Hey Cavs Nation! The Wine and Golders are indeed back!!! And wow is it great to be back!

A lot of camp has been spent teaching, which is typical...instituting new wrinkles, and reviewing tried and true elements on both sides of the floor. Part of the tedious instruction is to implement the new guys, and reinforce things for the returnees. Obviously when they start going 5 on 5, my antenna goes up.

The first thing you will notice On Tuesday night on Fox Sports Ohio, is how deep this team is, guys who can get it done at every position with many interchangeable parts. It's an even more athletic team now(AC can't wait!!!). To speak to the depth, Jawad Williams nailed 3 straight triples from the left wing, all with a quick trigger. Seconds later, from that identical spot, LeBron went draino too, and smiled, adding, "I have a hair trigger too".

Early perceptions include Shaq, who looks good...he's moving very well and yes, we've all watched him for 17 years, but until you see him in that practice uniform, you can't really appreciate how mammoth he is. You can not move that guy!. As I'm writing this, he just scored on an early offensive lay-in, and got hacked, "Shaq-knifing" his way to the hoop. He didn't even flinch as the ball went through. Moments later, he was among the first down the floor, and caught a bullet from Mo on the block...count it!!! Oh, and we know how good of a passer he is from the block...I think you'll see the always moving, Anderson Verejao get a lot of weak side lay-ups the way he has done with LBJ getting the assist.

LeBron looks as fresh as can be...attacking, dishing, finishing his last two nasty drives (Are you kidding me is all I can say!). He just drove base line in front of me...the coaches were counting down the shot clock..."4...3...2..." The King rose from 15 and went bottom, saying "1", to finish the 24 second clock as it went through.

Jamario Moon has a good looking stroke, (better than I thought since we only saw him four times a season). So does the man they call "AP", Anthony Parker, who hit a left corner 3 which he can do in his sleep. But he drew the biggest roar when he drew a charge at the defensive end just above the free throw line...LeBron was the first to pick him up, yelling "way to go AP".

J.J. Hickson looks 100% as he just beat everyone down the floor, caught the pass and flushed. Mike Brown loved the hustle.

This is going to be something!!!

Hope to see you at the JAR on Saturday for the Wine and Gold scrimmage.