Live Thread: Cavs @ Raptors
2024-01-01Happy New Year, Cavs fans. The wine and gold travel to the great white north tonight to take on a new look Raptors team. Gone are OG Anunoby, Malachai Flynn, and Precious Achiuwa, and in their place step RJ Barrett and Emmanuel Quickley. Personally, I’m betting the Raptors got the best long term player in this group, Quickley. Immanuel is an analytics darling and should see his productivity spike as a starter. Barrett went from untouchable in the Mitchell trade to a trade piece in less than two years. It will be interesting to see how he meshes with Scottie Barnes and Siakam who play similar positions. (Though I’m betting the latter won’t be on this team long).
For Cleveland, Garland, Mobley the Younger, Rubio, and Ty Jerome remain out while Mobley the Elder, and Emoni Bates are in G-League assignment. The Cavs lost a tough one against Milwaukee with wretched shooting, and aren’t favored here, but I’m betting they can do enough here to take down a team that might be a bit in disarray with the new faces. Happy new year and go Cavs.
LT up
Bye Ricky.Enjoyed watching you since you started, but particularly loved what you did in the Olympics and then for the Cavs. Enjoy you life with your family back in your motherland.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. TO ARCH s POST
Vardon with some snarky remarks 😂
“If yet another injury befalls another guard, if Donovan Mitchell were to, somehow, miss another five games with a non-covid illness, Cleveland could at least go into the market and sign a player to a 10-day contract.”
“With Ty Jerome flirting with the modern NBA record for games missed due to a sprained ankle, the Cavs have turned to rookie Craig Porter Jr. as backup point guard and starter when Mitchell is out.”