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'07-'08 Season: 45-37, lost in 2nd round to Boston in 7 games
Head Coach: Mike Brown
General Manager: Daniel Ferry
UNDER CONTRACT FOR '08-'09 (salary)
* C/PF- Ben Wallace (14.5)
* SF- LeBron James (14.4)
* SG/SF- Wally Szczerbiak (13)
* C- Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10.8)
* PG- Eric Snow (7.3) (bought out, still take 50% cap hit)
* PF/C- Anderson Varejao (5.7)
* PF- Joe Smith (5.2)
* SF/SG- Sasha Pavlovic (4.5)
* PG- Damon Jones (4.4)
FREE AGENTS
Restricted: Delonte West (2.7 Qualifying Offer), Daniel Gibson
Unrestricted: Dwayne Jones, Lance Allred, Devin Brown
FINANCES
2007-'08 Salary: 81.123 million
Committed Salary for '08-'09: 76.1 million
DRAFT STATUS
19th overall pick, 2nd rounder belongs to Phoenix (Milt Palacio trade)
TEAM STRENGTHS
* LeBron is still growing as a player (set career high's in FG%, Rebounds, Assists)
* From a defensive standpoint, no other team in the league has a stronger front court, they can go 5 deep with quality bigs
* We were injury rattled like hell last year and still almost made it to the ECF
* Delonte West showed some signs that he can run the point for this team, and considering LeBron hasn't played with a PG since high school, next year could be a thing of beauty
* We have a draft pick this year after having none last year and taking Shannon Brown in '06, hopefully we don't f this up
TEAM WEAKNESSES
* As great as the front court is defensively, it's just as bad offensively, LeBron still needs his "Shaq", Z is too inconsistent...and he's injury prone
* Simply put, if LeBrons having an "off" night, we're done, need consistent offensive production from any of the other 14 players
* Almost no production from the 2 guard spot...
* Sasha Pavlovic took about seventy-three steps back as an NBA player last year after being a key starter for the '06 EC Champs Squad
OFFSEASON PRIORITIES
* re-sign Delonte West, he earned the chance during the playoffs to warrant another season as LeBron's dishman
* Boobie Gibson- last year showed his '07 playoff performance was a fluke, if he gets a big deal elsewhere, let him walk, his 3 pt shoothing is his only asset, and with LeBron's 3pt shooting improving last year, it's not a big loss
* Find LeBron a #2 option, you have some nice expiring contracts you can trade away (Damon Jones, Wally, Joe Smith) put together a nice package and go get LeBron a legit scorer, Michael Redd could work, he's from Cleveland and would be more help than Larry Hughes was
CURRENT DEPTH CHART
C- Ilgauskas/Varejao
PF- Wallace/Smith
SF- James
SG- Szczerbiak/Pavlovic
PG- Jones
^^^based on those currently under contract for next season, does not include UFA's or RFA's
