Re: Suggestion: trade Hot Rod Williams to Cavs

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

    Thanks for that info, Kevin. I meant "affordable" as in low
trade-value (e.g. no need here to offer Pierce, Antoine and three first
rounders like Jermaine O'Neil is worth in some people's minds) but I
didn't realize the cap baggage they would bring, which is very
pertinent.

    As for Griffin, Cheaney and company just needing extra practice, I
believe that a great shooting eye is a lot like pro golf or billiards or
hitting a curveball. You can't just decide you want to be great at it
(no matter how much more athletic you are than those who do it
professionally). Practice will get you to a certain level but, in the
end, great shooting is just as much an innate talent as dunking.

    I think everyone in the world is capable of shooting near 70% on
freethrows if they took enough practice shots per day (so  pros have no
excuse not to). But shooting over 90% every year like Bird or Ainge
isn't just a matter of practice, no matter how much we justifiably
applaud their determination and work ethic.


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kevin lok wrote:

> --- Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org> wrote: >
> >     Also the "Calfs" have a wealth of perimeter
> > shooters, something
> > Boston lacks. Lamond Murray, Trajan Langdon and Wes
> > Person are probably
> > affordable journeymen who can have a tangible impact
> > on our team.
>
> no, I don't think they are "affordable". Lamond is on
> 7year/30mil (I think), Trajan on rookie scale which I
> don't see Cavs giving up (they are in rebuilding mode
> it seems) and Person is a cap killer (40 mil/6 year).
> I think we can solve our SG problem by having
> Griffin/Cheaney/Pierce shoot 500 shots per day from
> now on.
>
> Remember, we are owned by Gaston, not Allen.
>
>  The knee surgery to Brevin
> > Knight might mean
> > Cleveland would be willing to take on one of our
> > veterans to back up
> > Andre Miller.
>
> they have signed Bimbo Coles to the 4 year / 10mil
> contract recently. I think they knew b4 hand about
> Brevin surgery b4 inking Bimbo.
>
> >     p.s. For the life of me, I don't know why the
> > Cavs would trade Ringo
> > for the 6-7 overachiever Matt Harpring.
>
> Cavs' cancers excised by determined Wittman
> BROWN'S TOWN
> Wednesday, August 16, 2000
> ROGER BROWN
> PLAIN DEALER COLUNMNIST
> <snip>
> Sources suggest Wittman's voice has been quite loud,
> behind the scenes, in the recent trades involving
> ex-Cavs Bob Sura and Andrew DeClercq - and in possible
> ones involving current players Shawn Kemp and Brevin
> Knight. They say that, to varying degrees, all four
> players were cancers on last season's team - and
> obstacles to Wittman’s leadership that he clearly has
> no intention of working around this year.
> Sura and Knight moaned constantly about their roles,
> while DeClercq was a head case who irritated teammates
> with his constant moodiness off the court - and
> frequent brain cramps on it.
> <snip>
>
> I would be moody too, if you played your heart out
> everynight and see your highest paid teammate just
> going thru the motions (Shawn Kemp)
>
> cheers
> kevin (joe, what is your other email address?)
>
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