Live Thread: Cavs vs Bulls
2024-02-14The Cavs limp into the all star break with Sam Merrill and Darius Garland joining Dean Wade as questionable with an illness. The Bulls have their own set of injuries to manage, with Dalen Terry, Alex Carusoe, and Torrey Craig questionable and Patrick Williams as out. Lonzo Ball and Zach LaVine are out for the year.
I won’t be on the LT as I’m watching the Charge live. Full report on Emoni incoming. Go Cavs!
“ PROJECTING “ OUT TO SUMMER AGAIN——— “ HARD ROCK “ IS RATED IN TOP 15 FREE AGENTS THIS YEAR———- MAN I WOULD HELP “ DONATE TO THE BRING BACK HARD ROCK CAUSE “ ——— MAN 3 -4 YRS AGO HE WAS CONSIDERED A “ NO NEWS TRADE “ PLAYER—————OK I HAVE POSTED LONG ENOUGH—— BACK TO” THE “ MRS NOMAD s HOMEY DO LIST OR NAP 😴 TIME——- YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE I CHOOSE—- LATER GUYS 🍺😴👍
WHAT IS EVERYONE s OPINION ON TT’s RETURN—— WILL HE STILL BE ABLE TO GIVE SOLID MINUTES OR WILL “ THE LACK OF JUICE “ DRY HIM UP —— IS THIS A CONCERN—- IF SO WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD KOBY PURSUE
EVEN WITH THE CPJ SIGNING WE STILL HAVE AN OPEN ROSTER SPOT CORRECT—- IF SO HOW SHOULD KOBY ADDRESS
I think they need a 3/4
NETS / BULLS—EVEN THE HAWKS WOULD BE MY 1st ROUND CHOICES ALSO
AGREE ON DG ( ADAPTING TO NEW CAVS STYLE) HOW MANY GAMES HAS HE PLAYED SINCE RETURNING——TIME ELEMENT TO ADAPT—— NEED TO TAKE THIS ALL STAR BREAK TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE ADJUSTMENT 👍🏀
IT IS GOOD THAT THE CAVS HAVE THAT “ TARGET ON THEIR JERSEYS “ —- AS THEY ARE GOING TO GET EVERYONE s BEST SHOT—— GOOD PREPARATION FOR THE PLAYOFFS——— WE HAVE SEEN IT THE LAST 2 GAMES——76ers -// BULLS
SOME EXCELLENT POSTS TODAY——- I LIKE ICE OFF THE BENCH/ BRINGS THAT IMMEDIATE “D” —PLUS I THINK HE GETS MORE TOUCHES / OFFENSIVELY WITH THE 2nd UNIT —— AGREE STARTING IS OVERRATED—/ WAY BACK WHEN I PLAYED I ASKED THE COACHES TO ALLOW ME TO BE THE SPARK OFF THE BENCH/ RELISHED—TOOK PRIDE IN THAT ROLE
In your day, a spark plug was a flint.
Sorry… I couldn’t resist. Nothing but love, NOMAD.
ha-ha!
This run has been so much fun…. so… not to be a Debbie Downer, but I do worry a little about how we hold up against superior competition. Yes, we’ve had great wins against the Clippers and the Bucks in this run, but we have had the 3rd easiest strength of schedule to date (I believe the Knicks have had the third hardest) so I think there’s a bit of a regression to the mean ahead. That said, I think it will take some bad luck, other teams ascending (Indiana, Miami) or a real nosedive to fall lower than the… Read more »
I’d love to face the Nets or Bulls in the first round.
ICE IS NEARING THE 40% FROM 3s —— STILL BELOW 70% —FREE THROWS / NEEDS TO WORK ON THAT—-GET TO 75–80% 👍
HOPEFULLY THE ALL STAR BREAK WILL HELP REST STRUS / ALLOW DG TO “ GET HIS LEGS “ / MOBES TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON HIS 3 PT SHOT
I know DG is still working his way back into playing shape but there are ways he has always played — slow-walking the ball up the court, “playing with his food” on the perimeter — that really gum up the offensive flow we developed while he and EM were out. For such a smart, good natured, team-oriented player, I would have expected him to have studied what was working while he was out and adapted his game to it a little better, especially since our new style — passing with vision, lots of threes — plays to many of his strengths.… Read more »
He just needs to feel and probe a little to get himself in rhythm. It’s been an adjustment but on rewatch you see the other four guys adjusting and relocating for DG.
Pace aside he always generates good looks.
Cavs are like Kiryu in Like A Dragon: IW. So many styles
Can we give Okoro Max Strus’ starting spot now and minutes?
No. Max’s motion shooting and secondary playmaking with Allen and Mobley >>>
He’s just slumping a little bit he does great stuff (and Okoro gets to handle more with the bench units, another area for Ice to grow)
We’ll love Isaac in my household til the mountains tumble into the sea, but I don’t see how the player comparison above makes the argument for Strus. They’re pretty equal in many areas. And “starting” is such an overrated concept anyway. I think JB has been pretty great about staggering Max/Isaac depending on matchup and playing to each of their strengths. And screw the numbers anyway. Anyone who can’t see what Max has brought to this team isn’t watching with any sense of the game.
Okoro is a lot of things, but a movement shooter isn’t one of them. Max needs some rest. Hell be great after asb.
Feeling like we are lacking an identity in the early parts of games on offense.
Even though DG and Mobley can usually beat their matchups, think obvious priority to start should be to just feed JA. Goal should be for him to be responsible for 10-15 points every first quarter either through his own shotmaking or playmaking off the short roll.
Kind of like everyone in the arena knowing that first few plays would be run for Big Z back in the day.
