Wally Szczerbiak writes/has been writing a diary for The Plain Dealer. I was originally alerted by a friend who reads newspapers, but I didn't believe him at first, until somebody showed me a website mentioning his diary.
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/05/wally_szczerbiaks_playoff_diar_4.html
It's pretty interesting, I'd recommend you read it as well as any of the other entries. It's a tad old but cool nonetheless; I think I'm going to start reading newspapers a lot more.
With the Cavaliers facing the Magic, we're in for a big fight. I'm glad Celtics can finally shut up and some of their records have been broken, but I still feel the Orlando Magic are going to be challenging. Next up: break down on Cavs. vs Magic, with a focus on Wally Szczerbiak.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Updates... Complete!
I added a cheap temporary banner, I added a new image of Wally, a new "gadget" that allows you to suscribe to the blog (please do so!) and a new poll. Our last poll was "Who is more consistent?" and Wally Szczerbiak won with more than 80% of the votes (no surprise) with Gibson way down there and everyone else in the dumps.
The new poll questions who is the most useful player during the playoffs. I have a feeling Delontie (AKA Delonté) and Wally are going to dominate, but I'm not always right... am I?
In addition I spiced up the color a little bit. This will be the revised look until I can get some feedback on the best look and color scheme for the blog. Thanks to everyone for 800 hits, by the way. More Wally is on its way~!
The new poll questions who is the most useful player during the playoffs. I have a feeling Delontie (AKA Delonté) and Wally are going to dominate, but I'm not always right... am I?
In addition I spiced up the color a little bit. This will be the revised look until I can get some feedback on the best look and color scheme for the blog. Thanks to everyone for 800 hits, by the way. More Wally is on its way~!
Wally Szczerbiak After Practice
Here's a video of Wally after practice as featured on the Cavaliers website. Sorry I didn't post earlier, I wasn't aware.
Wally Practice Video
When I get the chance, I plan on working on the site a little bit to make it more visually pleasing; when people do visit the site, I'd prefer they stick around and realize Wally's true power.
Just imagine it... "IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!"
Wally Practice Video
When I get the chance, I plan on working on the site a little bit to make it more visually pleasing; when people do visit the site, I'd prefer they stick around and realize Wally's true power.
Just imagine it... "IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!"
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
4 Wins = Sweep
Yay! Cavs! Eastern Conference Finals! Wee~!
Last night the Cavaliers took a visit to the Hawks to attempt a continuation of their 7-0 playoff run. It was successful as the Cavaliers managed another double-digit lead, 84-74. We're now 8-0, we're in the Eastern Conference Finals, we've been playing great basketball, haven't lost a game, won every game by 10 points... As a Cavs fan I have no choice but to be pleased.
Wally Szczerbiak came in and gave some good minutes-- 14 of them and 59 seconds, to be exact.
Szczerbiak manned up and went into the post until he was close enough that he could turn around, face-up, and hit a quick shot for 2 points.
His 4th of his 6 points came from an emphatic ankle-breaking dunk. Wally received the ball and went to his right where he lost Evans and threw it down with 1 hand! THROW THAT HAMMER DOWN, WALL-E!
When the Cavaliers went to him again, Wally drove to the basket and tried to pull an LBJ but was cruelly fouled. Since the referees were chumps they didn't call anything and Wally got furious with the no-call, where he became indignant and got T'd up-- one of his first technical fouls in a long time. The technical was missed, however, which just goes to prove that the call WAS a bad call.
Szczerbiak also shot a technical; I forgot exactly when, but the referees didn't like Wally and put butter on the ball before he shot, causing Wally to miss his 1st free throw of the playoffs. Despite this he's still 90% which leads the Cavaliers for anyone who has taken 10 or more free throws.
Later on, Wally obtained his 6th point by a pass to Lebron where he knocked a shot just barely behind the 3-point line... If you hadn't realized that the referees are chumps, they are, and they took Wally's 7th point away, just like they took away his 8th point. Despite all the action, I'm still pretty happy. The things that bother me the most are his 3-point % (which is low because of two 2-pointers that should have been 3-pointers) and the fact that he's not perfect from the line. I hope he never misses again, personally-- then again I'd be happy if none of the Cavs missed again, because we all have one goal.
