Comments on: Morning Linkage – Oct. 29/09

By: Hardcore Raps

Hardcore Raps — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:24:29 +0000

-dwight isn’t a post up center-

What. Dwight is THE post up center. All he does is post up turn and dunk on people. He may only have one or two moves… but thats all he needs. He is a replica of Shaq at a younger age.

But Arse is right… there are very few true post players in the league. This has turned into a guards league.

By: Lucamacus

Lucamacus — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:55:43 +0000

The Cavs definitly took a step back this year with the signings in the offseason. That being said, I still think they will finish 3rd or better in the East just because of LBJ. At times, he looks possessed, taking over games and ruining teams. All they need is decent support from the new bums they signed, Shaq included, and they should notch 50+ wins.

By: Raptoronto

Raptoronto — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:42:03 +0000

Gotta say BC is masterful at closing contracts timing wise…if he inks this deal two days ago fans would be in an uproar…he did the same with Bargs (signed him when everyone was focused on Turk).

By: JP

JP — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:59:36 +0000

perfect way to describe moon…. golden
i was shocked he was given another nba contract, i thought he was done or at best scrub on a scrub team (like he was for us last year). guess hell be a scrub on a halfway good team

By: JP

JP — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:56:23 +0000

what are YOU talking about? dwight isn’t a post up center…. he has no post up moves…..

and how is shaq a bunch of years ago relevant to a discussion about todays cavs?

By: @ARSENAList

@ARSENAList — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:46:16 +0000

Mike Brown doesn’t strike me as a guy who can help Moon. He needs a disciplinarian head coach who will make him ride the pine and give him an earful every practice in front of his teammates to get the message through. Moon couldn’t be motivated to play smart in his contract year so what hope is there now?

To his credit, the guy is a gifted athlete designed to play defense. If he could just follow good direction from a hard-nosed coach, he’d make something out of his career. Although, Lebron could be that guy, don’t know yet.

I remember doing a podcast with celticsblog.com last year and he was salivating over what Moon might bring to them. As somebody already pointed out, I think the best people to ask about a player’s potential/tendencies are the fans who watch the full 82 games.

By: Darien

Darien — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:21:15 +0000

Unfortunately for Moon, when James bitches him out, James can back it up.

By: Darien

Darien — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:20:04 +0000

Maybe..

By: Malefax

Malefax — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:17:02 +0000

“If it was 35 games into the season, I’d be disappointed,” (LeBron) James said. “But it’s not at this point. …I get frustrated when guys make the same mistakes, but that hasn’t been happening here.”

– In that case I don’t think James relationship with Moon is likely to be very smooth 35 games in…

By: verbatim

verbatim — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:08:54 +0000

Ya, but then the Suns realized that if he plays every other game then he can still be somewhat effective.

Shaq will probably start every other game. Also I think that a team with LeBron cannot play that poorly throughout a whole season, especially when we know there can be great chemistry with LBJ and Mo Williams who hasn’t started to play well yet.

Don’t sleep on LBJ and the Cavs yet.

By: J

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:49:50 +0000

Poor Cavs fans, lol.

By: J

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:48:11 +0000

His presence in the post has already made a difference. Did you not see how he seemed to clog up the paint that used to be LBJ’s territory?

I forget which quarter this was, but LBJ gave Shaq an angry look at one point, as if to signify how Shaq wasn’t helping at all.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:38:31 +0000

People are too quick to forget the evil that Shaq created way back when…

http://www.shaqfu.com/ourmission.php

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:15:10 +0000

Too soon?

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:14:42 +0000

I was saying the Shaq pick-up was a bad move well before the 0-2 start. He either takes teams to championships or runs them into the ground. I’m hoping it’s the latter.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:11:51 +0000

That Varajao contract is the worst. No way that guy is worth that much money. Now they are playing Z and Shaq together because it’s the only way to unclog the paint. Too bad they’ll just get burned in transition and on the pick and roll instead. Sounds like a lose-lose-lose situation to me.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:07:23 +0000

Only if the shit hits the fan would I consider it

By: RAPMAN

RAPMAN — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:27:09 +0000

What are you talking about…

first of all Dwight Howard owns the NBA right now… no one has an answer for him,If he could just get his FT% up a bit, i would take over anyone in the nba.

Secondly, Shaq in his prime could take on anyone in the nba right now, that guy was priceless. Right now he is old and imobile, and he gets tired very fast, but still his presence in the post will make a difference.

Thirdly, how can call the deal the cavs made a bad deal, they literally gave up nothing to get shaq. Even if shaq doesn’t play a game, the money that he will bring from the fans and advertisement to the organization will be worth it…

It is funny, how a lot people would think so differently, if the cavs started the season 2-0. Guys RELAX they have only played 2 games…

By: Darien

Darien — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:28:57 +0000

That is absolutely hilarious. They should change his nickname from Apollo 33 to the Space Shuttle Challenger.

By: Carbon

Carbon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:49:35 +0000

“Two slow piles of expiring dog shit on the court.”

LOL I almost spat out my coffee all over the monitor. Hilarious, but only because we won last night. Otherwise, Shaq is a hall of famer and an NBA icon. I’m not a fan of Z, but he was at least a former All-Star.

Not hating, just trying to keep things in perspective.