Cavalier Chronicle: Life After LeBron

[bichettehappens]

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Fri, Nov 4, 2011 | Recap

	103	STAT LEADERS
		Iguodala 25	PTS	Williams 30
	116	Young 15	REB	Redd 6
		Nash 8	AST	Sessions 15

Top Performers

Philadelphia	Cleveland
A. Iguodala Pts: 25 Reb: 3 Ast: 1 Stl: 1 Blk: 0	R. Sessions Pts: 25 Reb: 6 Ast: 15 Stl: 2 Blk: 0
SEASON SERIES 1-0 CLE

CLEVELAND, OH -- The 76ers made their first trip to Cleveland of this young season and produced the highest-scoring Cavaliers game so far by 12 points. With Steve Nash commandeering an offense stacked with athletic guards and small forwards, Phildelphia fans came into the 2011-12 season with high expectations for their offense. Unfortunately for them, the Sixers were outperformed by the young Cavaliers squad.

Cleveland's young point guard, Ramon Sessions, did an excellent job of exposing Nash's poor defense and drove to the hoop well. In addition to scoring 23 points and tallying 15 assists, Sessions was also able to draw effectively draw fouls, resulting in Nash only playing 29 minutes (due to picking up 5 fouls).

"[Ramon] really took charge out there today. He went out there with a plan and executed it to perfection," head coach Byron Scott told reporters.

Guard Terrence Williams also stood out as a key performer for Cleveland, as he led all players in scoring with 30 points thanks to shooting 5-of-6 from beyond the three-point line. "T-Will was the man for us on defense today," said teammate Quinn Redd. "He did a great job of limiting the damage of Andre [Iguodala] and came up with some key steals for us."

The Cavaliers hope to continue their solid start to the season tomorrow in Toronto. The matchup will be the first time Redd and Cesar Padillo, the top two small forward prospects in last summer's draft, face each other in the regular season. Cleveland was rumored to be heavily considering drafting Padillo, so it will be interesting to see how the matchup pans out.

Photo Gallery

Williams scored well on offense, but his defense made the difference

Nash makes a flashy pass to avoid being entirely shown up by Sessions

In an embarrassing moment, Kenny Adams misses an open dunk

Box Score

Nov 4, 2011 - PHI at CLE
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Philadelphia 76ers (2-3)	28	17	26	32	103
Cleveland Cavaliers (3-1)	28	25	34	29	116

Philadelphia 76ers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Nash, PG	29	5-14	1-2	2-2	3	8	3	0	4	13
A. Iguodala, SG	35	11-23	0-4	3-3	3	1	1	0	3	25
T. Young, SF	42	3-7	0-0	5-6	15	4	0	0	3	11
T. Muprhy, PF	19	4-5	1-1	0-0	5	0	2	0	0	9
M. Speights, C	40	7-12	0-0	0-0	8	0	1	1	1	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Turner	20	4-10	1-1	4-6	1	2	0	1	3	13
J. Holiday	21	2-4	2-3	4-4	2	5	2	0	3	10
J. Jerebko	11	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	4
A. Nocioni	8	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
R. Fernandez	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
L. Mbah a Moute	16	0-0	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	2	0
L. Williams	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		40-81	5-12	18-21	47	20	10	3	19	103

Cleveland Cavaliers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Sessions, PG	34	6-8	0-0	11-13	6	15	2	0	3	23
T. Williams, SG	33	10-15	5-6	5-8	5	4	3	0	1	30
Q. Redd, SF	29	5-13	2-7	1-2	6	1	2	0	2	13
J. Hickson, PF	36	7-11	0-0	0-1	4	4	3	1	0	14
S. Dalembert, C	25	2-3	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Gibson	14	4-10	3-6	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	11
M. Harris	12	3-9	2-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	8
S. Price	11	3-6	0-0	0-4	3	0	0	0	0	6
B. Miller	22	3-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	6
K. Adams	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
A. Miller	12	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	3	2	0	1	0
M. Barnes	13	0-5	0-2	0-0	3	2	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		43-87	12-25	18-30	41	31	14	1	10	116

[McBoozy]

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This is really nice. Good layout and very detailed. BTW, Nash looks possessed in that picture above lol

[bichettehappens]

