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Cavs beat Pistons...Dan Gilbert as announcer
Written by Brendan Bowers   
Thursday, 26 November 2009 11:38

The Cavs beat Coach Kuester's Pistons 98-88 in Detroit last night. LeBron had 34-8-7, Daniel Gibson threw in an extremely efficient 13, and Mo Williams had double digit points with 8 assists.  All that said, Dan Gilbert stole the show for me from the announcers' chair.

Dan Gilbert on Maverick Carter...

Dan Gilbert made a number of points during the broadcast last night that are worth expanding on at a later date - and one in particular that's worth expanding on this morning.  I thought Gilbert made it a point last night to publicly take up for LeBron James' business partners, specifically Maverick Carter, after some recent heat that's been directed towards their camp.  When LeBron sat down next to Carter late in the 4th quarter, Fred McLeod said that "LeBron has 31 points tonight as he takes a seat next to his good friend Maverick Carter."  To which Dan Gilbert responded, "LeBron has 31 points, but you know what, Maverick Carter has 362 emails during this game alone, and that's probably a new record."  My thoughts on that...just my speculation here - Mav Carter probably does get 300+ emails a game, and he probably gets somewhere around 1000 a day.  And if I got that many emails, its possible that I might miss one, from say a mom who can't wait to get some memorabilia up on ebay.  I am not referencing anyone specifically though, so don't get "mad." Back to references, this was the second time last night that Carter was referenced during the telecast.  Earlier in the game, the ball bounced into his hands courtside, and McLeod acknowledged Carter first by referencing him as a former gridiron star at St. V's.  Gilbert also added that he did play a couple of seasons of PG at Western Michigan.

 

More things I thought included...

Is it possible that if Delonte West continues to be activated, and used sparingly, that he could prove to be a distraction on the bench as the season wears on?

Any chance Gilbert gets fined for his commentary on the officials, both in general, and in last night's game specifically?  I agreed with everything he said though for the record...

If you were the Cavs front office, would you be worried that LeBron could leave Cleveland because he won't get the "calls" here?  Would he get those "calls" in New York? 

Could Dan Gilbert - new casino in toe - bring an NBA All Star Game to Cleveland one day...say maybe after LeBron wins three titles in this town?

More on that later...Cavs (11-4) off tonight...next up is the Charlotte Bobcats. 

Have a good Holiday!


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The Carter
written by San Dova, November 30, 2009
Honestly, I wonder why Maverick Carter gets any attention whatsoever. I don't have anything against him, and he understandably is going to get some measure of coverage since he's LeBron's best friend acting as his agent...with that said, the Cavs kiss James' butt so much publicly, and I wonder what some of those old stars like Jordan and Magic think about that. I've never seen anyone get the sort of freedom in hanging around while the game is either about to start or going on.

I don't really have a true opinion on the LRMR team beyond them being an innovative, savvy team, but I personally wonder why Carter has any sort of special privileges like that at all, to be sitting on the team bench and everything. Oh well, to each his own.
@San Dova
written by StepienRules, November 30, 2009
All that's true, and I guess the privelages bestowed upon a Randy Mims, Maverick Carter, Rich Paul and the like can be chalked up to a combination of they do technically work for LeBron James, and the Cavaliers just basically are saying we will do whatever you want...absolutely whatever you want, just don't leave us! What I wanted to point out though, is Gilbert seemed to go even farther during the telecast, with the "Mad Mom's" Story claiming that Mav Carter never replied to her follow up email about the signed memorabilia they were shorted, Dan Gilbert went on the air to say "he gets 362 emails during a game" - you know how many emails he gets in a day lady...it happens! Good stuff Sandy...thanks for dropping in!
Brownnosers & LeBron and Co.
written by San Dova, December 01, 2009
Yeah, I honestly have next to no opinion on that situation. WHY Dan Gilbert would know that much information about Maverick Carter is beyond me. Besides him being LBJ's best friend/agent, I really don't know why he gets any pub. I'm a little confused why anyone cares about the man specifically. I sort of think that LeBron and Co. have brown-nosers just left and right, and I guess seeing the already-present idol worship of pro athletes in general, it just seems a little sickening in the case of LeBron, because it's on another level altogether, and it's based in fear. That actually is one of the only turnoffs about the mystique of LeBron James, that his aura and his options about what he can do for his career insites a silent sort of mayhem to the degree that his agent is omnipresent on the bench, in pregame and that his owner and other broadcasters will give up their breath to mention Maverick. It's just puzzling to me. I don't really get it.

Thanks for the opp, Brendan!

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