J.J. Hickson

Tweet Flashback to June 23rd, 2011 and yours truly watching the NBA Draft at my college house in Columbus. Knowing that Kyrie Irving was a near certainty and still basking in the warmth of our new point guard on board, the number four came as a shock to me. The pick: Tristan Thompson, the 6’9″ freshman power forward out of Texas. Admittedly, I had not researched Thompson nearly as much as other potential Cavalier selections leading up to the draft. I had my heart set on the seven-foot...Read Full Story

Plenty of NBA players have crossed the open seas over the course of the past few months to play for teams, and in leagues, which they would have never imagined when times were good. Sacramento Kings forward J.J. Hickson is one of these players. While everyone tends to struggle some getting adapted to the style of game overseas, and the lifestyle changes that a move brings, few fail as miserably as Hickson. According to reports, after playing in only one game for Bnei Hasharon of the...Read Full Story

Casspi Is The First Israeli To Play In An NBA Game J.J. Hickson, power forward of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has been dealt to the Sacramento Kings for small forward Omri Casspi and a future first rounder. The first round pick acquired from Sacramento is lottery-protected in 2012 (1-14). The pick is then protected in 2013 (1-13), 2014 (1-12) and 2015-2017 (1-10). If the pick is not conveyed by 2017, then Sacramento will convey its own 2017 second round draft pick to the Cavaliers protected...Read Full Story

Tweet The block was incredible.  Just watch the video Craig tweeted out last night one more time.  It’s a great way to start the day.  [ NBA.com ] – More on Hickson, and that block:  ”The good news for Cavs is that J.J. Hickson was a beast. The mitigating factor there is that Blake isn’t much of a help defender — he has all the physical tools to be a monster on the weak side, but he’s been allowed to coast defensively in Del Negro’s system. Still, J.J. has looked great for the last...Read Full Story

J.J. Hickson (photo. Keith Allison) Byron Scott didn’t sign up for this. And if the Cleveland Cavaliers’ collapse gets much worse, future franchise building block J.J. Hickson won’t re-sign up for it, either. The Cavs’ losing streak stretched to eight games last night when they were routed in Oklahoma City. Seven of the losses have been by double-digits, and four have been by at least 20 points. Last week, first-year coach Scott — who accepted the Cleveland job when the franchise still...Read Full Story

James Edward Hickson was born in September of 1988.  Twenty-two years later, he is the starting power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, providing what appears to be the most upside for a roster currently in a bit of a rebuilding mode. Hickson seems primed to take that third-year leap and fill in the holes left by the departure of LeBron James, but is this James, the one who goes by “J.J.,” ready to step in and be the new King? “I’m trying to do whatever it takes to help the team,” said...Read Full Story

Whereas there might’ve been last year.  I’ll get to that in a minute, but I do have to first admit that after reading  Rick’s piece yesterday  I am concerned about J.J. Hickson.  Not panic, just concern.  I  tweeted about this in response on Friday, and after twitter’s version of a conversation with  @WayneEmbrysKids , he kinda summed up my thoughts on this topic in one word: annoying. It really is annoying at this point that J.J. appears disinterested enough in learning the playbook to...Read Full Story

Back in July when Cleveland’s “ Phony King ” abdicated his throne to become a member of D-Wade’s Royal Court in Miami, the Cleveland Cavaliers looked at forward J.J. Hickson as a major building block in the construction process of a new team. Hickson had a break-out campaign last year for the Cavaliers and he was thought of as a star for the future. However so far things have not worked out that way for the player now in his third season in the Association. New Cleveland head coach Byron...Read Full Story

It is no secret that J.J. Hickson has spent much of the last year working on his jump shot.  Whether it be through extra practice sessions with Chris Jent or an increased amount of attempts during Summer League, the third-year power forward has endeavored to broaden his game.  And while fans and opponents alike have seen an improvement in his form and conversion rate outside of the paint, Tuesday night’s 100-88 loss to the Atlanta Hawks saw an entirely new – and perhaps very lucky – Hickson...Read Full Story

The streak is over.  The Cleveland Cavaliers either caught a team on an off night or finally grew some balls.  I’m sure they don’t care how it happened, but the Cavs beat Blake Griffin and the Clippers on Friday night.  I wonder if LeBron still thinks Sunday’s Cavs-Wizards game  should be nationally televised ? The real question is whether or not Griffin was able to get any sleep last night.  Has the current  king of the NBA dunking world ever had a dunk rejected, let alone at a crucial...Read Full Story