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Bill Austin

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Someone emailed me wishing to write about the Suns, so we’ll see how that would work out. It’s very time consuming to analyze every team, including their coach, roster, injuries, and more. I can’t say that I religiously follow every team in the NBA either, so writing about the Knicks, Nets, and Mavericks is easiest. I aim to write once or twice a week, and it’s difficult to write any more frequently since I work 9-5.

I’d like to run an analysis on a team and see how close I would have been with predicting last season’s record.

Lastly, tell all your friends, because traffic is a great motivator.

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Harris, I think you should do previews and predictions of every team this year. Or at least the playoff contenders. Your knoledge of statistics is impressive and judging on this Cavs prediction I think they’ll be pretty accurate. What do you think?

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That might make things more exciting.

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For Sasha, I factored in a likely return to 2006-2007 numbers.

What deal can the Cavs make that would help their team?

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You made some good points when analyzing the Cavaliers and their out-look for the up-coming season. However, I have to disagree with you. I know that from a fan’s stand-point, you only have so-much to go on, and the number one thing is statistics. However, stats don’t tell the entire story:

The stats didn’t tell how Larry Hughes refused to play the point; the stats didn’t tell how Damon and Larry were distractions for the team with their public comments on trades,winning,etc.

Yes, the Cavaliers had 21 line-ups… and their top-two players only missed 16 combined. However, the Cavaliers were short-handed with Anderson’s injuries, and the fact that he didn’t make it to camp on-time, and when he did sign, he was behind everyone else, and their were chemistry issues. Same things can be said about Pavlovic. Marshall was injured; Snow was injured… they were contributors the year before. After the trade, Delonte and Wally took awhile to come-around…Wally never did get his shooting-touch back. Sasha and Gibson remained injured, while Devin quietly had issues with Mike Brown. Wallace was thrust into the line-up with Joe and Zydrunas… 3 of the previous year’s starters were injured or gone. The Cavaliers had to make chemistry on-the-fly… not the easiest of things when playing against the best in the world.

Delonte wont be starting this year unless Wally is traded. And, even if Wally is traded, there is a decent chance that Sasha will start… it will at-least be a competition. The Cavaliers will be making another trade before the season begins… there are two deals on the table right now… but the Cavs front-office has to decide what direction it wants to go before making a move – but a move will be made.

The Cavaliers, as currently constructed will win 50-57 games. This accounts for minor injuries (under 6 games), and the process of figuring-out the best line-ups.

After the Cavaliers make their deal, depending on what they do, they will either be a 53-59 win team, or a 55-62 win team.

Good posts BTW!

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By the way, I really like how you respond to EVERY comment. Appreciate it!

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