Live Thread: Cavs vs Clippers
2020-02-09Cleveland with a real shot at this one, tonight: no Kawhi and no Patrick Beverly while the Cavs are coming off four days rest after Wednesday’s loss to the Thunder. The Clips are also on the back end of a road back-to-back after a 142-115 drubbing in Minnesota Saturday night.
Cleveland will be without Ante Zizic still and obviously Dylan Windler. Alfonzo McKinnie also returns to the team on a four year contract. It’s a pretty darned team friendly one. The Cavs control his rights for the next three years, and all of those years are just above the league minimum and non-guaranteed. It will be good to see The Fonz hitting the jukebox for the next few years will be a welcome site.
It’s also the debut of Andre Drummond in a Cavs uni tonight, and he looks to start from the get go. Kudos to Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson who have been nothing but class with how they’ve handled the trade deadline and the acqusition of Drummond. I, for one, am excited to see the new look Cavs tonight.
ANOTHER QUESTION TO THROW OUT THERE ——-WILL THE LONG ALL STAR BREAK HELP OR HINDER THE CAVS ——SHOULD GIVE THEN TIME TO R& R / GET ” AQUAINTED ” / WORK ON SOME SKILLS / MAYBE GIVE BELEIN TIME TO ALTER HIS LINE UPS ———ALTHOUGH THIS SEASON THE CAVS WITH A LONG LAY OFF HAVE BEEN TOTAL ” TRAIN WRECK ” ……………ANY THOUGHTS
Will probably help Garland. He looks exhausted lately.
Absolutely. Has to be a huge adjustment for him, especially considering how much time he missed last year.
JASON I / WE OWE YOU A ……….”MORE BEER PLEASE ” : – )
Marcus Smart is a disgrace to the NBA. He should be relegated to the China league at best.
What’d he do?
I hate the Celtics.
Since cavs news is pretty bleak right now here are some interesting tidbits on some non-cavs players that are fun to watch. Most people are keenly aware of Giannis’s major counting stats. 60.8% ts, 30 ppg, 13.5 reb pg, 5.8 apg, 1.1 spg and bpg. Great, but the most insane stat of his is one I hadn’t noticed until today, and likely the reason why he may finish with the greatest single season PER in history. That stat being that he is averaging only 30.9 mpg. That is truly insane. For reference everyone else averaging over 28 ppg is doing… Read more »
THANK YOU JASON —–HERE IS A CHALLENGE FOR YOU –( IF YOU SO DESIRE TO ACCEPT )—FIND OUT HOW MANY TIMES THE BOTTOM 10 ” CELLAR DWELLARS ” FACE EACH OTHER WHICH WILL AUTOMATICALLY GIVE 1 TEAM A “W” ADDING MORE SEPARATION
I did this last year for Zion/Jah, though I do not know if I posted it here. Not that excited about the prospects this year. But one never knows, where was Giannis picked?
I would go bottom 9 at the moment. It is a good all-star break project.
CONGRATS TO YOUNG BULL —MAKING RISING STARS ROSTER —-YOU GO YOUNG BULL
We are separating from the pack. Currently at 20 win pace (.245). If we go 10-19 from here = 23 wins. A highly improbable 14-15 = 27 wins. Memphis is on 27 right now at #8 out west. Only 9 teams shy of 21 right now. Wins:
12 = GSW
13 = Cavs
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15 = Hawks
16 = Minny
17 = Knicks, Hornets
18 = Wiz
19 = Pistons, Bulls
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21 = Suns, Kings
22 = NO, SA
23 = Magic (PO)
24 = Nets (PO)
25 = Portland
READ THE TWEET ABOUT SEXTON / KPJ———POSTED YESTERDAY—-( AS MANY HAVE POSTED MANY TIMES BEFORE )—-READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT TODAY ———WHAT IS BELEIN WAITING FOR TO EXPERIMENT WITH KPJ STARTING —SEXTON 6TH MAN ROLE —–AGAIN AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY—ONLY REASON BELEIN NOT MAKING THE CHANGE IS A MANDATE FROM KOBY NOT TO DO –WHICH IF IS THE CASE KOBY SHOULD BE ‘SHOWN THE DOOR “
Koby knows Sexton in the starting lineup = more ping pong balls
Not super impressed with Koby in his term so far. He probably thinks Sexton and DG together = more wins.
JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE DID WE GET “FLEECED ” IN THE UTAH TRADE —-CPR BANDAID FOR THE INFERNO AND DRAFT PICKS / FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN CPT BAND AID IS DOING QUITE WELL FOR THEM —DO MISS HIS BENCH SCORING —-OTHER THAN THE 1ST FEW GAMES / THE INFERNO HASN’T REALLY IMPRESSED MUCH —-AND I AM REALLY ROOTING FOR THE KID
Not if they didn’t want to resign him. Plus it seemed like it was either him or Sexton.
At the beginning of the season, I would have wanted to keep Sexton over Clarkson. Now, I wish they shipped out Sexton instead.
Clarkson has been doing normal Clarkson things, but he’s not the reason the Jazz have been winning since he got there. Pelton had the numbers on Windhorst’s pod a couple of weeks ago. Their net rating with him on the court was negative, it’s their starters playing better. (and playing a softer part of the schedule)
Exum is what he is, I think. Good defender, but I doubt he’ll ever be much on the other end.
But are their bench lineups less negative than before he got there?
I haven’t dug into those numbers. My feeling is that Clarkson *may* benefit the Jazz bench more than he did the Cavs bench, but not by much. His minutes and points are nearly exactly identical to his Cavs numbers. Like 23 mpg and 14 odd ppg.
He was likely gone anyway. But he was our best guard, by far.
Still, something is better than nothing.
Glad I missed it.
I watched the first quarter and that was enough Cavs bball I needed for the week.
from slight optimism (i know, occasionally i am a fool, and succumb to momentary lapses in judgment) back to utter contempt for the organization in under 24 hrs.. way to go cavs.. heck of an effort the multi-millionaires showed last night.. DARLA garland’s #s were particularly pathetic (this #5 is going to be another CLE-special heat breaker).. at least #30 seems to have somewhat of a future in the league.. anyone look into the success rate on surgery for stress reaction in weak bones ? does #26 ever play an nba game? as the one person who indicated he would… Read more »
Illgauskas eventually played and was a pretty good player.
Epic game and finish by Bojan, but also great to see Clarkson going along nicely too.
https://twitter.com/nba/status/1226696892412813312?s=21
…and I was worried the trade and McKinnie resigning might upset the ranking operation… for at least one game, no worries.
Dion will be beloved in LA. Add JR, and you have a squad.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1226710696622206976?s=21
Get Dion a ring!
Good hands there by Wade with the strip!
SO MUCH FOR THE SHORT LIVED / OPTIMISTIC WAIT TO THE “DRUMMOND ERA ” ………………. ” MORE BEER PLEASE ” ——–WILL HOLD BACK MY VERDICT / CRITICISM UNTIL POST HAWKS GAME —-HOPING FOR A MUCH BETTER COMPETITIVE SHOWING
STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVEN’T AT LEAST TRIED KPJ STARTING –SEXTON 6TH MAN ROLE —-UNLESS KOBY HAS MANDATED NOT TO DO
HOW LONG BEFORE T..T BECOMES DISGRUNTLED WITH MIN REDUCTION —WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DELLY IN THERE WITH T.T./ THEY ALWAYS HAD A NICE CONNECTION
I missed most of the 1st half, did Delly play at all?
Oh I see, 0 mins. Hmm.
I’ve said it many times, KPJ is our best mover in heavy traffic.
“Our” – sorry, the Cavs.
THINK WE ALL AGREE THE CLIPS ARE THE DEEPEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE——-THINK YOU WILL SEE THEM AFTER ALL STAR BREAK TO REALLY START “AMP ” UP——HOW MANY GAMES HAVE P.G. / KAWHI ACTUALLY HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER
If LAC end up champions this year, I’ll feel slightly better about this train wreck. But only then.
AGREE WITH YOU SIMMO—THE HAWKS GAME WILL BE A MORE ACCURATE TEST TO SEE HOW MUCH CAVS HAVE IMPROVED / CHANGED
Let me tell you, the last thing parents want to hear at any sports stadium is the Baby Shark song.
Porter limping oh no
Looks ok
Hahaha. Drummond takes hits another three. Despite that cavs players would forfeit if they could. Giving clips 15 feet of space. That’ll do pig. I’m out.
Remind me is this the dumb Morris ha ha.
