Thursday, June 16, 2011

Cleveland Cavaliers fans: Post your vote for the next Cavs center / Poll

Who's the center of attention for the Cavs in the upcoming draft?

enes-kanter-ap.JPGView full sizeWill Turkish center Enes Kanter be occupying the paint for the Cavs this season?
Go back a few years and see if you remember these lyrics from Don Henley and the Eagles:

I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people cryin’ ’don’t blame me’
They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody else
Spend all their time feelin’ sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma’s too thin; your daddy’s too fat

Get over it
Get over it
All this whinin’ and cryin’ and pitchin’ a fit
Get over it, get over it

LeBron James is gone. All this whinin' and cryin' and self-derision ain't gonna change the "Decision."

So let's move on.

Cleveland has the first and fourth picks in next Thursday's NBA draft. The consensus is that Kyrie Irving, the point guard from Duke will be the first pick. And really, what's not to like about that? (Sorry, somebody had to say it.)

The Cavs have been sorely lacking a true point guard. Baron Davis has done a pretty good job when healthy, but he's 32, ancient by NBA standards. Maybe Ramon Sessions can handle the task, but really, when you have a talent like Irving available, you take it and adjust, like looking for the breaking ball but adjusting to foul off the curve.

But there ARE no options at center, really. Anderson Varejao was playing center before he was hurt. Since Zydrunas Ilgauskas left, the Cavs haven't had a true center.

Two are available in this draft, Jonas Valanciunas of Lithuania and Enes Kanter of Kentucky, by way of Turkey. Both are only 19. 

Probasketballdraft.com lists four other potential centers: Donatas Motiejunas, a 7-footer from Lithuania; Bismack Biyombo, a Congolese player perhaps better suited for power forward; Lucas Nogueira, a Brazilian who's also 7 feet tall; and Keith Benson, a 6-11 center who did the unusual -- four years of college basketball.

Is one of those six the answer for the Cavs in the post?



Source: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/06/cleveland_cavaliers_fans_post.html

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