What a crowd at JAR Arena...wall-to-wall, to welcome the LeBron, the Big Witness, and the rest of the '09-'10 Cavaliers to the Wine and Gold scrimmage...Shaq reminded us all, that after all he is close to a 60% shooter for his NBA career...He then proceeded to score on his 1st 5 attempts in this game...soft touches from the left block, then the right...a little hook later, to go with a bucket on a give and go...He then scored on an easy lay-up, by running the floor...good old early offense...
 
Shaq says he is about 8 days away from being in season condition, which tells you he has come into camp in very good shape...and all his teammates and coaches have noticed...
 
LeBron said he spent a lot of time this off season on the scoring game inside the three point line...boxes and elbows specifically...in other words from the low post, and the foul line extended...you know he'll get to the rack which he did early for an "and 1" opportunity....He also scored on a tough, tough floater going through the lane, and falling right...He says don't worry about spacing with Shaq drawing attention inside...LBJ figures that will come naturally as everyone gets used to playing with the big fella...and because Shaq is such a willing passer down there, the other four guys know they will be rewarded...
 
I spoke about the depth earlier this week while watching this team go through the paces of week 1 of camp...we saw it again in this scrimmage...with JJ Hickson, Anthony Parker, Jamario Moon and Danny Green all doing things in a variety of ways...You know what Z, Andy, Mo and Delonte will bring, to go with the King...Mike has a pleasant task...finding minutes for so many guys, including Boobie, who hit three jumpers in this one...
 
Green definitely made a statement...Mike says the credit goes to Danny Ferry and his staff for going deep in drafting this Tar Heel...Danny recalls showing Mike some You Tube clips of Green this past summer...and then joked, Mike has been hooked on You Tube ever since....
 
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