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Daily News - October 19, 2014

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2014 Player Preview: James Jones
Author: Trevor Magnotti
Publication: Fear the Sword

In terms of individual players on the Cavs' roster, none presents more of an air of the unknown than James Jones. Signed from Miami this summer, Jones was a player signed with influence from LeBron James, and given how the roster has subsequently shaken out, it appears that Jones will see increased time in the Cavs rotation compared to what he saw in Miami. However, we have no idea how much of an increase in playing time he will see.

Jones saw his playing time reduce for each season of the LeBron era in Miami, going from playing 19.1 minutes per game in 2010-2011 to 11.8 minutes per game in 20 contests last season. And it isn't like Jones was injured often to cause this slip; he never was placed on the inactive list with an injury as the reason during the last four seasons. He just was slowly phased out of the rotation in favor of guys like Shane Battier and Rashard Lewis.

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Cleveland Cavaliers: Dion Waiters leading team in field-goal attempts
Author: Bob Finnan
Publication: The News-Herald

Maybe in Dion Waiters’ mind, he’s trying to justify entrance into the Cavaliers’ Big Four.

He has led the Cavaliers in field-goal attempts in all five preseason games. Overall, the 6-foot-4, 225-pound shooting guard has taken 31 more shots than his next teammate.

Waiters is averaging 13.6 shots per game, compared to Kyrie Irving’s 13, LeBron James’ 9.3 and Kevin Love’s 8.8.

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About That Alley-Oop
Author: Scott Sargent
Publication: Waiting For Next Year

It started on defense and ended with a glare and the leg muscles of 20,000 individuals involuntarily propelling them out of their seats. All of the synapses and impulses and awe-filled, arms-extended shrieks that, truthfully, had been bubbling up for years, were all let loose in this seven-or-eight-second sequence that began with the element of the game that has long been discussed as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Achilles Heel.

With the Dallas Mavericks attempting to be the first team to topple the Cavs in a preseason contest this autumn, the moved the ball across half-court in what was otherwise a standard set in the middle of the third quarter of a game that, in the end, would not count. A pair of reserve Cavaliers, center Anderson and Matthew Dellavedova, paired for a hard show at the top of the key, forcing the ball to the right-side wing. Forward LeBron James quickly closed on the Mavericks guard Jameer Nelson. In the second-and-a-half that Nelson held the ball, both Varjeao and Dellavedova slid down into the key.

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