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January 9, 2011While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.
Forecasting what might happen with those fancy trade exceptions this season: “Most years the NBA trade season is defined by the term ‘expiring contracts.’ This season, however, there’s a different phrase that might be at the center of big-name transactions: trade exceptions.
Trade exceptions can be created several ways, but large ones typically are created when a team acquires salary-cap space in exchange for trading a player. The team that receives the cap space then gets a credit — of the amount of the departing player’s salary in the current year of his deal or the first year of a new deal — that it can use in future transactions for a calendar year.” [Brian Windhorst/ESPN.com]
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Coping with CLE’s basketball reality: “Listen, we all knew what we were getting into this season as Cavs fans. We knew replacing the other fella was going to be hard, deep down though I’m not quite sure we thought it would be this hard.” [David O’Leary/Stepien Rules]
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This list almost seems incomplete: “Ten in the Morning counts down the 10 worst things about being a Cavaliers fan this season: 10. Knowing full-well an 8-32 record is likely when the team returns from its West coast trip.” [Mark Podolski/The News-Herald]
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Looks like the Cavs missed out on an awesome marketing ploy with current Sacramento Kings point guard Pooh Jeter. Who wouldn’t want these giveaways? [NBA.com] (h/t @WFNYScott on Twitter)
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Who would be your ideal choice for the Browns and who is looking like the favorite now? “I thought it would be Holmgren. Then I thought Jon Gruden or John Fox the likely choices. Now it’s looking like Pat Shurmur.” [Tony Grossi/Cleveland Plain Dealer]
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About that second candidate to interview with the Browns: “Mike Mularkey had one chance to be an NFL head coach. He’s hoping the Cleveland Browns give him another. Atlanta’s offensive coordinator who spent two seasons as Buffalo’s coach, interviewed with the Browns on Saturday, breaking away from the Falcons’ playoff prep to visit with Browns president Mike Holmgren and general manager Tom Heckert.” [Tom Withers/Associated Press]
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Rationalizing the DFA of Jordan Brown by the Indians: “Brown’s removal from the roster comes as somewhat of a surprise considering it was expected that Shelley Duncan would likely be removed once Kearns was officially added. But the Indians opted to remove Brown for depth reasons and team need, and are willing to gamble that he clears waivers.” [Tony Lastoria/Indians Prospect Insider]
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Does Omar Vizquel have a shot at the Hall of Fame? “I have said this many times, Vizquel is the best shortstop I’ve seen and I believe he is a Hall of Famer. I think it will be tough for Vizquel to be a first-ballot selection, but I do think he’ll get enough votes to eventually make it.” [Paul Hoynes/Cleveland Plain Dealer]
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Some ridiculously early B1G Ten predictions for 2011: “In the Leaders Division, it is unfortunate that suspensions could play the biggest role in determining the champion. Pryor will miss the first five games next fall, so he should get to play most of the Big Ten schedule. How a slow start in non-conference play affect the Buckeye’s Big Ten title hopes remains to be seen, but OSU will once again be loaded along the line of scrimmage.” [Athlon Sports]
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Showing some love for Dane: “Terrelle Pryor’s absence and replacement is sure to be the biggest newsmaker of the day. However, the biggest missing piece that afternoon might very well be an unheralded and underappreciated wide receiver. Yes, I’m talking about Dane Sanzenbacher.” [Kyler/Eleven Warriors]
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An OSU record likely to be set today: “He lost the last game of his high school career at Villa Angela-St. Joseph in the state tournament on Ohio State’s court, and now David Lighty will go down as the Buckeyes’ biggest winner.” [Doug Lesmerises/Cleveland Plain Dealer]
(Photo above via Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer)
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The exec quotes in Windy’s piece are very telling. I’m not sure a lot of Cavs fans quite understand the landscape which CG is dealing with at present day.
@1 Or how badly Danielle Ferry handcuffed the Cavaliers for years to come. The Cavaliers best strategy, as I see it, is to bottom out moving as many contracts as possible. At the rate they are going they are headed for a top 5 pick, of their own, easy. I agree with the other person who said get a few more first round picks and just go young. Sadly watch there won’t be alot of talent to choose from for the Cavaliers. I saw one list and outside of the phenoms from Ohio State and North Carolina it looked like most of the guys were guards. If a rebuild does begin I hopen it starts with a big man.