It's the All-Star break and time to asses where the season is at. There are roughly 30 games left and the trading deadline is looming. Here is a look at the playoffs if they were today.
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14 February 2010
25 June 2009
Sasha Pavlovic and Ben Wallace to Phoenix for Shaquille O'Neal. The trade vastly improves the Cavs interior without losing anything. The two combined for 41 minutes and 7 points a game. And, neither played over 70 games. Shaq averaged over 17 points and 8 rebounds. With Ilgauskas averaging 27 minutes a game, it won't be that much different with Shaq there. Both are older centers that have had a hard time staying healthy. With the two together, it will help both of them out. Signing Anderson Varejo is the next step.
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19 June 2009
other run at it. At least one piece will be added Tuesday with the NBA draft. The Cavs have the 30th and 46th overall picks in the draft. Predicting on who they will take is very difficult and looking at draft boards produces all kinds of possibilities. We can look at what those past picks have been like:
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18 June 2009
As a math major, I'm always fascinated by numbers. I took this years NBA stats and have started tinkering around with them. One major stat stands out so far---offensive rebounds. If you compare offensive rebounds to the wins a team has, you will find that it produces a slightly negative correlation. Meaning, the MORE offensive rebounds a team has, the FEWER wins it will produce. The reason is this: teams with lower field goal percrentages lose more games and have more opportunities for offensive rebounds. When determining the value of a player through statisics, offensive rebounds can be very misleading.
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Now that the season is over, who is the NBA's MVP? There are two clear front runners: Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. The numbers put by Lebron this year were staggering. Over
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