Oh no, I've started to go along with the whole "one" thing... Back to where I was, Wally also had an interview with Fred Mcleod after the game, so feel free to watch it. Links for Wally/Cavs related stuff are below, as well as Wally's dunk.
Wally "The Flash" Dunk
Wally Szczerbiak & Mo Williams Interview
Game Highlights
Boxscore, Recap, Full Play-by-Play
Last night the Cavaliers took a visit to the Hawks to attempt a continuation of their 7-0 playoff run. It was successful as the Cavaliers managed another double-digit lead, 84-74. We're now 8-0, we're in the Eastern Conference Finals, we've been playing great basketball, haven't lost a game, won every game by 10 points... As a Cavs fan I have no choice but to be pleased.
Wally Szczerbiak came in and gave some good minutes-- 14 of them and 59 seconds, to be exact.
Szczerbiak manned up and went into the post until he was close enough that he could turn around, face-up, and hit a quick shot for 2 points.
His 4th of his 6 points came from an emphatic ankle-breaking dunk. Wally received the ball and went to his right where he lost Evans and threw it down with 1 hand! THROW THAT HAMMER DOWN, WALL-E!
When the Cavaliers went to him again, Wally drove to the basket and tried to pull an LBJ but was cruelly fouled. Since the referees were chumps they didn't call anything and Wally got furious with the no-call, where he became indignant and got T'd up-- one of his first technical fouls in a long time. The technical was missed, however, which just goes to prove that the call WAS a bad call.
Szczerbiak also shot a technical; I forgot exactly when, but the referees didn't like Wally and put butter on the ball before he shot, causing Wally to miss his 1st free throw of the playoffs. Despite this he's still 90% which leads the Cavaliers for anyone who has taken 10 or more free throws.
Later on, Wally obtained his 6th point by a pass to Lebron where he knocked a shot just barely behind the 3-point line... If you hadn't realized that the referees are chumps, they are, and they took Wally's 7th point away, just like they took away his 8th point. Despite all the action, I'm still pretty happy. The things that bother me the most are his 3-point % (which is low because of two 2-pointers that should have been 3-pointers) and the fact that he's not perfect from the line. I hope he never misses again, personally-- then again I'd be happy if none of the Cavs missed again, because we all have one goal.
Oh no, I've started to go along with the whole "one" thing... Back to where I was, Wally also had an interview with Fred Mcleod after the game, so feel free to watch it. Links for Wally/Cavs related stuff are below, as well as Wally's dunk.
Wally Szczerbiak & Mo Williams Interview
Game Highlights
Boxscore, Recap, Full Play-by-Play
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Lebron Rocks Hawks 97-82
King J scores 47 points in his double-double, tagged with 12 rebounds and 8 assists. Since everyone else but Z was pretty much out cold for the game, Lebron had to take over, driving it in, hitting 12-16 FTs, and amazingly enough hitting many jump shots (including 5-10 of the 3 point land; he hit most of them earlier on and then lost his stroke).
Wally Szczerbiak took 2 shots. One was a quick look from the north-east corner of the arena and the other shot was with a man in his face on the perimeter. He's now 1-6 from 3-point land but maintains his high overall field goal % and his 2-pt field goal %. Wally didn't shoot any free throws and only played 7 minutes. His only good factor was 2 rebounds, which was nothing special.
Zydrunas has been quiet lately but today he played a solid game (in comparison to the regular season, anyway). He shot 6-9, many of which were mid-range jumpers, along with 2-4 FT for a strong 14 points. The Cavs started to play the pick-and-roll to give Z again in order to give Ilgauskus a good look and the effort payed off. He also picked up 8 rebounds. He did shoot two 3-pointers but was off the mark on both attempts.
Something interesting I noticed was that West played more minutes than Lebron. I'm positive I mentioned this to someone before but he's been playing a lot of minutes. Possible because he's a pretty good all-around player who can dribble, pass, shoot, drive, and play defense to a good extent (although he doesn't excel at anything in particular, in my opinion).
Well, nothing amazing-- despite the Hawk's rallies to catch up we (as in the Cavs) still beat them by double-digits.
From the Cavalier and Wally Blog in downtown Cleveland, see you next time!
