"Cavaliers forward Antawn Jamison was a rookie the last time the NBA crammed lots of games into little calendar space due to a lockout.

A kid accustomed to playing twice a week at the University of North Carolina was sometimes appearing in three games in as many nights during the compressed 1998-99 season. The youthful desire to explore a new city's nightlife was soon replaced with the aching need for room service and a good night's sleep.

"My body was in shock," said Jamison, the only current Cavalier involved in the last labor impasse. "For somebody who has never experienced even a back-to-back on the NBA schedule to all of a sudden have three games in three nights was unbelievable...

"I can remember lying down and not wanting to move by the end of the season." "