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I would be comfortable trading just about anybody on the roster. The problem is we don't have any players that are real assets, aside from possibly JJ. What would Andy's value on the market be? Maybe a late first rounder? I wouldn't make that trade. I think he might have had real value before last season but it's too late now. I think Andy, Sessions, and Boobie would all be good backups on good teams. But good teams usually don't shed even their marginal assets. They take on debt and stockpile talent to make playoff runs.

I subscribe to all manner of food snobbery, but Popeye's cannot be denied. And only 900 calories for two pieces of spicy and a biscuit!

Too each his own, but eating a bunch of Quizno's and dying doesn't sound that great to me. However, I would be willing to sacrifice my life for Popeye's.

I eat Chipotle a little too often. The burritos should have more flavor for their 900 calories. That's not even an exaggeration. The typical chicken burrito is 900 calories. For comparison, a Bic Mac is 576 calories.

I believe there was an effort by the CMNH to reduce the lighting on skyscrapers to reduce bird collisions.

I went to bed angry last night assuming the Heat had easily disposed of the C/Mavs. What a nice surprise this morning!

^^They're half a mile away.

That is the worst part of Detroit, but there are actually quite a few renovations between Detroit and Lake and between Detroit and Franklin. It's definitely a little scary, though.

Unfortunately, there's a LOOOONG way to go in making the area along Detroit between Lake Ave. and W. 117th St. a nice and/or safe area. Oh, I don't see that area getting better anytime soon. But I was thinking more along the lake, from Lakewood to Edgewater, to Detroit Shoreway, to Ohio City, then Downtown and Chinatown.

I believe ClevelandOhio meant the neighborhood Edgewater, not the titular park.

I think it's not too much of a stretch to think that in 20 years we could have a pretty solid, not too poor, not too dangerous slice of urbanity from Chinatown to Lakewood. Maybe?

It's strange to think of an alternate universe where Jim Paxson isn't COMPLETELY incompetent, the Cavs average 40-50 wins a year, the team is never in position to draft LeBron, and is therefore never purchased by the borderline spendthrift Dan Gilbert. Thanks Jim Paxson and LeBron???

Here we go: Trajan Langdon at #11, Chris Mihm at #7 (from Chicago), DeSagana Diop at #8, Dajuan Wagner at #6, Satan's A55hole at #1, and Luke Jackson at #11. That's quite a track record.

It's also worth pointing out that it was always a weak draft when Jim Paxson was the GM.

I just spent waaaaaay too much time looking over the last 20 drafts or so, and there are only a couple that stick out as real losers. 1992 was bad, but produced Shaq and Alonzo Mourning (and Latrell Sprewell if he counts). 1994 produced Grant Hill, Glen Robinson, and Jason Kidd. 2000 is widely considered the worst, but still managed to produce Jamal Crawford, Michael Redd, and Kenyon Martin (the Cavs wisely traded Crawford for Chris Mihm- Go Paxson!) The point being, the odds are heavily in favor of any given draft producing multiple players capable of multiple all-star game appearances. Not every draft contains a franchise player, but it always makes sense to stockpile top picks if the price is right. Even if you only get a solid contributor in the top ten (and chances are you will), you won't have to pay him more than $5 mil for the first three years. Then you can always dump the player if it doesn't work out.

I agree that there's not much else to do with it now and this is probably the best option. However, I just find this particular version to be a great disappointment compared to the plan offered previously. If the residential is added, then obviously the complexion of the plan and my opinion of it changes. I do think it is a bit naive to pretend like this won't have a profound effect on the office and retail markets in other downtown districts. It's an undeniable fact that enormous public subsidy went into this, both in the more traditional form (my quick tally indicates over half the project financing?) and in the implied threat of eminent domain. I know there was no guarantee that Ernst and Young would stay downtown (although I think accounting firms generally stay in CBDs) but we are creating new infrastructure without creating new residents or jobs. For the record I don't have millions of dollars to invest and I don't necessarily think I could do a better job. I'll waddle back off to Cleveland dot com now.

Sorry, sfbob, my bust, I think it's all great.

The more I hear about FEB the less I like it. It just sounds like a duplication of venues we already have. I think the restaurants will drain on the WHD, the offices will drain on the CBD, and these "clubs" will be a drain on entertainment districts all over the city. A "house of Blues style club?" we already subsidized one if those.

Yeah, that trade wasn't great, but you can't blame the Lakers or the league for Memphis being silly. As a note, at the time of the trade, Gasol was a ONE TIME All-Star and seven-year vet. The Grizzlies did get Marc Gasol (is that the only time that's ever happened?) two first rounders, and two recent first rounders (Javaris Crittenden and Kwame Brown), which makes them seem not quite so stupid now, but only because Marc Gasol miraculously turned into a top-ten center.

I don't like the idea of a "Super Team" era any more than anybody else, but that doesn't explain why only 7 teams have won championships since 1983. It can be explained by good management (good trades and drafts) and being in position to draft the right player. The Bulls drafted Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen (six of those championships), the Spurs drafted Manu, David Robinson, and Tony Parker (three of those championships), even the last couple of Laker championships have been won in the front office. The only recent champions I can think of who won by "stealing" an player were the 200-2002 Lakers who won with Shaq. I think what we see happening with the...ugh....Heat....is more of an aberration that can be quickly quashed. I think the reason the championships are so lopsided is that basketball is a sport that can be dominated by one great player. If you're lucky enough to get that player (Kobe, Bird, Jordan) you're most likely going to get a few rings.

Whatever the explanation, Cleveland has been a traditionally strong supporter of its NBA team. People always point out that the Cavs were last in attendance the year before LeBron arrived, but fail to mention they were middle-of-the-pack and better in the late 90s-early 200s for some truly putrid 30-52-type John Lucas/Randy Wittman teams.

Apparently neither does Apr-May.

What, you don't like sitting on a crowded Healthline bus in your nearly frozen and wet galoshes as the acrid admixture of polish boys and homeless body odor waft through the air?

I would narrow that even further. I think that LA and NY are the only cities that can attract players based on market size. I think places like Chicago and Boston like to think they are big market cities, but that sh!t only works with baseball and Richard Florida. Who's the last big free agent who signed with Boston or Chicago?

Oh, I thought they were giving everybody super-special individualized responses. I guess I'm not as special as I thought.