Wally Szczerbiak took 2 shots. One was a quick look from the north-east corner of the arena and the other shot was with a man in his face on the perimeter. He's now 1-6 from 3-point land but maintains his high overall field goal % and his 2-pt field goal %. Wally didn't shoot any free throws and only played 7 minutes. His only good factor was 2 rebounds, which was nothing special.
Zydrunas has been quiet lately but today he played a solid game (in comparison to the regular season, anyway). He shot 6-9, many of which were mid-range jumpers, along with 2-4 FT for a strong 14 points. The Cavs started to play the pick-and-roll to give Z again in order to give Ilgauskus a good look and the effort payed off. He also picked up 8 rebounds. He did shoot two 3-pointers but was off the mark on both attempts.
Something interesting I noticed was that West played more minutes than Lebron. I'm positive I mentioned this to someone before but he's been playing a lot of minutes. Possible because he's a pretty good all-around player who can dribble, pass, shoot, drive, and play defense to a good extent (although he doesn't excel at anything in particular, in my opinion).
Well, nothing amazing-- despite the Hawk's rallies to catch up we (as in the Cavs) still beat them by double-digits.
From the Cavalier and Wally Blog in downtown Cleveland, see you next time!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Wally's World in the Q
...Delonte passes it forward to Lebron James, Lebron James on the fastbreak, passes it to Wally Szczerbiak, Wally with the dunk!
Game 2 has been another blowout served up by Lebron and Wally along with everyone else.
As I said yesterday, Walter has been putting in quite a bit of effort into his minutes. Last night the Cavaliers marked their territory and held their own in the 105-85 victory.
The game started off strong as usual with the Cavs staying around the area but slowly moving away from the Hawks. At the end of the 1st quarter Lebron went iso--as he usually does--and lost his defender, finishing with an amazing reverse slam. Make sure to watch it in the highlights (see the bottom of the post for links).
Szczerbiak comes in at the beginning of the 2nd quarter and when fed the ball by a teammate, we know that 8 times out of 10 he makes something happen. With that, he backs down his defender at least 10 feet before he quickly shoots it off the backboard and hits for 2 of his 17 points in the game.
Mo Williams gets his floater "the Mo Flow" to go (along with a technical foul handed by refiree Crawford due to Mo's reaction after he got fouled on the play but no foul was called). The next minute Szczerbiak hustles down the court and Lebron throws an amazing pass to him. Wally takes the shot and drains it for his 4th point.
The next minute Szczerbiak is in the post again and with lightning-quick speed turns around and swishes a turn-around J to grab his 6th point on 3-3 shooting.
This is when one of the best assists of the game (there were at least 5 plays all worthy of being the "assist of the night", I'm telling you) occurs. Our Most Valuable Player dashes forward with Szczerbiak trailing behind. Instead of dunking it in Lebron makes the extra pass to Szczerbiak who dunks it in with 1 hand!
Wally and James seem to make a pretty good team, huh?
The score is 48-28 (Cavs leading, o'course) thanks to the whole team's efforts when Wally goes to the free throw line to shoot a technical which he swishes. You have to give this dude serious credit, he's 100% from the free throw line in the playoffs and his free throw shooting could come in handy in tough situations, if we ever need it. Along with his technical Wally shoots 2 more free throws later in the game making him 9-9 in the offseason so far (the best percentage, behind him are other people who also have 100% but have taken less free throws).
Wally has his fun for the 2nd quarter, especially with the Wally chants, which in his interviews he states that he greatly appreciates, and sits until the 4th quarter. Amazingly enough, Lebron and the other starters actually sit out the 4th quarter because the Cavaliers are up by an amazing 30+ points in the 3rd quarter.
Wally makes a great drive at the beginning of the 4th quarter to score his 11th point of the game. Unfortunately Szczerbiak becomes a little aggressive and picks up 3 offensive fouls, but he comes back later in the 4th quarter with an offensive rebound that is quickly turned into a point off the glass (see the highlights for this shot as well).
With 48.8 seconds Wally is fouled and shoots 2 more free throws. On the next possession Szczerbiak fades out and hits his 17th point, securing the win over the Hawks.
Wally's great play earned him a half-time interview and other points of attention, including a post-game interview. Similar to everyone else, he repeats some of the things he says, but he makes what he says sound really legit because Wally spices it up with his veteran interviewing skills.
