Live Thread: Cavs @ Heat
2019-11-20Whelp, the Cavs play Miami again, and at least Kevin Love and Larry Nance are playing tonight. Hoping Larry throws one down on Jimmy Butler’s noggin. Dean Wade (birthday boy!) and Tyler Cook are in Canton, so they may see some minutes at the backup big spots. Lets hope for more minutes for Alphonso McKinnie and fewer minutes for Garton. Meanwhile for Miami…
https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1196843445651939328?s=20
OK, Cavs, let’s do this. Come out with some energy and surprise us!
The Portland combo of Lillard/McCollum that the Cavs were trying to enulate with Garland/Sexton are currently 5-10.
Of course, we have 4 wins, so I guess we are almost at Mission Accomplished.
Ha. I am and always have been a Portland skeptic, but they will be better with nurkic. Likely too late and still unlikely to make a huge difference in the playoffs, but they aren’t this bad.
Honestly, it has much less to do with Lillard/McCollum than it does with their insane offseason decisions the last two years. Whiteside for Myers Leonard? Dumping Aminu for Rodney Hood? Those guys are bad players who do not contribute to winning. How many years of data do you need to prove that? Then they go out and sign Melo and then start him the first game? Whoever is running that team is drunk.
The Melo signing is weird. Yeah, they have nothing at that position, but Melo is worse than a G leaguer they could have picked up.
Whiteside was due to the Nurkic injury. I don’t know if Leonard makes much difference to where this team is now. Certainly not a guy that is going to take them to 500 just by his presence.
Hood actually played very well for them in the playoffs last year and is playing well for them this year. Aminu has not been great this year.
Melo I have no defense for other than it is an experiment born of desperation and that it is a completely non-guaranteed contract. He won’t be there for long.
Whiteside is a cancer and has been a cancer in Miami for years aminu was great for Portland.
Portland wanted more cap flexibility. Hood gave them that. They couldn’t get it done with Aminu and hood, so they chose one. Frees up some space that is pretty crucial to them in the next few years. Can’t argue with Whiteside. Suspect they thought they could reclaim him. Doesn’t hurt them cap wise since he comes off this summer. Same as Leonard and Harkless.
Jude: pod
Lol. Then olynyk gets that touch foul.
That no call on Sexton was likely the game. 4 point swing.
Insane pass, Nance.
Terrible foul by cedi
… 16
Love so hot. Garton’s unwillingness to pass to him is baffling.
… 18
Could be worse, Cavs fans.
https://twitter.com/nbaayy/status/1197339799130009600?s=20
Garland tried. Didn’t get the call.
Defense playing with more fire.
Garland just gotta jump into a guy when he closes out to three out of control like that.