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Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers play in the Gund Arena in
Cleveland, OH. Their 2001 - 2002 record was 29 - 53 (seventh in the Central).
Here is the Cleveland
Cavs roster.
Local Paper
Cleveland
Plain Dealer | Cavs
Ohio
Beacon Journal | Cavs
Team Pages:
CNNSI.com
| Cavs
ESPN.com
| Cavs
NBA.com | Cavs
The
Sporting News | Cavs
Sportsline.com
| Cavs
Interim Head Coach: Keith Smart.
Drafted:
Dajuan Wagner, SG (Memphis), selected at #6. Carlos Boozer, PF (Duke),
selected at #35. Matt Barnes, SF (UCLA), selected at #46.
New Players:
Darius Miles, F (trade from Los Angeles
Clippers). Milt Palacio, G (trade from Phoenix). Smush Parker, G. Michael
Stewart, F (trade from Toronto).
Season Goal: Win
the LeBron James Sweepstakes. Bust the local legend out of high school
and keep him in Ohio by trading away your best player (Andre Miller) and
losing badly!
Record vs. Nets: 0 - 2 .
Game 13: Nets
120, Cavaliers 79.
Game 32: Nets
102, Cavaliers 88.
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Projected Atlantic Division Standing:
Chris Carrino: 8
Champagne: 8
Frank DiGraci: 8
Ian Eagle: 8
Joe Netsfan: 8
Stankonia, OH
How many times, in how many ways, can you say the Cleveland Cavaliers are the worst team in the NBA? Frankly, they're one uninteresting team full of young and clueless talent with a history of bad trades, even worse drafts and an owner who may or may not be selling the team. He ain't saying. They traded their best player, Andre Miller, in the off-season for a package that included Darius Miles, who may be athletic but can't seem to fathom how to play a team sport. Their best player is either Ricky Davis, a guy who can score but can't guard a lamp-post and has a questionable-at-best attitude, or Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who made the All-Star team despite himself, simply because he's a center in the center-deprived Eastern Conference. They've lost 6 in a row, are two games in the lead for the LeBron James ping-pong ball extravaganza, and there appears to be little hope in Cleveland that the franchise will be anything more than the Clippers East. Can the Cavs somehow wake up out of their stupor for a brief moment and surprise the underachieving Nets with a home court win? Or will the Nets use the Cavs as a punching bag for their frustrations on this first game of a back-to-back before taking on the Knicks?
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- Joe
Cleveland Cavaliers Cheat Sheet
The Story from Cleveland: More on the potential sale of the Cavs, from Branson Wright (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Despite claims from owner Gordon Gund that the team is not for sale, there is a potential buyer for the Cavaliers franchise. Allen Schwalb, a longtime motion-picture financier, is getting into position to become the new majority owner of the Cavs. "We're getting all of our ducks in a row," Schwalb said from his Orlando office. "We've been looking (at the Cavs) for a while." According to Forbes Magazine, the Cavs are listed at being worth $222 million, and Schwalb is confident that his group, which includes former NBA legend Rick Barry, can make a successful bid for the team.
According to Burt Graeff (Cleveland Plain Dealer), veteran F Tyrone Hill is not happy that he was not traded at the deadline Thursday as the Cavs go with youth for the balance of the season. "I have had a good career. I don't want it to end this way," says Hill.
Pain Game: G Smush Parker (ankle) is on injured reserve.
Controversy: Gordon Gunds' "I don't know Allen Schwalb" denials regarding the sale of his team, Tyrone Hill's unhappiness, and speculation (unfounded) that the Cavs are intentionally losing games in order to be in the best position to pick up LeBron James cover the Cavaliers controversy platter at the moment.
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