Cavaliers vs. Hawks Highlights
Lebron James Reverse Dunk
Lebron James Half Court Buzzer-Beater
Wally Szczerbiak Halftime Interview
Lebron's Big Night
More Videos (Includes Wally's post-game interview from Game 1 and Game 2)
CavsFanatic Wally Thread
Now we just need a little more 3-point shooting from Wally and I'll be happy. He's doing a solid job on defense and averaging 5 points a game so far which is pretty good considering he's only playing about 11 minutes a game on average. We know that if Wally were starting he'd be getting at least twice the amount of play time meaning about twice the points-- meaning he'd average anywhere from 8-12 points which is still pretty solid and just shows that Szczerbiak hasn't "lost his touch" or anything; quite the opposite.
I have to go brag to my friends about Wally now, so I'll talk to you later.
Game 2 has been another blowout served up by Lebron and Wally along with everyone else.
As I said yesterday, Walter has been putting in quite a bit of effort into his minutes. Last night the Cavaliers marked their territory and held their own in the 105-85 victory.
The game started off strong as usual with the Cavs staying around the area but slowly moving away from the Hawks. At the end of the 1st quarter Lebron went iso--as he usually does--and lost his defender, finishing with an amazing reverse slam. Make sure to watch it in the highlights (see the bottom of the post for links).
Szczerbiak comes in at the beginning of the 2nd quarter and when fed the ball by a teammate, we know that 8 times out of 10 he makes something happen. With that, he backs down his defender at least 10 feet before he quickly shoots it off the backboard and hits for 2 of his 17 points in the game.
Mo Williams gets his floater "the Mo Flow" to go (along with a technical foul handed by refiree Crawford due to Mo's reaction after he got fouled on the play but no foul was called). The next minute Szczerbiak hustles down the court and Lebron throws an amazing pass to him. Wally takes the shot and drains it for his 4th point.
The next minute Szczerbiak is in the post again and with lightning-quick speed turns around and swishes a turn-around J to grab his 6th point on 3-3 shooting.This is when one of the best assists of the game (there were at least 5 plays all worthy of being the "assist of the night", I'm telling you) occurs. Our Most Valuable Player dashes forward with Szczerbiak trailing behind. Instead of dunking it in Lebron makes the extra pass to Szczerbiak who dunks it in with 1 hand!
Wally and James seem to make a pretty good team, huh?
The score is 48-28 (Cavs leading, o'course) thanks to the whole team's efforts when Wally goes to the free throw line to shoot a technical which he swishes. You have to give this dude serious credit, he's 100% from the free throw line in the playoffs and his free throw shooting could come in handy in tough situations, if we ever need it. Along with his technical Wally shoots 2 more free throws later in the game making him 9-9 in the offseason so far (the best percentage, behind him are other people who also have 100% but have taken less free throws).
Wally has his fun for the 2nd quarter, especially with the Wally chants, which in his interviews he states that he greatly appreciates, and sits until the 4th quarter. Amazingly enough, Lebron and the other starters actually sit out the 4th quarter because the Cavaliers are up by an amazing 30+ points in the 3rd quarter.
Wally makes a great drive at the beginning of the 4th quarter to score his 11th point of the game. Unfortunately Szczerbiak becomes a little aggressive and picks up 3 offensive fouls, but he comes back later in the 4th quarter with an offensive rebound that is quickly turned into a point off the glass (see the highlights for this shot as well).
With 48.8 seconds Wally is fouled and shoots 2 more free throws. On the next possession Szczerbiak fades out and hits his 17th point, securing the win over the Hawks.
Wally's great play earned him a half-time interview and other points of attention, including a post-game interview. Similar to everyone else, he repeats some of the things he says, but he makes what he says sound really legit because Wally spices it up with his veteran interviewing skills.
Cavaliers vs. Hawks Highlights
Lebron James Reverse Dunk
Lebron James Half Court Buzzer-Beater
Wally Szczerbiak Halftime Interview
Lebron's Big Night
More Videos (Includes Wally's post-game interview from Game 1 and Game 2)
CavsFanatic Wally Thread
Now we just need a little more 3-point shooting from Wally and I'll be happy. He's doing a solid job on defense and averaging 5 points a game so far which is pretty good considering he's only playing about 11 minutes a game on average. We know that if Wally were starting he'd be getting at least twice the amount of play time meaning about twice the points-- meaning he'd average anywhere from 8-12 points which is still pretty solid and just shows that Szczerbiak hasn't "lost his touch" or anything; quite the opposite.
