Shannon Brown is headed to Albuquerque of the NBA D league for a quick tune up game tonight...Originally this was going to be a longer stint, but he'll return to Cleveland in time for tomorrow night's game with Toronto because of Larry Hughes illness and Damon Jones back spasms...

I thought last night was the best Shannon has looked...he confidently knocked down a 3 with a hand in his face, and scored on an aggressive drive to the hole, under complete control...plus, he looked solid on the defensive end...

Shannon has been getting better and better in practice, making up for lost time due to that bone bruise suffered late in December...his confidence has remained in tact...I know he wishes he was getting playing time, but right now he's playing catch-up, and knows he has to be patient...but now could be his time...Mike Brown was pleased with the way his first round pick performed last night....I would not be surprised to see Shannon get some minutes tomorrow night...The Cavs need someone to step up and help with consistent scoring to go with the required defense on this team...the door is open for Shannon to bust through...

The Cavs also have two more assignments left for the Michigan Stater to go to the D-League if they so choose...the idea is to get him game reps as much as possible...don't write him off to be of some help before the season is over...

By the way, last night's season ticket party at the Q was a lot of fun...Q-vision was lowered to nearly eye level, and the crowd was really into the game, especially down the stretch...they came unglued on LeBron's first quarter ridiculous throw down...even AC was high high-fiving me...he nearly broke my ring finger...

Talk to you tomorrow night on FSN Ohio...