<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Technically, the Cavaliers enjoyed an off day on Friday. Just don't tell that to trainer Max Benton or strength and conditioning coordinator/assistant coach Stan Kellers or the parade of players who met with one or both of them Friday in Gund Arena. "Any day we have what is considered an 'off' day really isn't an off day for the whole team," Kellers said after spending the afternoon working with rookie Anderson Varejao, who still is recovering from his high left ankle sprain. Newcomer Jerome Moiso and DeSagana Diop and Scott Williams also were in to work with Kellers, while half a dozen other players saw Benton for treatment, including Ira Newble, whose strained Achilles' tendon probably will keep him out of tonight's game against Orlando. Given that rookie Luke Jackson is back in Portland, Ore., while his back heals after surgery, and Dajuan Wagner is recovering at home in New Jersey after being hospitalized for colitis, that pretty much accounts for everybody. All in all, it was just another day at the office for Kellers and his assistant, C.J. Stamates. Furthermore, despite the recent spate of injuries, Kellers doesn't think this season is particularly unusual. "Outside of Luke's being a season-ending back surgery, these are really common injuries," said Kellers, in his ninth season with the Cavs. "You see [sprained] ankles all the time, and Achilles strains. If you look at the transactions in the paper, you see guys bouncing off and on the injured list every day. "Our problem is it came in a cluster. That made it a little more difficult. But if you look at games missed . . . overall it hasn't been devastating. I've seen years where you had two or three guys go down for months at a time. That's a lot tougher than what we're dealing with right now." The challenge for Kellers is to come up with exactly the right exercise regimen in precisely the right quantity for each athlete. </div> Source
