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    Cleveland Cavaliers Offseason Blueprints



    '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


    Last edited by Wilfredo Ledezma; 06-12-2008 at 09:35 PM.

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