better, all I'm saying is that there is no way someone can sit here and say that the Lakers are the obvious, clear cut, undisputed better team, because the Cavs have shown that they can beat them.

Thats correct, but no one can say the Cavs are better too.

[bdrr]

They would have been 10x better off with Amare. Jamison can't run the court, and isn't the best defender in the world. He's also not a spot-up shooter, or above-the-rim finisher, which are the two things you want with LeBron running the offense. Honestly, this move doesn't scare me at all.

[nadeau01_johnson48]

Thats correct, but no one can say the Cavs are better too.

No one did...you started it all saying the Lakers are still the better team.

[Theodor Madison]

You never Know, for all reasons are unknown. Lebron may leave, why has he not signed an extension. The Cavs might as well pick up players like Jaminson in case he leaves>??????

Win it now Lebron. You might not get another chance.

[nadeau01_johnson48]

They would have been 10x better off with Amare. Jamison can't run the court, and isn't the best defender in the world. He's also not a spot-up shooter, or above-the-rim finisher, which are the two things you want with LeBron running the offense. Honestly, this move doesn't scare me at all.

Funny, because Amare plays much worse defense than Antawn. And Antawn averages more rebounds than Amare, which typically implies that he hangs around the rim and finishes plays. Oh, and BTW, the Cavs already have spot up shooters. They needed a four guy that can shoot PERIOD. Something Hickson can't do.

[cp3fan18261]

No one did...you started it all saying the Lakers are still the better team.

I think they are in my opinion.

[selby56]

Right, but the playoffs statement was correct. Listen, if I were to pick a more complete team, I would say the Lakers, they have more depth, I think the Cavs might have some problems with their lineups, they got a lot of big men, so its going to be hard putting them into lineups.

Are you saying the Cavs have no depth? Do you realize the Cavs are on a 13 game winning streak, and 10 of those games were with Daniel Gibson starting at point guard? Daniel Gibson is our third option at PG, he is not our back-up, but our THIRD option. If that is not depth, I don't know what is. Off the bench we have Varejao, Delonte, Moon, and Jawad Williams has been really stepping up nicely for us, and now we even have Leon Powe back from his injury. Oh wait...and now we have Jamison, so Hickson will be coming off the bench for us. That is a deep team, I don't care what you say.

Last year, our bench was our ultimate downfall. This year, our bench is scoring around 30-35 points a game. This team is overall 10 times better than last years.

Again, not saying the Cavs are the better team, but they made it to the ECF last year with a weak bench and no real center, and this year they have a great bench and one of the best centers in the league.

[TechMan]

Cavs left without deal by Suns when they pulled Shaq off table last yr. So Cavs didn't want to risk waiting this year.

A good judge of this will be Sunday when we play Orlando again