It is, at least for tonight…
NOT A GOOD “VIBE ” TO BE SENDING TO THE NEWEST MEMBER ——NOT SHOWING UP / COMPETING ———-UNDERSDTAND THE OTHER TEAM / THE CLIPS ARE PRETTY DAMN GOOD BUT C’MON —START GIVING A SH-T
Need to get physical. Heart has been torn out of them though.
Game against the Hawks will tell a tale I think.
Yeah if they roll over, I think it’ll indicate they be checked out most of the rest of the season. Maybe Beilein is checked out too.
Probably should be a common foul by the rules but a flagrant in terms of nba culture today.
Boy cedi. You get bullied so easy. Please get in the weight room.
Ha. Williams does not care about sexland d.
OK LET’S BE COMPETITVE THIS HALF——MAYBE PULL WITHIN A 12 PT LOSS —GIVE US FANS SOME OPTMISM —–PROBABLY EXPECTED / ANTICIPATED TOO MUCH THE 1ST NIGHT WITH ‘DRE ‘ —AND AGAINST AN ‘ANGRY ” CLIP TEAM —IS WHAT IT IS
welp glad my bet is safe LMFAOOO have a good night y’all i gotta eat something!
Cavs have left the building. Not interested in giving it a go on d this second half.
Good pass Cedi, DG just missed it
Part of the issue with guys as short as sexland is that almost no shooters are bothered in any way shape or form even when they contest.
the kiss by DG!!!
That was some I couldn’t care less d by k love. If it wasn’t he has absolutely zero mobility at this point.
Guess the Clips weren’t too delighted getting smoked by a terrible Twolves team…
Game blacked out on this one, I really wanted to watch Dre, but following along on the blog sounds like I’m missing a beat down. I thought the defense might pick up, geez, 73 points in a half.
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1226682137094623232?s=20
I do wonder how much better bad teams would be if gms had the balls to just accept when their high picks are just too raw and just forgo throwing them to the fire. But most GMs are concerned with the image of slowly transitioning top 10 guys due to how it makes their draft decisions look to their fans and owners.
Expect a run in the second half when legs start hitting for LA.
Likely in the fourth…..when we’re down by 35 with 9 minutes to go. 3rd qtr blues after all.
andre the giant doing what he does.. nice.. guards (#5 & #8) not so much .. darla garland stinking up the joint.. sexton not far behind.. 6 pts in a half for a professional starting guard duo in the nba is pathetic..
It feels like the clips had way more than 7 threes.
Boy clips are stacked. They have so many plus players you literally forget about guys they have.
DG floater! WHAT A PASS LOVE!!!!
So much for the optimism getting to watch a Cavs game! Yeesh
I get it, but they’re playing pretty badly against one of the best teams in the NBA (even without Kawhi) who is red hot…the result has been predictable…
https://twitter.com/oldseaminer/status/1226680852572233728?s=20
nice pass Garland! nice cut and finish Cedi!
Shamet was a nice piece in the harris trade to philly
absolutely the dumbest move philly made giving him up.
Yeah especially considering he could have been their future reddick replacement.
You spelled “would be” wrong.
Ha nice
I’m sure Philly wishes they had him now…
yup, was just talking with a Philly fan, they’re desperate for a real point guard…. he would’ve been perfect because he doesn’t need shots to be effective.
IT is out there…
i actually think they should kick the tires on him LMFAO… Embiid playing great defense this year
NICE BULLY BALL DRUMMOND!
Glad Kawhi isn’t playing…
Honestly they couldn’t be playing much better or us much worse.
I take that back. Somehow we only have 4 tovs.
getting outrebounded by 11 so far.
Getting out everythinged. Why not boards? Clips came in with a purpose. Probably got torn a new one by doc last night.
Wish our coach would do the same.
Giving up way too many offensive boards
WAS GOING TO SAY THE CAVS HAVE ALOT OF TIME THIS WEEK / ALL STAR WEEK TO GET TO “KNOW EACH OTHER —R&R “—BUT TIME OFF SEEMS TO BE A NEMISIS FOR THEM
We don’t box out
Someone box out. Jesus.
OMG Garland everything but the finish!
That isn’t surprising considering he is shooting less than 50% at the rim.
LMFAOOOOO i can’t believe drummond just did that.
EXCITEMENT BEING A CAVS FAN IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO FLEETING ——” MORE BEER PLEASE “
Andre now 2-23, on the season.
Drummond hits a three. Weird weird night.
Nice pass Garland, some nice bully ball Drummond!