in all of his years as the Cavs GM, Danny Ferry has not been able to land the Robin style sidekick to LBJ's Batman. who knows what could have happened if they actually made a serious push for someone with real star quality. i mean really...he pulled of a huge deal that swung 4 players into Cleveland...but none of them were the right player.
LBJ needs someone who can handle business when or if he's on the bench...whether in a shooting slump or in foul trouble...or just to plain old make them a serious threat. who else is there to seriously consider when drawing up a defensive strategy against Cleveland? Coach Mike Brown has never showed the confidence in Joe Smith to give him more shots...even tho he averaged near 60% FG for the series. once again...Cleveland had no one else to consistently challenge Boston's defense, and so they lost. Boston, even with the homecourt, could barely pull off the victory against a team that should not have even been in their class. If i'm LBJ, i have to look at that and consider the possibilities. Danny Ferry's big trade was nothing more than sheer desperate. Delonte West is not a bad player to keep around...those guys can learn each other...but guys like Damon Jones, and Eric Snow, Sasha Pavlovic...come on Mr Ferry...what are these guys amounting too besides wasted paychecks? of all the guys to package in a deal...ALL of those could have been shipped out to pay for one guy....anyone who could create a mismatch. my goodness!
Now, with the summer free to go fishing (LOL), LBJ has to take serious thought as to whether Ferry is even capable of getting him the help he needs. Ben Wallace is a huge disappointment, and has been ever since leaving Detroit. Wally World has never been that guy you can count on on both ends. Two years is a long time to play for a team that seemingly has no chance to contend in the future. Danny ferry needs to go back to the drawing board to find a better way to make LBJ comfortable...cuz Jay-Z is laying back in the cut secretly wooing him, and patiently waiting. What are the chances that Ferry can come stronger than that???
trade him or get him the RIGHT help. he still doesn't have the help he needs. there's no need to even get into stats...any fool can tell that if shutting down one man is the key to beating a team, then he has zero help.
look at the champions of past. 90's Bulls....80's Lakers....80's Celtics...even the current Spurs. all of those teams had role players who played their roles to the t. so what if the main guy gets shut down. if the role players are doing their job right, then the defense will be stretched to wide to focus on one guy.
MJ had guys to rebound....hit open shots....play defense....even Will Perdue (who?) was confident to play his role. John Paxson could do nothing more than bury that J....and he sure did it when they needed him to. just ask those Laker fans when he hit 6 or 7 straight baskets in the 1991 finals.
Danny Ferry took a gamble and lost. those guys are not going to give LBJ the help he needs. maybe Ferry's season as a Cavs GM is over. Maybe Lebron's chances as a Cav are too!