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Up Next: @ TOR

	Cavaliers (3-1, 1-0 away)	Saturday November 5, 2011 8:00 PM
	Raptors (1-4, 1-2 home)

Cleveland

Toronto

Ramon Sessions	PG	Jose Calderon
Terrence Williams	SG	DeMar DeRozan
Quinn Redd	SF	Cesar Padillo
J.J. Hickson	PF	Ed Davis
Brad Miller	C	Andrea Bargnani
SEASON SERIES 0-0

Key Matchup

Q. Redd Points: 13.5 Reb: 5.0 Ast: 0.7 Stl: 1.3 Blk: 0.5	C. Padillo Points: 13.2 Reb: 6.0 Ast: 1.4 Stl: 0.2 Blk: 0.6
Many analysts were split on whether Padillo might have been a better fit for Cleveland than Redd. This game could be Redd's first opportunity to silence the critics. Their number seem to be pretty evenly matched so far but it should be fun to watch how they fare against each other.

[The Big Squeezy]

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This thread is amazing. Great job on the presentation

[antixnette]

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Redd is having a real slow start. Hopefully he picks it up.

[bichettehappens]

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Sat, Nov 5, 2011 | Recap

	109	STAT LEADERS
		Hickson 23	PTS	Bargnani 33
	96	Hickson 10	REB	Bargnani 12
		Sessions 6	AST	Calderon 11

Top Performers

Cleveland	Toronto
J. Hickson Pts: 23 Reb: 10 Ast: 0 Stl: 1 Blk: 0	A. Bargnani Pts: 33 Reb: 12 Ast: 2 Stl: 3 Blk: 0
SEASON SERIES 1-0 CLE

TORONTO -- It was a strange day for the Cavaliers as they played only their second road game of this young season. Aside from J.J. Hickson their starters, including the usual scoring cast of Terrence Williams and Quinn Redd, had a quiet performance. For the first time this season Cleveland was forced to lean on the depth of its bench in order to come out with the victory.

Veteran forward Matt Barnes sparked the bench's third quarter run with two key three pointers. "When he hit that second three, I think it really got us fired up. We saw [Quinn] and Terrence having a tougher time than usual and really picked up the slack out there," stated point guard Andre Miller, who contributed a season-high 8 points along with 4 assists.

Redd had his worst scoring output of his career thus far, registering 10 points, all of which came late in the third quarter. After missing all six of his shots in the first half, and his first two of the second half, Redd came out of the game to make way for Barnes' energetic spurt. He came back into the game nearing the end of the third and caught fire but it wouldn't last long; he missed all three of his fourth quarter shot attempts.

The Cavaliers have a tough matchup ahead of them on Tuesday as they take on Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are not surprisingly off to a hot start. It should serve as their first real test of just how competitive this young Cavalier team can expect to be this season.

