Devil's advocate: Which scenario would you hate less?
by Lex L. on Nov 25, 2009 1:22 PM CST
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Fact(-ish): The Cavs are undersized in the guard positions; (-ish) they sorely miss the presence of Delonte West of yesterseason.
Debate: If in Danny Ferry's mind's eye saw that the solution to this conundrum was to attain the services of a new guard, which would have the slightest possibility of acceptance from the fans and an actual chance at success on the court: Allen Iverson or Tracy McGrady?
Both are unwanted right now (at least that is what they are implying about TMac) and come off the books next year (not so sure about Tmac again, but for the sake of the argument let us say he is), still viable on the offensive end although shells of their former selves, somewhat a liability on defense (although poor 1-on-1 defense can be reinforced with great team defense as in Wally S. last year), and both mercurial to a point they make perfect replacements on a thermometer/barometer.
Looking forward to the input and flaming, people.
Cheers.
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Neither!
Both guys need the ball in their hands to be effective. Even if AI or McGrady accepted a lessor role playing on a team with LeBron, I don;t believe either could be very affective with limited touches.
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Nov 25, 2009 2:51 PM CST reply actions
Valid points, but come on man, don’t take the safe route. It’s one or the other, pretty please?
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
I am off the hook now...
AI reportedly has announced his retirement….
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by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Nov 25, 2009 4:50 PM CST up reply actions
Not sure how Iverson could be considered a solution to having a “undersized” backcourt. I mean he would have been better than signing Earl Boykins in that regard, but I wouldn’t take away minutes from Mo, Parker, etc. for him.
I posted this
just for fun. There were two free agent guards on the market, and I just decided to have fun with it. But with A.I. now retiring, this post is now irrelevant. If the mods wish to delete it, I’m cool with that, but we can always pretend he won’t act on his word to continue this discussion.
Canadian Cavalier (or bandwagon fan if you purists must insist)
tmac or iverson?
Mo is better than the both of them at this point in each of their respective career’s.
it means i would not want any of them.
"minds sharpens minds, like steel sharpens steel"
2 guard issues?
If i could choose a 2 guard that would fit in witrh this Cavs team perfectly?
it would be Raja Bell..the guy plays lock down defense and hits open 3’s
team player who does not come with any drama or excess baggage of any sort
class act on the floor and in the locker room….system guy that does exactly what is
needed/asked from him, plays hard night in and night out, great example of a veteran professional.
"minds sharpens minds, like steel sharpens steel"
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