Cavaliers Presser - Chris Grant and Byron Scott Talk About The Future
by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Jul 9, 2010 12:48 PM CDT
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Cavaliers GM Chris Grant and Head Coach Byron Scott met with the media this afternoon at Cleveland Clinic Courts to talk about the future of the Cavaliers. Below are some rough quotes.
Chris Grant -
- "Dan has earned the right to voice his opinion. He is one of the most passionate owners in sports."
- "We has a pretty good team here - we have All-Defensive players here and guys used to winning. They are proud."
- "Looking back at what we've done I wouldn't have done anything differently."
- "At this point, LeBron is no longer on this team, we are looking forward."
- "Before this, we were not going to initiate a sign and trade, if it is the best for the Cavs we'll look at it."
- "There is no timeline for us. The goal is to win. Period. We have some opportunities available to us, with cap space."
- "$12 million includes if Delonte West is waived. No Decision has been made yet"
- "We want to win, and are committed to winning and we are going to do whatever it takes."
Byron Scott -
- "I want an owner that has a passion to win. I love that about him. I'm still very, very excited about this team"
- "We still have a pretty good basketball team. We have guys that are used to winning. We still have a very good core"
- "I am going to put pressure on ceertain guy to perform at a high level each and every day."
- "I consider myself old-school, but last night was 'different' I never thought I'd see anything like that in my lifetime."
- "I am the perfect person for a job like this."
- "We're going to move forward to the team we have and are going to be successful, I guarantee it."
- Even without LeBron, this team has more talent that either team I took over in New Jersey or New Orleans. That's why I am so excited about these guys."
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Building the team around Antawn Jamison
assuming he’s healthy, isn’t the worst thing in the world.
I wonder what we can get with a sign-and-trade using Shaq.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 9, 2010 12:52 PM CDT reply actions
i think we could get something decent for him
I root for Cleveland and anyone playing the Miami Heat
we do have his bird rights, so we could sign and trade him at any price. also, delonte will be released. we need a center, a small forward, and an upgrade at shooting guard. i would like to go for small contracts, maybe we sign Shaun Livingston, Josh Howard, and work a S&T for a big man.
I root for Cleveland and anyone playing the Miami Heat
I would rather have Josh Childress at this point at F than Josh Howard.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Josh Childress
had untapped potential. He is a very intelligent player and while he might never be a superstar he is exactly what championship teams need.
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by E5 on Jul 9, 2010 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
i really liked Byron Scott in this press conference. he was calm, relaxed, confident, but he was very direct and had a fire in his eyes. honestly, his job got easier and he now has more leeway. he is going to be the leader and will have control of the team on the court.
I root for Cleveland and anyone playing the Miami Heat
Truthfully, the team needs to rebuild. Create salary cap flexibility and start working on acquiring draft picks.
Rebuild for what?
Another guy that gets together with his buddies and leaves? Build on the current foundation, which no longer includes Lebron.
Rebuilding is what bad teams do… over and over. Probably the main reason that only 8 teams have won a championship since 1980.
Keep forging ahead with the guys who are still here. Go Cavs!
Problem is
Cavs need a superstar to go along with the guys they have. You can’t get that in FA (obviously), so the draft is the only way to do it.
I’m not saying I want them to rebuild either but the roster is old and is still a big time scorer away from being a championship caliber team.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 9, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
The current roster will not make the playoffs. Teams rebuild over and over because of stupid management that thinks their team is better than they are signing marginal players to big deals that tie up salary cap flexibility. It will take good drafting and smart signings to get this team to contending status. Right now it looks bleak. They need to begin immediately because it doesn’t happen overnight.
by Roger Dorn on Jul 9, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
This is the Eastern Conference
The Cavs have scorerers in Jamison and Williams. They can make the playoffs. They will get bounced in the first round, but playoffs are still a possibility.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 9, 2010 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions
That shouldn’t be the goal is my point. We have little hope of getting past the first round if we do manage to squeak into the playoffs. It’s rebuilding time.
Right. Maybe you sneak into the first round with this team, but you’ll never contend, and you’ll never be able to get that giant piece that lets you contend. You win the NBA with superstars, and the only way Cleveland is getting a superstar is through the draft.
Hell with that
sneak into that first round, and guess who might be the first seed…make Lebron beat what should be his team in the playoffs and watch him vilify himself even further.
If you were a man I would punch you, right in the mouth.
Right, but what is the difference between blowing it up now
or blowing it up next year, or year after? Unless you plan on losing 60 games, a Top 5 pick isn’t coming our way.
The added revenue from a playoff series, if all that it is, benefits this team much more.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 9, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the first round revenue has minimal impact. The reason you start now is that it is difficult to shed contracts, so the earlier you start creating cap flexibility the better.
The only contract that is going to matter is Andy
Unless you plan on tanking games to get high draft picks, Jamison and Mo would be expired by the time the team would be looking to get FAs in a rebuild.
by Hardcore Legend on Jul 9, 2010 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Blow it up for cap space now and you can get a top five pick next year. It might sound crass, but the season tickets are already bought and paid for. The Cavs do not have to worry about ticket sales this season, but the further they put off blowing this thing up, the more the ticket impact will be felt.
Grab a Harrison Barnes in the draft next year, sign some free agents, maybe sign and trade for Chris Paul, etc. It’s going to be a multistage process, for sure. There’s no magic eight ball this time.
Art Modell gives me a hard one
But why wait to blow it up? Do it now while we have assets to trade. I don’t want to be stuck in mediocrity for 3 or 4 years while we try to make the playoffs as a 7 or 8 seed.
by Buckeye Brad on Jul 10, 2010 7:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Please fire the Lebron’s assistant coaches who we kept around ASAP
C ya Jent
Im the poor man's corey maggette!!!
The biggest shame
was what the Cavs subjected a true warrior in Z to all that BS just to try to accommodate Lebron, and then the Cavs took on an unhealthy contract in Jamison just because he was suited to play along Lebron for years to come. But the biggest slap is that they are all disrespecting the game by trying to form a super team like they are. I hope they fall flat on their face.
If you were a man I would punch you, right in the mouth.
im over it
I don’t know how anyone else would feel about this but I had a thought of maybe T-Mac. A forgotten star that everyone said can’t get out of the 1st round teams up with a Cavaliers team abandoned by there star player to compete for a championship. I’m pretty sure T-Mac is driven, though he’s not as young and explosive as he used to be and has had injury issues. We still need that scorer on the team, that go to guy. He’s a SF and his price value isn’t that high anymore. Is he available and worth going after?
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