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Life For The Cleveland Cavaliers Without Anderson Varejao

Found February 14, 2012 on Stepien Rules: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Anderson Varejao,  Kyrie Irving,  Tristan Thompson,  Mychel Thompson,  Samardo Samuels,  Anthony Parker
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers

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I was watching Saturday's loss to the Philadelphia 76ers thinking to myself: if this is what Cavaliers basketball is like without Anderson Varjeao, I hope he's never traded. This after starting the season convinced that the Cavaliers would be overwhelmed with trade offers for their talented big man, and forced to do specifically that. I know Kyrie Irving spent Saturday's game hanging with Gody as well, it wasn't just Varejao who sat sidelined with that broken wrist, and it most definitely would've been a more enjoyable game with Kyrie to be sure. But there is no replacement for Anderson Varejao. Maybe there is an 11-year old Brazilian kid who is patterning his game, life, and hair off of Anderson right now, and in ten years maybe he will come into the NBA and do the same things Varejao does currently, but nobody else is doing it now. After breaking his wrist, Anderson Varejao himself won't be doing it now for a while though either. I've heard he may be si...
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