No Wonder the Cavs are Down. +/- Analysis

Who do you think has the highest +/- rating on the Cavs for their series against Orlando? Lebron, no try again. Moe Williams? No. How about Z, How about ANDERSON VAREJO. Below I will include the table of the numbers and minutes played. Lebron, Z, and Varejo both have a plus minus around 5.5. Lebron, the best player in the league only has a plus/minus of 5.5? Now lets look at their bench. Ben Wallace -10.6. Joe Smith Even. So expalin to me why Joe Smith is playing substantial less in the last few games then Wallace. Is Mike Brown impressed with his Game 4 and 5 performances averging a minus 16? The Cleveland bench is about even in this rating system except for Wallace's -10.6 and Wally World's -8.6.

Originially I was picking the Cavs to make the complete comeback until I looked into these stats. For camparrison lets look at the Magic. The player with the highest plus/minus in the series? Skip to my Lou with a plus 7.6. Dwight Howard is -.5 while Courtney Lee is -1. However, when you look at the Magic bench they are even as a unit. This just goes to show a nother facit of how Cleveland's bench is killing them.

Ill add to this later probably and also will add a Kobe/Lebron better player debate and even add in D Wade.

Player	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	MPG/Avg	Plus/Minus AVG
Lebron James	7	-7	-12	6	11		43.2	5
Anderson Varejo	8	-12	-2	5	24		28.4	5.8
Z	12	8	-9	2	15		31	5.6
Delonte West	0	10	-13	5	9		44.8	2.2
Mo Williams	0	0	-9	-5	17		43	even
Wally Sczerbiak	-7	DNP	DNP	-8	-11		16	-8.666666667
Ben Wallace	-14	-3	-3	-14	-19		12.4	-10.6
Daniel Gibson	-3	-2	-1	6	4		10	even
Sasha Pavlovic	DNP	-1		DNP	-2		16	even
Joe Smith	-8	14	0	-7	1		10	Even
Plus/ Minus AVG
Magic
Hedo	0	-2	20	4	-11		168	2.2
Rashard	1	3	10	-6	-1		169	1.4
Howard	-1	-5	9	1	-7		152	-0.6
Lee	4	-6	8	-5	-9		125	-1.6
Alston	0	3	17	18	-20		133	7.6
Pietrus	4	0	-2	-2	-9		119	-1.8
Johnson	3	0	-10	-9	15		55	even
Gortat	2	4	-2	8	-3		49	1.8
Battie	0	-2	0	1	-5		16	even

Fran Tarkenton and Brett Farve both in the wrong

If you haven't heard the Fran Tarkenton rant on 790 The Zone on Mayhem in the AM it is a must listen. I have been trying to stay away from the Brett Farve talk but this interview with Tarkenton has gotten my attention. The things Fran says about Farve are probably fair and can be argued either way. However, his destroying of Marcellus Wiley is absurd and out of line. Where has Fran Tarkenton even been for the last twenty years???? What makes him come out of the woodwork and hate on Wiley and Farve. Where was Fran last year when Farve was talking about joining the Vikes? Wiley calls him a grumpy old man and than Fran just goes on to destroy him. Wiley isn't a Hall of Famer but he didn't have a minimal playing career. He also goes on a rant about how many businesses he owns. Well Wiley is a business man himself. Wiley respected him by calling him a Hall of Famer and a great player. Wiley attacked the COMMENTS he made not him as a player. Fran took it to a low level by attacking Wiley as a player, not responding to his comments.

It sounds like Fran thought he was such a legend and that he wouldn't be critized and he must think he is a bigger legend than Farve. Tarkenton finished his career with a 80.4 QB rating, 342 TD's and 266 INT's in 18 years. Farve currently has a rating of 85.4, 464 TDS and 310 INT's. Fran played for 18 years, he has to know the difficulties Farve is going through not knowing whether or not to retire. Also hoping that Farve ruins his reputation in Green Bay and the rest of the league just because he wants to extend his career? Does he REALLY think that Rosenfals and Jackson will do better than Farve. He obviously doesn't want his reputation as the greatest quarterback to ever play for the Vikings to be lost. He knows that if Farve becomes a Viking he will overshadow Tarkenton.

I agree that Farve needs to make up his mind but I don't think he is the one holding up the process right now. All I know is Fran is going to continue getting ripped and trying to defend himself today only made it worse. I still can't believe I'm sticking up for Farve.