Photo Gallery

Redd had a rough day on offense, but forced bad shots on defense

Miller had his best performance off the bench this season

Harris has been a surprise contributor so far in 2011

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors
Nov 5, 2011 1 2 3 4 OT Final Cavaliers (4-1) 22 30 35 22 - 109 Raptors (1-5) 25 26 23 22 - 96 Other Key Performers Cleveland Cavaliers Matt Barnes 12 points 4 rebounds 1 assist Ramon Sessions 12 points 4 rebounds 6 assists, 5 steals Toronto Raptors Cesar Padillo 19 points 2 rebounds 2 assists Jose Calderon 9 points 11 rebounds 11 assists	Team Stats Comparison FG Made-Att 46-94 (48%) 40-86 (46%) 3PT Made-Att 7-22 (31%) 5-21 (23%) FT Made-Att 10-19 (52%) 11-13 (84%) Rebounds 49 50 Assists 23 24 Turnovers 13 19 Steals 13 9 Blocks 4 1 Bench Points* 47 24 * - Key statistic
Cleveland Cavaliers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS R. Sessions, PG 29 4-10 0-0 4-4 4 6 5 0 3 12 T. Williams, SG 24 4-9 1-2 0-6 4 3 1 1 0 9 Q. Redd, SF 23 5-18 0-4 0-0 6 0 1 0 1 10 J. Hickson, PF 31 10-14 0-0 3-4 10 0 1 0 3 23 B. Miller, C 26 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 2 0 1 4 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS M. Barnes 22 5-8 2-4 0-0 4 1 0 0 1 12 K. Adams 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 D. Gibson 17 3-9 3-7 0-0 4 4 0 0 0 9 S. Price 16 4-5 0-0 0-1 5 1 0 0 1 8 A. Miller 16 3-6 1-2 1-2 0 4 2 0 1 8 S. Dalembert 17 3-3 0-0 2-2 6 1 0 3 0 8 M. Harris 16 2-6 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 1 4
Toronto Raptors STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS J. Calderon, PG 38 3-7 1-3 2-2 11 11 2 0 9 9 D. DeRozan, SG 31 4-9 0-0 1-2 8 2 1 0 1 9 C. Padillo, SF 40 8-24 2-12 1-1 2 2 1 0 1 19 E. Davis, PF 25 1-2 0-0 0-0 7 0 0 0 2 2 A. Bargnani, C 37 13-24 0-0 7-8 12 2 3 0 0 33 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS L. Barbosa 23 7-15 1-5 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 15 S. Alabi 7 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 4 L. Kleiza 16 1-1 1-1 0-0 5 3 0 0 1 3 J. Bayless 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 3 2 S. Weems 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A. Johnson 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 J. Dorsey 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 0

[Knickerbocker91]

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Redd was 5-for-18, but Padillo went 2-for-12 from three. Can't say either of them proved themselves more worthy than the other. Good job on the win.

[bichettehappens]

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This is really nice. Good layout and very detailed. BTW, Nash looks possessed in that picture above lol

Haha I was thinking the same thing, and thanks man glad you like it

This thread is amazing. Great job on the presentation

Thanks man!

Redd is having a real slow start. Hopefully he picks it up.

Yeah I gotta say I'm a little disappointed so far, but the season is young

Redd was 5-for-18, but Padillo went 2-for-12 from three. Can't say either of them proved themselves more worthy than the other. Good job on the win.

yeah it was nice to see my bench step it up

[theycallmeryan]

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Give your starters some more minutes lol, your star rookie (starter) shouldn't be playing only 29 minutes in a game :P.

[Knickerbocker91]

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Give your starters some more minutes lol, your star rookie (starter) shouldn't be playing only 29 minutes in a game :P.

Shooting the way Redd did I don't see the problem. On top of that, there's fatigue. Hard to ask guys who played maybe 1000, 1200 minutes a season in college to play 3x the amount in the pros.

If Redd improves his effectiveness, I'm sure he'll be around 30 mpg by December/January.

[bichettehappens]

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Players of the Week | 10/26-10/29

Eastern Conference	Western Conference
D. Wade Points: 37.5 Reb: 5.5 Ast: 7.0 Stl: 3.5 Blk: 3.0	K. Durant Points: 36.5 Reb: 7.5 Ast: 0.5 Stl: 2.5 Blk: 2.5

Players of the Week | 10/30-11/5

Eastern Conference	Western Conference
C. Bosh Points: 33.7 Reb: 7.7 Ast: 0.0 Stl: 0.0 Blk: 2.3	M. Ellis Points: 36.8 Reb: 4.5 Ast: 8.0 Stl: 2.0 Blk: 0.3

Transactions - Week 10/26-11/5

DATE	TEAM	PLAYER	TRANSACTION DETAILS
10/31/2011			Hornets sign Alfred Lowe to 1 year, $480K deal
10/30/2011			Mavericks trade: G J.J. Redick, C Ian Mahinmi Bucks trade: G John Salmons

Notable Injuries - Week 10/26-11/5

NAME	TEAM	INJURY	DURATION
Roy Hibbert		Torn MCL	Out for season
Baron Davis		Torn MCL	Out 6-8 weeks
Hedo Turkoglu		Torn MCL	Out 6-8 weeks
Raymond Felton		Broken Jaw	Out 6-8 weeks
Al Horford		Torn Meniscus	Out 4-6 weeks
Yao Ming		Torn Achilles	Out 4-6 weeks
Wesley Matthews		Broken Patella	Out 4-6 weeks
Damion James		Torn MCL	Out 4-6 weeks
LeBron James		Broken Ankle	Out 2-4 weeks
Vin Slater		Broken Finger	Hurt 2-4 weeks
Tayshaun Prince		Torn MCL	Out 2-4 weeks
Derrick Rose		Back Spasms	Hurt 1-2 weeks
Stephen Jackson		Broken Finger	Hurt 1-2 weeks
Tony Parker		Strained Calf	Hurt 1-2 weeks

