Cavs: The Podcast 0017 – A Dark (Not-So-Stormy) Night
2012-11-26
Tonight we lost to Memphis in the waning minutes. Tom, Colin, and I all were a little ticked off, so we jumped on a podcast and recorded our thoughts. Basically…We discussed Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, the Cavs’ D, and the value of Anderson Varejao. Among a bunch of other things.
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/cavstheblog/0017-a-dark-not-so-stormy
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cavs-the-podcast/id528149843?mt=2
Enjoy!
91 comments?!?!?! That has to be a CTB record.
In case there was any confusion, Jeremy Pargo is a bad man. And I mean that in a very literal sense; he’s bad at basketball.
The Cavs lost to a bad team at home by 20 (don’t care about garbage time) and Anderson Varejao scored 20 points on mostly mid-range jumpers. That is alarming. Oh well – everything’s fine! Tyler Zeller makes TT look like Dwight Howard defensively. Makes Varejao look like Bill Russell.
My hatred for CJ Miles is growing by the day. Just HATE the way he plays the game. Me-first player who is a bad shooter to boot. Awful combination.
Varejao is an all-star – I’m with you jonesy. TT right there with a nice high flying rebound and just now drew a foul on a dunk attempt. And he made both free throws. great form!
Andy V is putting on a clinic! 14 points in the 3rd alone, 20 points and 15 boards total so.
If he’s not an All-Star, I’m burning down the league offices. He plays like. a. MAN.
TT has gotten his hand on 4 missed shots – unfortunately 3 of them he wasn’t able to secure or tip to teammates. But the last one went out of bounds off Phoenix. So he earned the cavs a possession back!
TRISTAN WITH THE THROW DOWN!
TT has been infinitely better that Zeller defensively!
TT just threw a face up drive to the rim of the side of the back iron. But he’s being assertive and deliberate – he’s working hard.
well TT just airballed a floater. but he might have been fouled. hes being agressive on offense.
Btw Dion is playing hard on D and he just earned a 50/50 whistle. ABOUT TIME
Zeller certainly “looks solid”
Well Thompson had another dunk blocked. But his activity kept the ball alive in the first place.
Well he’s 0-3 on bunnies (one uncontested) but he is VERY active. As the games goes on those will start dropping
I’m gonna live blog positive things about TT tonight. I’ll start here – the NBA JAM windmill he does in the intro Video is sick.
Right! Go CAVS. Hoping for a nice battle between Varejao and Gortat tonight. Also hopefully Dragic doesn’t get away with all the flopping this time.
Shhhh! The games on!
A very vocal minority are, I think, the cause of this argument. I don’t want or need any kind of faux positivity, I think the podcast is great and fits in a long tradition of American sports talk radio that is overly invested in the team in rather a charming way. I don’t know if Cols or KJ have been here since the beginning, but even when Krolik was around (especially?) the blog was extremely introspective and at times melancholy. I always appreciated that honest vibe, rather than cheerleading for the sake of cheerleading. There are a ton of cavs… Read more »
TOM, TOM, TOM.
It’s “Kj,” not “KJ.” Common mistake.
KJ – is there anything about Thompson specifically that u have noticed that excites you? Something we’re missing that is a good talking point?
KJ – I’m glad you are here. Disagree with things all day long. Add to the pool of discussion. Be prepared for “feedback” when you make ridiculous comments. If you truly have constructive criticism about the format or content of the podcasts let em rip. So far you’ve got an ax to grind and its fine if you disagree but don’t pretend like lots of people reacted to this podcast constructively or in good faith. The internet is forever we can all reread comments
Ok cols. I’m glad you are a Cavs fan and feeling good about the progress. Let’s both lay off the personal criticisms.
Tom, Andy has played C for 2 seasons. That is a fact. The rest of the crap and yeah, it is mainly crap at this point, is trying to claim the podcast was not overly negative when it was. You dig deeper and deeper ignoring or purposely avoiding salient points brought up by multiple posters. In other words, you have a siege mentality. If you do not want honest criticism and disagreement (and it has been honest) then quite frankly, quit posting or podcasting. I don’t know what else needs to be said… Oh and you say no “media” were… Read more »
Tom
I do not have to answer any question you put on me. I watch the games. Zeller looks OK to me. But then so does Irving, Waiters, Andy, and to a lesser amount, Thompson.
When I watch the Cavs, I see a young upcoming team that is going to continually improve. When Mallory watches the games, he wants to see powerful and bouncy.