Cavs went 17-29 from the free throw line, the starting 2-guard Damon “World’s Greatest Shooter” Jones goes 1-6 from the field, all 3-pointers, and still the Cavs win by 8 points. How’d they do it?
Oh wait. Lebron James. 35 pts, 6 assts, 7 rebs, no turnovers, and a blocked shot. Never mind.
Perez is a fallback plan for the Indians, who were unsuccessful in trying to sign Nomar Garciaparra, Brian Giles and Eric Byrnes this offseason to help upgrade their right-handed power.
The Tribe always seems to be in a “fallback” plan when it comes to free agents. We always aim high, go lower, then end up signing lowest, sorta like, “well, we got our right handed batter, whatever.”
The greatest shooter on the planet.
Jones is relying solely on the 3-pointer, and it’s not working. In the past five games, he’s attempted 26 shots from the field – 22 from 3-point range. He’s hit four for 18.2 percent. Jones has one field goal inside the 3-point line in eight games, a drive to the basket in the fourth quarter of a 94-89 victory over Indiana on Dec. 23.
I really have no idea why Mike Brown put him in the starting lineup, other than perhaps to prove to the kid that he needs to sit his ass on the bench.
ESPN’s Pat Forde is already out with his pre-season top 25, and he has the Buckeyes ranked #2 behind Texas. His reasoning is pretty simple – “Did you see Troy Smith, Ted Ginn and Antonio Pittman carve up Notre Dame in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl?” If Vince Young leaves for the NFL, we might see the Buckeyes ranked #1 to start the season.
Here’s one thing I don’t like about this new non-Hughes lineup. Damon BLEEPING Jones being in the starting lineup, hoisting 7 three pointers, missing 6 of them, and those are his only shots in 33 minutes. That’s bad. Real bad. It’s an argument that the non-Hughes Cavs need to NOT START Damon Jones.
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