Talking Cavs with Mark Neal
2017-02-17https://soundcloud.com/dayton-radio/tom-pestak-cavstheblogcom-talks-cavs-and-nba-with-mark-neal?in=dayton-radio/sets/dayton-sports-scene
Mark and I talked about the dunk contest, the Derrick Williams addition, Love v Melo comparison, the Knicks, Lakers, and Nets simultaneously being the most embarrassing franchises in the NBA. We also covered the pleasant surprises and disappointments around the league, and the sleeper teams in each conference.
As a follow on to the caller, Clifford, who wondered about seller’s remorse on Wiggins, here are Wiggins career scoring splits:
19.9 ppg, 45-32-76 shooting. That’s in 220 games. Six of those games are against the Cavs, where Wiggins has put up:
29.8 ppg, 56-52-76 shooting. So, yeah, Wiggins has looked like the runaway MVP of the NBA anytime he suits up against the Cavs, and like Corey Maggette against everyone else.
Mr Pestak, I’ll accept fewer articles from you if it means I get to listen to your spoken word more often. You’ve got a way with it. Nothing to add to your discussion except if you ever travel to Australia, we’d be happy to train you in our grilling ways – including how to pronounce it. It’s barbecue (Bah-Bee-Kew) or Barbie (Minus the Kew).
Thanks Simmo! I’d love to visit The Land Down Under – also New Zealand, England, and Ireland. And yes – I need help grilling – it really bothers me that i can’t make a good hamburger! Not trying to open a steakhouse or anything
YEAH GOOD THING WE DIDN’T PANIC ( LIKE CINEMIKEM ) AND TRADE KY ——-LEBRON AND KY WELL PLAYED —I APPLAUD YOU !!——HAVE SOME FUN MAN !!!
Of course I panicked, that was outright cruel for him to do especially with what’s going on in the world! HOWEVER, I lost it there for a moment and will climb down out of that tree to rejoin a calmer, saner world than I thought it was this morning. I’ll always err on the side of fighting against the denial of reality. Welcome back to a rounder earth, kyrie.
You were not alone dude. Some of the lazier Cavs beat writers were right there with you, not naming names *cough* JOVARD *cough*.
Well both Lebron & Kyrie laughing this all up at the All Star presser. I really thought he wanted to see how far the media would go on this and they did!! He sure got major exposure on Richard Jefferson’s Trippin Podcast!! Well played , Kyrie. Well played.
Is it any worse to believe the world is flat or to believe that Delly was better than Irving? Because we had a whole bunch of people who thought the latter last year.
Zero people thought that. Many people correctly thought Delly plays smarter and harder than Irving, and is much better on D.
Delly also says a lot less dumb sh!t in interviews.
Delly is less likely to pick Ray Allen ahead of LeBron.
This x 1,856,000
Don’t make me go dig through the archives of CtB. There were ABSOLUTELY people who argued Delly was better for Cavs than Kyrie last year. They wanted to trade Kyrie. I am not trying to re-litigate the argument, but let’s not forget how irrational some people were during the regular season last year. It was crazy.
Those were spoken in the heat of the moment on the many occasions when Irving was being a pill and Delly was in fact playing better. When people worried that Kyrie would never play smart or any D, the thought of the right trade, say Kawhi Leonard, was not so insane.
Haha. This somehow makes me love Irving even more.
He’s got the whole world in his hands…
lol, according to him that ‘world’ in his hands is round and hence a lie. May be he should a chess board.
CINEMIKEM—-TAKE A “CHILL PILL ” ALREADY —!!!
Says the guy yelling at me in all caps with 3 exclamation marks to boot!
J/k nomad, I know it’s your style. :)
Donald Trump or Kyrie Irving?
“What I’ve been taught is that the earth is round,” he continued. “But if you really think about it from a landscape of the way we travel, the way we move and the fact that, can you really think of us rotating around the sun and all planets aligned, rotating in specific dates, being perpendicular with what’s going on with these planets.”
I want off this planet, it’s exceeded its capacity for stupid.
My recommendation would be to start dropping acid, and the world may all make sense again. That’s the happiest face I can put on this past week.
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Kyrie is just a kid in a bubble who probably smokes way too much weed. The flat earth stuff is obviously insane, but I got no issues with Uncle Drew. His job is to be great at basketball and he is. If his job was, say, the Head of NASA I would be more concerned about his believes on the space-time continuum. The silver lining of the Cavs injuries is that when KLove and JR return, we will have a ton of depth. DWill can give us minutes, Korver is turning, into a beast, etc. Don’t get me started on… Read more »
He is a multi millionaire, he can go to space to see how ‘flat’ earth is.
Kyrie Irving embarrasses the city of Cleveland and all of humanity by claiming the Earth is actually flat … I looked for signs he’s punking us, I cannot find any. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58a7d1a3e4b07602ad54f2c9
IF true, he’s the dumbest athlete in any sport at any time. I’m probably alone in this, but I’d rather lose without him than win with him. 2017’s turning out to be one helluva year for humanity!
I’d rather win titles.
Well I knew that’d be YOUR answer. Glad you can get to there, I can’t. But then again, I don’t live in Colorado … that’d probably make it easier for me …
Then there’s his theory on dinosaurs … trade his azz yesterday Griff!
I CANNOT believe how gullible you are all!! #1 Kyrie is a pretty good actor. (Never forget that) #2 he does have a quirky sense of humor #3 (most important of all) he dislikes the media more than you know. Put that all together and you get a pretty damn good prank! Today at the All Star media both he & Lebron laughed about it!
Well, I’ll take issue with the ‘gullible’ tag as there was no counter-evidence this morning. I bit, though. I mean, we are through the looking glass though, are we not? Aren’t we encountering more and more things everyday that seemed inconceivable? Yes I lit my hair on fire, I’ll probably do it again. I’ve got luxurious tresses, so, no big problem.
AGREE WITH COLS –WE BASICALLY TRADED WIGGINS FOR LOVE —-NO COMPARISON –WE STOLE THAT DEAL
Maybe. But think of what Wiggins would be if he was playing along side LeBron instead of with a bunch of loser clowns. Look at the change in JR when he went from Melo’s world to LeBron’s.
Also, Love 20+ mils, Wiggins on rookie contract. So, it would be Wiggins+ another mid tier player for Love.
Another awesome podcast. We really appreciate you putting this up for us. I was stunned about Love’s surgery. Great points on Derrick Williams on what he gives Cavs. Youth and athleticism. I agree about the Bucks. I really thought they were going to be in the top 5 and it didn’t happen.
” caller Clifford wondering about seller’s remorse on Wiggins”
Even after we won a title because we had Kevin Love? Even after Love has outplayed Wiggins every single year?
I cannot believe people are still doing this.