Cle Game 1 report
Cavs
Jonathan Givony
Shannon Brown
Brown looks good so far, as you would expect from a player who is that
athletic and works so hard in a setting like this. Brown showed off his
explosiveness early and often by coming up with a great block on the
perimeter and then an extremely creative layup after jumping from outside the
paint after leading the break. In the half-court Brown was a little bit more
quiet, not really creating his own shot and being brought more off screens.
He's obviously much better in transition. We歓l see how his point guard skills
look later on in the summer league.
Brown got some burn at the point in the 2nd half, and the results weren't急
pretty at all. His ball-handling has quite a ways to go as we saw when he
foolishly tried to dribble the ball right in front of Nate Robinson , and
his court vision looked very average when he put the ball on the floor and
got going. Brown's outside shot stopped falling as well, which meant that
there really wasn't any way for him to contribute when you consider the fact
that he could never stay in front of Nate Robinson even if his life depended on
it.
Martynas Andriuskevicius
Andriuskevicius looks much better than he did last year, even though he is
still as skinny as ever. He was pretty active on the court, hustling a bit
for rebounds, grabbing one right over the top of David Lee off a free throw,
and even coming up with one really nice block on Channing Frye
Marty didn't do much in the 2nd half to back up the praise he received in the
1st. His work on the glass was especially poor and he was regularly
outmuscled and outhustled.
Sharrod Ford
Ford might have been the best player on the Cavs team in the first half,
looking much improved after a season in the NBDL and Germany. Ford's footwork
in the post looks particularly good, and he used it to release and hit a
couple of nice jump-hooks. Ford was very active every minute he was on the
court, and this translated into a number of rebounds, free-throws,
deflections and put-backs. Whether he is an NBA player remains to be seen,
but he does look very good here so far.
Ford continued his dominance in the 2nd half and helped himself tremendously
with the game he had. His activity level was there throughout, whether it was
crashing the offensive glass like a monster, coming up with blocks and
steals, directing traffic on team defense or just hounding his man all around
the floor. When stepping out to the perimeter Ford looked a bit more limited,
which is where the concerns about his NBA upside begin when you consider that
he is 6-9 and very thin. He does have a really quick first step, so polishing
his ball-handling skills and showing better awareness around the basket will
help
Daniel Gibson
Gibson is playing the point and is looking as uncomfortable at the position
as he did at Texas. When allowed to play off the ball his perimeter shot
really got going and he knocked down 18-20 footers at ease both with his feet
set and off the dribble.
Sasha Pavlovic
Pavlovic looks like one of these NBA veterans who doesn't really want to be
here, but knows that his career is in jeopardy so he may as well come and
make the most of it. That translates into a field goal attempt every time he
touches the ball, and so far, his touch has been pretty good from mid-range
and behind the arc. He put the ball on the floor and went to the basket as
well, and got to the free throw line for his trouble.
Pavlovic continued to shoot first and ask questions later in the 2nd half,
knocking down some jump-shots coming off screens and missing a few others.
All in all this was a good game for him, but the question is how will he play
when he isn't the man and can't jack up 20 shots per game to get himself
going.
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