Live Thread: Cavs @ Hawks

I can love the Cavs once again. They won’t hurt me anymore. Koby Altman and Dan Gilbert sent away the trouble makers and guys who refused to try from the Wine & Gold , and even though they didn’t necessarily get a magic carpet in return that’s gonna take them wherever they want to go, it truly is a whole new world for the Cavs and their fans.

The Cavs reset the frustration meter for themselves and everyone watching them. If there’s a lack of chemistry, it’s excusable. If they don’t run an offense, it’s excusable. I mean, after all, the team hasn’t played a single game together yet, and will play less than 30 games together before the playoffs start.

Unfortunately, none of the new acquisitions, George Hill, Larry Nance Jr., Jordan Clarkson, and Rodney Hood, will play tonight. The mostly washed up corpses of Isaiah Thomas, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Iman Shumpert, Jae Crowder, and Channing Frye aren’t here though either. That leaves the Cavs pretty thin.

They had to call up their D-Leaguers, John Holland and London Perantes. Jose Calderon, Cedi Osman, LeBron James, Tristan Thompson, and J.R. Smith will start tonight.

The Hawks are coming off a game last night against Orlando. They lost. The Cavs should be pretty pumped, so the effort will be enough to propel them over the league bottom Hawks. And, if it isn’t, help is on it’s way. I’m picking Cleveland 121-101.