CtB Podcast, Episode 61 — Trade Deadline Musings
2015-02-20https://soundcloud.com/ctb-5/trade-deadline-musings-cavs-the-blog-podcast-episode-61
After a frenetic trade deadline which saw 9% of the NBA moved, David Wood, Mallory Factor, and I answered the call of the CtB staffer’s conch, and assembled to podcast. We discuss trade day winners and losers, how Thursday’s trades effect the Cavs, our predictions for the the rest of the regular season, and Kevin Love’s highly retouched GQ cover. Also, included on this podcast is a fun episode of, “Story Time with Mallory.” We approach each subject with our brand of somewhat detail-oriented analysis and late night punchiness. Listen on Soundcloud above, with this link, or check us out on iTunes.
–Update: Technical difficulties scuttled the first Soundcloud post. Computers… am-I-right? All should be well now (though if the iTunes link isn’t updated yet, just wait for it).
—Update II: Thanks to @pinwheelempire for the awesome trade deadline 2015 flowchart. Check out the full version here.
LBJ! THREE BALL!!!
Don’t let them back in the game please.
LBJ FOR THREEEE!!! Wide open!
Was that Wall with the nice inbounds to Mozgov?
JR SWISH!!!! Nice to see!
THERE WE GO JR!!!
Is it just me or does it seem like the announcers lavish praise on John Wall for every shot he makes? Every shot seems to be anointed “a tough shot” or “a beautiful shot” I just don’t see it…
I’m watching FSO… it’s feed is quicker than ESPN’s here… ESPN also has to shill for the stars, part of the contract.
Nice foul by JR. Smith. Gotta take care of the ball. We are letting the Wiz back in it.
Trap game for the Live Thread
Did you guys forget when the break ended?
Just no one watching I guess. I’ve seen about 3 plays. Looking good?
Young JR circus shot! WOW!
JR hits the no-chance rainmaker.
JR should drive more often… he looks like he’s pretty good at it…
I agree… it would keep him aggressive as well.
He said he’s trying to learn from Kyrie’s example about driving.
I heard about that, Phil… good person from which to learn!
@ekoreen: The Raptors are beating the best team in the conference by 27 points on the road.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen NeNe hit mid-range jumpers like this…
Love has the highest plus minus in Feb according to Breen.
Good to hear, Arch!
Right on cue, post pass by LBJ, Love fouled on the shot!
No game thread?
The game thread is right before your eyes, Dave!
It’s a Friday night… so we’re assuming the C:tB guys all have lives as opposed to us degenerate Cavs fans…
So we created our own ;)
We don’t need no stinkin’ game thread! CtB still not back from their allstar vacation in Fiji.
Kyrie weaves past the Wiz with a needle and we bring the thread
Or something like that!?!?!?!?!?!
I give that 2 marks, Arch! One for originality, another for effort!
Great Work guys!
Well at least it should help whoever does the Recap for this one piece it together better…
LBJ with only one turnover tonight… Kyrie the sloppy one with 4…
He got cute a couple times… forcing the drive rather than moving the ball. But he’s shot it well, so can’t fault him for his aggressiveness too much. Just wish he would dump it down to Love in the half court to keep him engaged.
Agreed. Love post should be default half court set. Let everything else work off that. KI and LBJ can get theirs in transition or pnr when love post isn’t there, but they should to to him first.
Well said, Joey B… my thoughts exactly.
I love small sample sizes: Moz +24 in 16 minutes. That’s +50 for 34 minutes. :)
Wow! Raps beating the Hawks by 20 and Pistons beating the Bulls by 11. Both games going into the fourth…
Lol! Some funny plays to end the half. Lebron will return in the third and crush these wizards for good.
3pt: Shump 3-4, rest of team 3-15
Shump is looking better and better!
He is. I imagine he’ll regress to the mean, but he’s been shooting well. Hopefully the other guys will pick it up. There is going to be a night, at some point, where 3 or 4 of JR, KI, Shump, Love and LBJ all get hot from 3 at the same time, It will be annihilation.
As long as he doesn’t cut his hair!
#Sampson
Correction: #Samson HAHAHA! (Just messing with you EG!)
I put the extra “p” in for shum”p” HA!
Yeah, but the Wiz are 0-11 which is awesome…
WOW! That’s some great perimeter D by the Cavs!
giving up a 10-2 run in two minutes is unacceptable at any point in the game, much less end of the half. This must get fixed.
That was some craptastic end of quarter play right there. GD, that’s infuriating. Its like Desean Jackson dropping the ball at the one yard line after a 90 yard bomb.
I agree that it’s frustrating… but they still scored 65 in the half against the Wiz… in DC…
True. But I want total world domination for every second. I have a lot of anger issues.
All good… we’ll try and keep you postitive ;)
HAHAHA… I’m proud of you Joey B. At least you can admit it!
Looks like not taking care of the lead going into halftime has not gone away with the time off…
HAHAHA. true that EG! Oh well, hopefully they come out angry about it!
