Same as last year, it is LBJ + 4 semi-warm bodies against Boston

LBJ was without a doubt the best player on the field, the next 5 best players all were from Boston

It is the well known LBJ or bust approach, which did not work in the last few playoffs.

Until we can surrond LBJ with another semi-good player, a Pippen to the Jordan, a Lewis/Turk/Nelson to the Howard, a Gasol to the Kobe. We will be following the same script.

There are lots of mediocre players in this team, 40 yo Shaq, Williams, Z, West, Parker etc, it won’t be enough for a title

Now what do we need to get Jackson

Trading for jackson sure looks pretty good about now. this team will win 60 games as it is but i don’t see us winning 16 games in the playoffs. i’d make the z for jackson trade today if i could. we need someone else who can make things happen, lebron cant beat the elite teams by himself, no one person can. if z is traded we lose a guy who simply isnt producing much anymore and we get an all star talent…that plays in a position we have a hole at. varejao can play some of his minutes at the 5, and we’ll gain a whole lot more than we’d lose. z for jackson brings back memories of kwame for gasol.

if we had jackson rather than Z i am pretty sure we’d have won this game and i’m also pretty sure we’d stop being just one of the top 5 teams and we’d be the favorites. if we can make z for jackson happen we need to asap. yes we’d trade away a good guy that has been here for a long time for a moody annoying dude…who brings a lot more to the court. we can’t think with our heart, we have to think with our head.

People are against getting jackson not because they think he can’t play but because he’s done and said some stuping things, especially recently. I think all that was simply a symptom of his surroundings, i don’t think he’d act like that if he was on a team he wants to be with.

P.S.and if they’d take delonte too they can have him. He and all of his issues won’t be necessary if we have jackson at SG.

This sure looks like a team with a ring next year:

Mo
Jackson
Lebron
Varejao
Shaq

where was Mo Williams tonight?? For all the talk about him being Lebron’s version of Scottie Pippen he was very silent tonight. Rondo had him locked down the whole time he was guarding him and he can’t guard a chair on D.

And as far as Shaq goes, he looked good early, ON OFFENSE. The longer the game went on Shaq’s lack of conditioning showed up on both ends of the court. And Kendrick Perkins won’t get any love from the so called experts but he did a phenomenal job on Shaq tonight IMO. Perkins ability to keep Shaq from getting a lot of easier shots was a big part of Boston’s ability to keep their perimeter defenders home and not have to leave a 3PT shooter open.

Finally, I know he had the highlight reel blocks but if the Cavs want to keep Lebron on Pierce when the game is on the line that’s a match up I will GLADLY take as a Celtics fan. Lebron’s defense is based on what amount of contact the refs will let him get away with.

Good game Cavs fans. Til next time.

Mike Brown should be fired from the Cavs, he couldnt make simple decisions. As early as the first quater they could have put the game away. Coach Mike took away the rhythm of Shaq, Lebron and company. They have so many defensive lapses, with the same mistakes they made last year. The Cavs need the magnet motion offense system of basketball, to give Shaq more room to be part of the leadership on the floor.
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But one young warrior cannot stop 3 veterans…

How is it the Celtics can have all these high priced stars on their team and still be under the cap? How is it the Cavs can supposedly improve their perimeter defense and have it not show up in the very first game? How is it that the Cavs can get all these new aquisitions in the off season and we see the same old give LeBron the ball and the rest of us will stand around routine? How is it that the Cavs are not ready to play basketball on the first night of the season, aren’t they getting paid to be ready? How is it that the Celtics were ready to play, I think theyre getting paid to do so. How is it that Mo Williams, the 9 million dollar man, was a non factor last night? How is it that I really care at this point because theres still alot of basketball to be played this year?

please bring us Jackson,

and we need Daniels if Delonte can ge it together