Jeff Brown thinks the Cavaliers stink

Of Fair Hooker correspondent Jeff Brown weighed in with this today:

The Cavaliers had a nice little stretch there between Feb. 11 - Mar. 4, when they went 4-4, including two beatdowns of the Knicks.

Alas, they have reverted back to their old ways, losing four in a row by an average of more than 16 points.

And of course, prior to their 4-4 stretch, they had lost 26 in a row, meaning they are a mere 4-30 over their past 34 games! (a winning percentage of .117 !)

Steve, don't allow yourself to get seduced by a short 8-game streak in which the Cadavers managed to eek out a .500 record!

I'm wanting to protect you from too much disappointment and overblown expectations -- you see, Steve, the Cavaliers still really stink.

What do you think?

Well, yes. Of course they do.

Oh, sure, we've got some useful players -- J.J. Hickson, in particular, has shown real flashes of brilliance from time to time, and Baron Davis has done well in his limited Cavalier action. But in terms of building a successful team down the road, there aren't many useful pieces here. Anderson Varejao has been hurt most of the year, but he's a fine player. Outside of that -- well, let's see, Christian Eyenga might develop, and fellow rookies like Samardo Samuels and Manny Harris could become nice players too. But not one of the guys listed here is a cornerstone-type player. We're going to have to hope we get one of those in the 2011 draft.

The good news? We'll probably have more lottery balls than anybody else.