What the hell? Learn how to use the clock to finish the Quarter.
Burn the whole shot clock.
What the heck? But Pierce lets them off the hook with a miss at the buzzer.
Cavs really need to work on their end-of-quarter clock management. Once or twice a game, they give the other team an extra possession.
I LOL-ed at home because my son yelled out “The Truth is a LIE!!!” when Pierce missed that three…
HAHAHA…. that’s pretty logical!
You have raised your son well.
Ha! Thanks! But he REALLY hates Paul Pierce from 2010…
Looked for the LIKE button on that one
There are any numbers of years and reasons for hating Pierce.
Agreed, it’s been a weakness at times.
Randy Wittman showing more fire than he ever did in Cleveland…
Having some PTSD tonight between Gooden and Wittman…
The Wiz could go 2 for 1 here.
Kyrie hot dogging it on national TV. Needs to grow up.
Come on Cavs! Finish the half strong! Keep your hands around their throats…
Come on! 8-2 run in last 1:40. Don’t let them back in.
Some sloppy plays to end the quarter. Gotta finish the Q strong. Not sure why Irving thought it was necessary to roll the ball up?
Wanted a 2 for 1…. didn’t execute.
trying to get a two for one Chris Paul imitation. Just score the dumb bucket and don’t worry about it.
Oh NO! What happened to Kevin on that dunk try?
Got caught deciding whether to dunk or lay it in.
Have no idea… the seas parted, and then he was rejected by the rim!
Is kevin love completely done being athletic?
I’m not sure he’s ever been considered athletic by NBA standards
Go watch some video of him fly around in Minnesota. He wasn’t a lame duck like he is now
Gordon is right… he has never “flown around”.
He never was super athletic… he just knows how to play the game.
That’s a 6′ 10” guy.
Man Love… How do you miss that dunk?
I really wish Love didn’t just miss a dunk…
Terrific inbounds to KLove!
Wish Delly was able to get it to him on the initial play!
Okay men, now crush their throats and leave no doubt this game is over.
Drew Gooden sighting…
That was a possession where Love should’ve received a touch.
Somewhere in that stretch was a laughably pathetic attempt by Pierce to draw a shooting foul where he barely hit the backboard from about 10 feet away (and didn’t get the call).
@Buster_ESPN: Kyrie Irving is putting on a show tonight… Even Jeff Van Gundy effusive about it…
Even a baseball analyst chimes in
I remember when the cheat started out so badly at first, and we were all praying and hoping they wouldn’t be able to pull it together but quietly knew they would. That’s what the rest of the league is feeling now. They were hoping that the Cavs tough start was a sign that they wouldn’t be this devastating team, and now they realize they are, in fact, going to dominate for the next five years.
CSU is on ESPN2. Going to OT.
Cavs are only a bucket away from back to back 30 point quarters…
KYRIE IS MONEYYYYYYY!!!
He’s so fun to watch
I guess we don’t have to worry that the All-Star break affected the Cavs’ momentum.
HAHA…. Amen to that, Phil!
Irvings got some skilsszzzz!
JR!!!! YOU WERE BORN FOR THAT! C’MON MAN!
KLove is all over the boards tonight!
Cavs playing with some serious confidence. Great to see!!!
I’m just glad that KLove is back out there after the eye abrasion… and without the designer eye-patch…
Guys, we could have had Otto Porter!
I remember when he was the “no-brainer” pick from that draft…
Really really really depressing
WOW! That Kyrie reverse just blew my mind
Kyrie is just too frickin’ good! It isn’t fair to the rest of the league.
You think Kyrie goes up to Wall and says… “And THAT’s why I played the whole fourth quarter of the All Star Game…”
Nice! One of the lines of the night.
You go Kyrie!! But please get Kevin some touches!!!!
Agreed… when they go half court, feed it to him!
They need to. Love is really battling down with the big guys.
I’ve definitely noticed that too, JB.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE DIRTIEST FINISHES I’VE EVER SEEN.
Kyrie baited Wall into trying to contest the layup and then finishes it reverse NASTY.
And by dirty I mean like, “hey John Wall how my noots taste?” dirty.
That was some air time right there!
Wow! That was very sweet by Kyrie!
Kyrie just looks like he can do anything he wants against Wall…. AWESOME MOVE AND ONE!!!!!
Irving SC Top 10!
That was the very definition of “gravity-defying!”
JR taking a page out of Kyrie’s book with the finish in traffic.
Nice JR drive! Glad to see him finish at the rim!
JR with the nice move inside
How do they call that an offensive foul but the Pierce play wasn’t?
NO! Lauren! Don’t turn on us now! That’s a horrible flop!
I actually thought that was a good call… I’ll give her the benefit there.
Pierce with the shove off… I’ll be really glad when Pierce is retired…
Stupid foul. Clearly Pierce leaned into Shump.
And LBJ just casually drains a three like it’s nothing…
They are DESTROYING this Wiz team right now!
It must be the hair!