I found this link at Yahoo Sports, thought you would like to read it.... http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=knig...night&type=lgns
Lee Nailon has always been able to get buckets. The problem with Nailon is his defense. During close games in April its going to be a risk having him out on the court late in games because he has trouble guarding people off the dribble at the small forward spot. Me personally I have always like Lee, he can score on the low block or hit the mid range jumper. And he handles the ball well. But he is slow, so teams dont put any faith into him especially on the Defensive end. But its good to see him providing the Cavs with some scoring at that small forward spot. The cavs now have a good combination of offense & Defense at that position with Lee Nailon & Eric Williams.
his shooting was just incredible last night and his defense really wasn't a problem, i dont know if i would go so far as to say he's the key, but certainly he came up big last night and has had some crucial baskets over the streak, but then again, so has nearly every cav player
Well the Cavaliers needed bench scoring desperately, and being one of the top (think they are the top) scoring team in the league in the 1st quarter, we always lost our lead in the 2nd after the bench bunch came in. With Ollie, Nailon, Battie, Wagner, Diop, Newble, and Kapono, the Cavs now have a bench that can put up some points.
The fact that he has sparked the bench out of its slumber has been key to our success. I thik we were all sick of seeing our leads dwindle away when our bench came in. I think also Silas's rotations have improved so that he is not sitting Z, Booz and James at the same time!
and plus he knows silas and silas wants him there. as soon as i heard we picked up silas's old scoring small forward bench guy i knew it was a good move. coach has made nothing but the right moves so far this year.
The key to the cavs six game winning streak has been Z. Z has been there when James or Boozer haven't had their best games, it's gotta be Z, Our most consistant player!
Nailon is giving us just what we expected.... about 8 PPG off the bench. He isn't much on defense, but hey, Bremer was not giving us ANYTHING so it was a good move.
Nailon was a good acquisiton, but Z and Mcinnis' play have been the reasons behind our success since the all star break. Nailon however was a big key in our last game against the Pacers. His big first half allowed us to hold onto a lead despite the Pacers shooting the ball extremely well. I'm glad we snagged him before another contender did because Eric Williams has really fallen apart over the last month. Hopefully he can get his act together because we could use his creativity inside.
We really needed somone like Nailon off the bench here. Our original bench bunch really can't get the job done offensivly. Newble and EWill just can't get into that offensive groove at that position and our actual 6th man DWag doesn't get any playing time. So yeah I would say Lee is definatly "Key".
