he also traded torontos 1st round pick (lamond murray trade 9/25/02) for alexander pavlovic. according to this website that kellydwyer gave us. http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/DraftTrades/2005.html cleveland lifted all restrictions on that pick in february 2005. if they fall out of the playoff race and lose their lottery pick. that would just be funny as hell.
Paxson needs to go. Letting Boozer get away and this, 19 games left and the Cavs still in the 5th seed, firing your coach and replacing him with Brendan Malone a veteran assistant with no NBA head coaching experience and thinking that is going to make a difference in preventing you from sliding out of the playoff picture. Dumb move.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/11243968.htm AROUND THE RIM Silas has his say After Paul Silas met with new Cavs owner Dan Gilbert a few weeks ago, he knew his days in Cleveland were numbered. That's because this particular meeting occurred before Gilbert was officially the Cavs owner. "Even before they were confirmed as owners of the club, we sat down for about 45 minutes," Silas said. "But you could clearly see, from my vantage point, they were not totally satisfied with what I was doing, my approaches, and whatnot. It was just clear to me." It was so clear to Silas that he would be fired -- it happened Monday -- that he almost predicted it. "I had a conversation with my wife about really talking to them and saying if you really don't want me here, let's not prolong this thing, don't drag me through the mud," Silas said. "Let's go our ways amicably and say nice things about each other, and life goes on. "It was not a real workable situation." Silas even blamed Cavs general manager Jim Paxson for allowing Carlos Boozer to become a free agent. And Silas didn't stop there. "The fact of the matter is that Jim Paxson has had five coaches in five years here," he said. "And I could just go on and on about some of the things that he has done -- or has not done -- to solidify our club, starting with the Carlos Boozer thing."