I have to go brag to my friends about Wally now, so I'll talk to you later.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Round 2... Fight!
It's round 2 of the Playoffs and the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Cavaliers have advanced from the Eastern Quarter Finals to face off against Atlanta.
I apologize in advance for not posting on time, especially when Wally Szczerbiak had a solid game.
In a decent 11 minutes, Wally Szczerbiak scored 5 points on 2 of 4 shooting. It started off with him being isolated and hitting a quick jumper. He missed a fade-away shot later in the game along with a deep 3, however he stroked one on the right wing giving him his 5th point and what I believe is his 1st 3-pointer thus far.
In addition, Wally Szczerbiak showed a good amount of effort and activity. He grabbed 3 rebounds, a couple of which were good box-outs and vital to the possessions. On one play (which was also shown in the games highlights) Wally Szczerbiak was double-teamed and threw one over to Delonte West who knocked down a 3-pointer. His ability to find an open man, and more importantly the one who will do the job, is a great skill of his.
On the defensive side, Wally Szczerbiak quickly set himself and drew the charge. On a fastbreak play by the Hawks, he stepped up and stopped Josh Smith from getting an easy point, and forced him to the line. Just by looking at the play I would have said he was going for the block but the fact that he didn't give them easy points shows he's putting in good effort.
In addition to Wally's solid play off the bench, King James added 34 points on 12-20 field goal shots and 4 steals in his double-double on Tuesday. Pavlovic was for some reason given some minutes and he didn't mess up that much, so I won't complain.
Amazingly enough, Joe Smith (who I deeply respect, despite the fact that his name is considered "generic") didn't score even a point and only had 2 rebounds in his 20 minutes of play. But it's just one game, right?
With the Cavaliers 27 point win over the Hawks* our team goes to Round 2, Game 2, and we plan to fight them off. I'm looking for a sweep or a 5 game series. No disrespect to the Hawks but it's just going to be tough for them and if Tuesday night's game was representative of the rest of the series, they're in for it.
*(99-72, although we supposedly could have played better in the 1st and 2nd quarters; imagine how many points the Cavs would have led by if that happened)
I apologize in advance for not posting on time, especially when Wally Szczerbiak had a solid game.
In a decent 11 minutes, Wally Szczerbiak scored 5 points on 2 of 4 shooting. It started off with him being isolated and hitting a quick jumper. He missed a fade-away shot later in the game along with a deep 3, however he stroked one on the right wing giving him his 5th point and what I believe is his 1st 3-pointer thus far.
In addition, Wally Szczerbiak showed a good amount of effort and activity. He grabbed 3 rebounds, a couple of which were good box-outs and vital to the possessions. On one play (which was also shown in the games highlights) Wally Szczerbiak was double-teamed and threw one over to Delonte West who knocked down a 3-pointer. His ability to find an open man, and more importantly the one who will do the job, is a great skill of his.
On the defensive side, Wally Szczerbiak quickly set himself and drew the charge. On a fastbreak play by the Hawks, he stepped up and stopped Josh Smith from getting an easy point, and forced him to the line. Just by looking at the play I would have said he was going for the block but the fact that he didn't give them easy points shows he's putting in good effort.
In addition to Wally's solid play off the bench, King James added 34 points on 12-20 field goal shots and 4 steals in his double-double on Tuesday. Pavlovic was for some reason given some minutes and he didn't mess up that much, so I won't complain.
Amazingly enough, Joe Smith (who I deeply respect, despite the fact that his name is considered "generic") didn't score even a point and only had 2 rebounds in his 20 minutes of play. But it's just one game, right?
With the Cavaliers 27 point win over the Hawks* our team goes to Round 2, Game 2, and we plan to fight them off. I'm looking for a sweep or a 5 game series. No disrespect to the Hawks but it's just going to be tough for them and if Tuesday night's game was representative of the rest of the series, they're in for it.
*(99-72, although we supposedly could have played better in the 1st and 2nd quarters; imagine how many points the Cavs would have led by if that happened)
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