76er’s and Knicks lose, Pacer squeek by Raps
DO THE CAVS MAKE A ROSTER MOVE/ ADD A BUYOUT—IF SO – WHO —— WHO DO YOU WANT
CPJ, and we got him!
By bad luck he was already on the plane to get in some work when they found out the big leage team would be shorthanded tonight.
CPJ WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 27 PT PERFORMANCE TONIGHT/ CHARGE——👍🏀
Yeah he was the best player in the gym by a mile.
PER SWEETCHIE s POST……… “ MORE BEER PLEASE “ 👍🍺
STRUS NEEDS TO SPEND THE ALL STAR BREAK WITH THE SHOT DR 👍
PROJECT ING “ TO SUMMER “ ALREADY—-WITH ICE s IMPROVED SHOOTING—-CAN THE CAVS AFFORD HIM —-WHAT WILL BE THE ASKING PRICE—- CAN WE GET NIANG OFF THE BOOKS / FREE UP MONEY FOR ICE
saw a bit of the Tony Kornheiser show with Perk the other night. neither of them is really on top of things.
but anyway, Perk said the Cavs are not tough enough to go all the way because they will get beat up in the playoffs, which is the kind of stuff Perk knows about. if this is a valid point, having Niang could be a big help.
I think it is a valid point, as is having a guy who lifts the locker room. He will be useful.
I like Georges’s style in dust ups. you can find a mini faceoff from the Bulls game on line. After getting shoved, Niang walks up to the perp, not shouting but with a slight “I don’t believe you did that” look.
Style Points!
I think the plan is to package some of the expirings (Vert, Jerome) and maybe another vet with the 2024 first for a consolidation trade once we figure out what’s up with Mitchell and Ice.
Basically I think the gamble is to trust that CPJ will give you a lot of what Caris does now.
that is a possible plan. not sure it is THE plan.
No, it’s pretty situation dependent. But we have 11 guys that can play. The role guys are really good so there are a lot of ways to get by.
CAVS “ SHOOTING DR “ DOING GREAT WITH HIS PUPILS——-ICE/ CPJ COMBINED 6/13 FROM 3s TONIGHT 👍🏀
Just enough tonight. Super game by DM, including some big rebounds. Crap calls on Koby White flops, but some calls late went our way as well.
Nice to see that big shot by Darius.
Hire JB!
Despite us feeling like we didnt play our best.. on defense. on offense we were:
Impressive
That’s really incredible re assists. Just a bricky one from 3 early.
Strus could use the break imo.
good timing, he is getting one. might be good to redesign the rotations with a few less minutes for Strus
Cavs win and Philly and NYK lose.. today is a good day!
👏👏👏
#1 I can’t believe Garland is out there over Mitchell on the final shot, and #2 I can’t beleive they let White get a shot off
I was surprised DG was out there too..
Dodged a bullet!
There it is.Not a beautiful win,but a good one.
Ugly win. Now need that break.
Go Cavs! Nice win!
Boom.
A gritty, imperfect game. But good teams find a way to win. One more stop!
OK lets see what 5 we have out there on this defensive stand – it better not be Garland over Mitchell
Foul on the inbounds
Wait we had Mitchell /out/ on that defensive set/??
Like how is Garland in on defense and Mitchell is out??
That’s who was in for him? (Missed it for a sec). Huh . . .
Yeah its crazy – Mitchell is a solid defender and Garland is trash
Yeah, he was the better defender last year between them and this year it’s not even close.
Strange substituting at the end by JB
Yet another White head-snap when someone touches him
Wouldn’t mind seeing White get stuffed in his locker after class.
Performance art.
Maybe foul on the inbounds?
No 3s!
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Who do we have that can be our 5th reliable defender
Strus?
Ok maybe not
Hahha that was too perfect
White doing the Cavs a favor not taking the shot on that drive
Inexperience shows up in pressure situations
I’d be getting Mobes to score in the paint, very likely to draw fouls right now.
A gift
Cavs get a lucky call
highly , but maybe a bit of cosmic payback for the niang nonsense fouls and the White foul merchanting
Aaand Garland loses White and White cans a 3
btw the winning lotto numbers will be 6 14 22 34 44 and 59
exactly.. get be leaving White open
STOP LEAVING.WHITE OPEN
Love to see Garland hit that one!
DG3!
Gotta be smarter than that Mitch
White is such a merchant with that Harden head slap backgwards
Please get Garland off the floor
Big stop, great D by Ice.
Attaway Ice
Gotta hit the freebies Mobes
We’re going to put Garland or LeVert back in the game, and they’re going to lose touch with a 3 point shooter, and thats gonna be a too big of gap
Hope not
I hope not too!
Of course JB calls a TO while we drain a 3! 🤦♂️
It was almost a turnover by JA.. it was a smart move.
The officiating is at one of its worst points IMO. No wonder the Knicks are contesting a loss to the Rockets.
Niang was out there way too long
Man I don’t know, feels like we’re going to come up short again this game, we’re just off and the other team is a bit hot with White and DeRozan
Esp White
That should have been challenged
Agreed.
he didnt have any left.
JB sleeping on the bench
What on earth these calls
Challenge that JB
Getting refballed!
DeRozan = foul merchant
Lame call
Vuc too small to guard Donovan
I feel safer with Garland on the bench
We all do.
DG needs to settle down
Horrible call against LeVert! Ball don’t lie.
How soon til DM returns?
Lol personal foul on Niang for what
For making White flop.
Niang is our Draymond Green
Whoever wins gets to shave Colby Whites head!
White should get a flopping call for how he reacted when Niang body blocked him.
Probs double techs