Battier wants out
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Shane Battier | Bulls
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After coming to Chicago in a deadline deal last season (after a quick stop in Cleveland), Battier hopes to be on the move again. Despite getting a good amount of minutes off the bench for the Bulls, the veteran small forward appears to be unhappy with his role on the team. He hopes to go somewhere that he can start but we'd be surprised if any teams make a move for him until closer to the deadline.

Johnson rumors swirling
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Wesley Johnson | Timberwolves
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Last year's 4th overall draft pick is being involved in recent trade rumors. With Corey Brewer starting at shooting guard, Johnson has been relegated to a bench role so far this season and has voiced his displeasure with the front office. His agent insists he has not asked for a trade, but the word around the league is that general manager David Kahn is looking to see what he could get for the young guard.

"Other" Bynum a hot topic
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Will Bynum | Pistons
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The young combo guard has toiled on the bench for most of his NBA career, but he could be looking at more time on the court if one of the trade scenarios being discussed plays out. Some of the teams tied to rumors involving Bynum include Milwaukee, Washington, and Phoenix. It is expected that the Pistons are looking to get a draft pick and/or a young small forward in return.

[bichettehappens]

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Give your starters some more minutes lol, your star rookie (starter) shouldn't be playing only 29 minutes in a game :P.

Shooting the way Redd did I don't see the problem. On top of that, there's fatigue. Hard to ask guys who played maybe 1000, 1200 minutes a season in college to play 3x the amount in the pros.

If Redd improves his effectiveness, I'm sure he'll be around 30 mpg by December/January.

Yeah there are two factors playing into why he's currently getting less than 30 minutes per game. When he gets cold, he hasn't demonstrated an ability to shoot himself out of a slump so I typically send him to the bench for a little while if he misses a few shots in a row.

Also at play, Andre Miller and Matt Barnes have already begun complaining about playing time, so in order to keep them content (in hopes to boost chemistry) I've been looking to get them on the floor more often, which unfortunately impacts Redd the most. Hopefully he starts picking it up soon though and can earn more court time.

[bichettehappens]

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Up Next: vs OKC

	Thunder (4-2, 1-2 away)	Tuesday November 8, 2011 7:00 PM
	Cavaliers (4-1, 2-1 home)

Oklahoma City

Cleveland

Russell Westbrook	PG	Ramon Sessions
James Harden	SG	Terrence Williams
Kevin Durant	SF	Quinn Redd
Jeff Green	PF	J.J. Hickson
Serge Ibaka	C	Samuel Dalembert
SEASON SERIES 0-0

Key Matchup

R. Westbrook Points: 22.2 Reb: 4.7 Ast: 7.0 Stl: 3.0 Blk: 0.3	R. Sessions Points: 14.0 Reb: 4.4 Ast: 10.4 Stl: 2.2 Blk: 0.2
Last season when these two teams faced off, neither Sessions or Westbrook had a standout performance in the two games. The size of Sessions against the speed of Westbrook provided for an interesting battle to watch and the same should be the case this time around. These guys are likely the x-factors in this matchup.

[bichettehappens]

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Tue, Nov 8, 2011 | Recap

	96	STAT LEADERS
		Durant 40	PTS	Hickson 20
	93	Green 9	REB	Williams 7
		Westbrook 7	AST	Sessions 5

Top Performers

Oklahoma City	Cleveland
K. Durant Pts: 40 Reb: 6 Ast: 3 Stl: 1 Blk: 2	R. Sessions Pts: 18 Reb: 3 Ast: 5 Stl: 3 Blk: 0
SEASON SERIES 1-0 OKC

CLEVELAND, OH -- For the first 47 minutes of Tuesday night's matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cavaliers looked like they could hang with one of the best teams in the league. J.J. Hickson was scoring efficiently, Ramon Sessions did a great job of forcing fouls, and Daniel Gibson provided a nice spark off the bench. Sure, Kevin Durant was having his way with them but the Cleveland defense did a good job of limiting the damage caused by his supporting cast.

