Preseason Live Thread: Cavs @ Knicks (Mark II)
2020-12-18One last preseason tuneup. Excited to see Cedi, Javale, and Sexton get some run, and one more game in MSG.
#Cavs going to try their small-ball starting lineup tonight:
Darius Garland, Collin Sexton, Isaac Okoro, Cedi Osman and JaVale McGee.
Andre Drummond will not play. No injury there.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) December 18, 2020
nice hustle Cedi… drew the foul
no one helped the helper, Cedi and Okoro just standing and staring.
nice help Windler, active hands on defense
Sexton found his rhythm on offense, now he needs to show something on defense.
i jinxed him, awful shot.
JB running the same lineup for Sexton as he did with DG… i hope that’s an indication that they’re competing for the PG spot.
Sexton two good passes in a row, great dump off.
Cedi obviously modeled his 3 point shot after Korver before last season…maybe he’s finally gotten comfortable with the new form.
Small sample size in the preseason so far, obviously, but I’m feeling encouraged.
Somebody used the pandemic time to practice his shot!
Again!!!
C3DI again!
CEDI RAINING THREESSSSSS~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CEDI OSMAN HOT LIKE THE SUN!!!!
Please JB, PLEASE…split up DG and Sexton.
If they grow their games enough, then try the experiment again. Until then, the Cavs are just wasting the versatile and long wings and guards they have.
nice defense Sexton…. maybe that’ll get him going.
Sexton got by his guy but can’t finish over Quickley
DG missing Dean pop out for the corner 3… has taken a step backwards tonight after last game.
That play bugged the hell out of me…
DG finally gets aggressive looking for his shot, but he did it on the worst play where he had a wide open shooter.
What’s with McGee repeatedly dribble driving and getting blocked???
preseason he don’t care… and the rest of the guys playing unseriously too.
Why you would ever consider Noel over Robinson is beyond me.
Noel is good, but yes Robinson should start.
McGee probably should never face up
Dean ice cold.
DG open floater can’t finish… thought the kickout to Dean was there though.
nice pass DG, McGee just shoot that.
Cedi: 3/4 from 3.
Cavs not named Cedi: 1/9
young guys struggling tonight, McGee looks decent, Cedi on fire.
Better execution of the zone.
CEDI 3!!!!!! Cedi came to play
Great block by bolden and hustle by windler
I might take Bolden over Maker.
Sexton RUSTY
So I guess Cedi just decided he might have to do this himself, haha.
Well difference in how knicks look is night and day compared to last game. Kudos to them for taking advantage of poor d and decision making.
quickley is baller, knox found his shot… MitchRob finally starting.
Quickley has impressed. But our perimeter d can do that.
Cedi should be starting if JB was serious about “impact on winning”
Suspect he has implicit or explicit orders from his boss regarding who starts.
no way he can keep the vets engaged if that’s the case.. also JB has hedged on the 2 and 3 spots supposedly, although if he’s really declared DG starter, I’m skeptical too.
I mean that’s not atypical for a rebuilding team regarding top five picks. GMs wanna show their guys and give them development time. Although I think that can backfire by creating/reinforcing bad habits.
WOO Cedi 3!!! CEDI COAST TO COAST!!!!!!!
I don’t think having two small guards being super aggressive and forcing it as primary options is going to win even close to a semi-respectable number of bball games.
Kevin Knox found his shot these last two games.
CEDI HESITATION!
DG with a constant attack, I think that’s a major improvement for him offensively.
Okoro at the 2 right now
Okoro’s defensive stance and sliding are good. Like how he trys to fight through screens
McGee pulling a Drummond…. Okoro tried to get him to pass it Cedi LMFAOOOO
At least he drew a foul
Sexton starting to attack better now.
Boy sexton is bad at d. Also this zone needs a lot of work. If that is how they expect to offset the individual deficiencies of Garland and Sexton playing together, I am skeptical.
GREAT TEAM DEFENSE OKORO COAST TO COAST CEDI HELP DEFENSE!
That was a hell of a finish, break started by McGee’s length.
nice attack DG, blew right by Knox.
Sexton real rusty as to be expected
Windler with some nice deflections.
awful defense Sexton.
Sexton’s gonna need a game or two to find his rhythm.
GIVE AND GO WINDLER MCGEE!!!
bad foul Dotson
nice attack Sexton, got the paint finish!!
Garland isn’t shy tonight .
at his best attacking.
Still think Exum should probably start to provide someone that can consistently run the o and some height in the backcourt. Agree with podcast Cedi is a bit too shaky as far as his handle to do it consistently.
Though obviously that has zero chance of happening for political reasons.
great on ball defense Dotson, but Maker can’t get the rebound.
Ironically I think if the starters are sexland, cedi, love, and dre they are going to hemorrhage so many points (unless Drummond plays out of his mind on d) that the bench group could end up outplaying them a fair amount.
can’t think of a lineup with worse perimeter defense.
bad foul Windler, they had him down in the shot clock.
Cavs have looked as asstastic tonight as the Knicks looked in game one.
playing Cedi out of position, playing two new guys too… should be expected IMO
Dotson great take! JB moving Sexton to PG with backups, good move IMO to try and get his rhythm.
First force by Okoro I have seen. Took off too early. Got by barrett though
i think that was a shot clock shot IIRC
Might have been didn’t notice the clock
DG money floater!!!
nice hustle Bolden!
Windler/Maker nice give and go, but Maker can’t finish thru contact.
Sexton forcing. A large dose of a p and r with Mcgee could help the two small guards
McGee not ready for that okoro pass but he’s right, one of his huge advantages is the lob.
Sexton out of rhythm, didn’t take the open shot at the FT line, dribbled into trouble.
Glad to see cedi shooting continues
DG OFF THE DRIBBLE!!!!! nice bailout!!!
man perimeter defense is not good, letting quickley and bullock score
That won’t change this year with this lineup
NICE PASS MCGEE! DG FINISH!
Real nice give and go
nice take Cedi, took advantage of his size.
quickley looking good.
Sexton with a very rusty floater lol
perfect execution… nice pass DG, starting to expect cedi to make those 3s!!
thanks for the live thread Nate!
not a good foul Cedi