Flip Murray is quite simply playing for his next pay day. I think Dupree in what little we saw of him was trying to force his shot, and get his own. Performances like that are not going to earn more playing time.

I think all of the "Flip is a bad coach" club (including myself) need to recognize that he has really made massive and impressive changes with the rotation.

I remember the night we drafted Maxiell and Acker. I was at the Yahoo draft site, and they had 3 minute videos of their college highlights. There is no way you can watch Max in that video and think he wouldn't be a player in this league.

Amazingly, he's bringing so much more POWER to the table. I think he was lighter and player a little more on the perimeter in college. In the NBA, he's been the answer to all of our "points in the paint" issues.

Blalock could be a gem. It's unlikely he'll be a superstar, but we have him playing at the cheapest possible value and he's contributing solid minutes. 60th pick, last man in the draft. Joe is going to need low priced talent like this to continue building the team.

Nazr is a strange player. For 5 minutes, he can have you WHOOPing and pumping your fist in the air. Then you spend the next time he's on the court clawing your eyes out and moaning like a wounded animal.

Delfino has really impressed me of late. What better kind of guy to replace Tayshaun on the floor at times? Glue for glue. Plenty of intangibles. My only concern is that he still isn't contributing regularly as a scorer and at one point, that will catch up to him.

Nice to see Dice finally get some rhythm on offense in the 4th. He was at the top of my trade list coming into this game.

Always good to beat up the Cavs. I dislike Lebron. He's lacking any charisma, competitive fire or character. Gooden is a beggar's Carlos Boozer, Ilgauskas is soft as all get out and Varejao should put on a pink tutu before he enters the game so everyone knows he is a princess.

The only Cavs I like are Larry Hughes and Eric Snow.

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