However, the Cavaliers perhaps showed their inexperience with a few costly lapses in fundamentals within the final minute of play. With 35 seconds remaining, the Cavaliers held a 93-91 lead and simply needed to drain as much clock as possible before putting up a shot or drawing a foul; that's when it all unraveled. An inbound pass from Hickson intended for Terrence Williams sailed to his left, landing out of bounds. Durant converted the turnover into three points to give Oklahoma City the narrow lead.

After a costly Cleveland turnover on a pass into the paint, the Thunder were able to increase the lead to 3 with 2 seconds remaining. The Cavaliers called a timeout to advance the ball in hopes of draining a buzzer-beater to push the game into overtime. Unfortunately, the inbound pass from Williams sailed over the head of Gibson, who would have had a decent look in the corner and had been shooting well in the fourth quarter.

"It's heart-breaking to suffer a loss like that," said Byron Scott. "To stick with them for nearly the whole game, get in position to when, and then blow it like that on basic plays is frustrating. At the end of the day we need to use this loss as a learning experience, and hopefully we can get revenge when we face them again in a few weeks."

The Cavaliers have two days off before facing Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. Williams, who scored a season low 4 points on 1-9 shooting, will look to bounce back likely matched up against the smaller Eric Gordon.

Photo Gallery

Durant was unstoppable, scoring 40 points on the night

Leading the charge for the Cavaliers was Hickson with 20 points

Redd struggled shooting the ball yet again, as he's blocked by Durant

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder @ Cleveland Cavaliers
Nov 8, 2011 1 2 3 4 OT Final Thunder (5-2) 29 27 14 26 - 96 Cavaliers (4-2) 20 29 19 25 - 93 Other Key Performers Oklahoma City Thunder Russell Westbrook 14 points 9 rebounds 7 assists James Harden 11 points 9 rebounds 3 steals Cleveland Cavaliers J.J. Hickson 20 points 3 rebounds 2 blocks Daniel Gibson 16 points 6 rebounds 4 steals	Team Stats Comparison FG Made-Att 43/89 (48%) 34/77 (44%) 3PT Made-Att 4/11 (36%) 3/17 (17%) FT Made-Att 6/8 (75%) 22/28 (78%) Rebounds 42 38 Assists 19 20 Turnovers 16 19 Steals 14 13 Blocks 5 6 Points in the Paint* 60 40 * - Key statistic
Oklahoma City Thunder STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS R. Westbrook, PG 37 7-13 0-0 0-0 9 7 1 0 5 14 J. Harden, SG 40 4-9 0-1 3-4 9 2 3 0 3 11 K. Durant, SF 39 18-34 4-7 0-0 6 3 1 2 2 40 J. Green, PF 38 3-10 0-3 0-0 9 0 4 0 2 6 S. Ibaka, C 39 6-9 0-0 0-0 6 1 0 2 0 12 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS E. Maynor 11 3-7 0-0 2-2 1 4 1 0 1 8 T. Sefolosha 16 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 0 2 4 S. Moran 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 D. Cook 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 D. White 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Hayes 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 C. Aldrich 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Cleveland Cavaliers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS R. Sessions, PG 34 4-6 0-0 10-10 3 5 3 0 5 18 T. Williams, SG 33 1-9 0-3 2-6 7 3 0 1 2 4 Q. Redd, SF 29 5-15 1-8 2-2 3 1 1 0 0 13 J. Hickson, PF 36 8-13 0-0 4-4 3 1 1 2 3 20 S. Dalembert, C 27 0-3 0-0 3-4 4 1 0 2 0 3 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Gibson 18 7-11 2-4 0-1 6 2 4 0 1 16 S. Price 10 4-5 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 0 0 8 M. Harris 10 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 4 K. Adams 5 1-2 0-1 1-1 1 0 0 1 0 3 A. Miller 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 5 1 0 6 2 B. Miller 21 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 1 2 M. Barnes 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0

[dyedbuthair]

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Here late, been reading this thread from the beginning to catch up. Very nice stuff.

C'mon Quinn!!!!