C'mon, Cavs

Cavs coach Byron Scott wears an unfortunate tie:

Give it a good, close look. He wore this last week on media day, no less.

In more positive Cavs news, they won their first exhibition game of the season and J.J. Hickson and Boobie Gibson both played very well, which is a good sign for the upcoming season. I saw one prediction on Yahoo saying that the Cavs would be in last place this upcoming season and had them winning 12 games. That's ridiculous and I don't think it's a stretch to say that the Cavs could take the 8th seed in the playoffs (which would probably have them playing the Miami Heat(who will be worn out by then anyway)).

Random Basketball Statistics

On average, the heaviest team in the league is the Los Angeles Clippers at an average weight of 230 lbs. The lightest is the Golden State Warriors at 216 lbs. The oldest team in the league is the Lakers with an average of 28 years old. The youngest is the Timberwolves at 23.4 years.
Do those stats appear to mean anything? As far as weight goes not really, although the Warriors are the fastest paced team in the league (well, we'll see this upcoming season but I imagine they will continue to be so with Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis running their back-court). However, age does seem to make a difference as the Lakers are the best team in the league and the Timberwolves are clearly the worst team in the league. The next 5 oldest teams are the Nuggets, Heat, Suns, Celtics, and Magic--all of whom are contenders to at least get to the Conference Finals.
I also looked up the average height of each team (that was actually the first thing that I was looking at) and surprisingly players for every single team were on average either 6-6 or 6-7. I figured that there would be at least a couple of teams who had a good inch or 2 on everyone else.

The Golden State Warriors are a completely different team this season

While we wait to see where Carmelo Anthony will end up, I wanted to make note of my favorite Western Conference baskteball team's complete revamping this off-season. Everyone has been talking about the Heat, the Cavs, the Lakers, the Celtics, the Nuggets, the Bulls (aka teams that made/are making moves that actually have a chance at getting to the finals....other than the Cavs), but the team that changed in every aspect the most this off-season was the Warriors. Now that Don Nelson is gone, centers and power forwards will actually be allowed to play for more than 20 minutes per game. Unfortunately though, they accidentally let Anthony Morrow walk away for nothing to make more room for David Lee's contract and traded Kelenna Azubuike, Anthony Randolph and Ronny Turiaf to the Knicks for David Lee and his gigantic contract. He's a very good player, but all 4 of those guys were pretty good players, and now that Nelson is gone who knows how good Anthony Randolph could've been in the Warriors system. And Corey Maggette and CJ Watson are gone too. I think that CJ Watson will continue to improve and that he would have been the main guard off the bench this upcoming season for both point guard and shooting guard if the Warriors hadn't let him go. Watson will get to win more in Chicago, but will play less than if he had stayed in Oakland.

More Carmelo Anthony:

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What happens when you die?

Hey whoever reads this thing! There have been some updates to the what happens when you die section of this blog. Check 'em out!

Delonte West is headed back to the Celtics

At least one sports analyst thinks it's to help bother Lebron James, along with the Celtic's signing of Shaquille O'neal:

They're talking about Delonte in a weird way in that video. He is a good player and I wish he was staying with the Cavs. Sure, he's crazy. But not in that narcissistic way that usually comes along with crazy athletes. He's always a good team player, a very good defender, and he's more well-rounded then a lot of people realize. And he's not phased by the pressure of big game situations a lot of the time, which I actually attribute to his craziness. How can you feel the pressure of a basketball game when you're dealing with a mental disorder on a daily basis? I just don't think it's as big of a deal anymore.

Delonte West's Penalties for Living His Life As He Sees Nessecary

So, Minnesota waived him, he's on home detention (only being allowed to travel to games), and the first 10 games of the season he's suspended with no pay.
Just because one night in Maryland he saw it fit to speed by a cop on the freeway carrying two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun in a guitar case and an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife while riding a three-wheel motorcycle.
I would like to see either the Cavs or the Warriors pick him up, but I hear he's probably headed back east.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-delontewestsuspended

LRMR Conspiracy

By far the most intriguing basketball article I've read all year. about Lebron James and his marketing company LRMR, and about how he probably actually made his decision to go to Miami.