WFNY Presents Cleveland Sports Blog Night at Canal Park
June 11, 2013Cleveland is merely the starting point in the Danny Green story
June 12, 2013“While 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.
“So as we can see, Kevin Durant aside (There is no KD in this draft), and excluding O.J. Mayo,(anomaly, posted his best year ever as a rookie) help does not come in the form of rookie wing players. In fact, rookie wings are downright awful their first year. The best year offered by any of these players was Ben Gordon at: 15 PPG 2 AST, 2.6 RPG. I don’t think replacing Waiters and adding that statline propels us into the playoffs.
Otto Porter is not an elite prospect, he is not going to have the best rookie year in the last ten years for a wing. Drafting Otto Porter is not a “Win Now” move. In fact, in terms of immediate impact, Centers and Power Forwards are clearly the best option.” [WitMi/Fear the Sword]
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“I love Clint Frazier’s bat speed: his power potential is enormous; he also runs well and nobody in this draft hustles more than he does. He’s got some risk too, but he’s a sound pick at fifth overall. After that the Indians focused on pitching, mixing college, junior college, and high school arms. Kime is a potential fourth starter; Shane has an unusual amount of upside for a sixth round pick. 13th round pick Lopstook and 14th round pick Sayles are additional upside guys who need to be tracked closely. A lot rides on Frazier but the Indians did stock up their minor league pitching.” [Sickels/SB Nation]
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Ranking the parks. “The second park in the Camden Yards–or-later era that I got to hit in the ’90s, the Jake (it’ll always be the Jake) remains at or near the same level of many newer ballparks, showing no signs of age or obsolescence as it nears its 20th birthday. (It might seem crazy to consider a park obsolete after two decades, but the Georgia Dome is 19 months older than the Jake and the Falcons’ owners can’t wait to replace it.) The Jake helped lead the move by new-wave parks to attract people to a downtown core; despite the city’s ummm … mediocre reputation, this was a good thing, with a surprising number of pre- and postgame spots, plus fries-in-sandwiches options that rivaled far more famous options two hours away. Did I love the animated pig-and-chicken friends on the scoreboard beckoning me for a ribs combo? Yes. Did I adore the Belle-Manny-Lofton-Thome talent on the field the first time I got to visit? Hell yes. The Jake might not quite have that vibe now that the team’s not nearly as successful. But it’s retained most of the charm that made it a gem on the day it opened.” [Keri/Grantland]
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“19. Cleveland Cavaliers: Gorgui Dieng, C, Louisville. Dieng is a big-time defensive center, which the Cavaliers do not currently have. If only you could add Tyler Zeller’s offensive skills, Anderson Varejao’s ability to board and Dieng’s skills on defense, you’d have an excellent five. Unfortunately, unless Nick Gilbert is present during the stem cell reconstruction process, the Cavs will have to be happy with limited centers. Although Andy is pretty damn good by himself. Dieng should be a solid role player for this young team.” [Velasco/The Basketball Jones]
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Finally, I give you the funniest tweet I’ve seen in a while. You’re welcome. [@HoopsBoosh]
https://twitter.com/HoopsBoosh/status/344651234780794880
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As you can see, I probably know too much about this stuff for my own good. It’s a burden, really.
perhaps Chris Grant should start feeding Ferry youtube videos of Wiggins.