Live Thread: Cavs vs Bulls
2024-01-15Bounjour! It’s been a quiet around here, other than a Cavs’ convincing win over the Nets in Paris that started at two in the afternoon (EST). But that sweet victory was sandwiched inside a week of travel. The Cavs haven’t had a U. S. game in eight days as they return to the RMF to host the Bulls tonight.
For Chicago, Torrey Craig and Julian Phillips are out, while Patrick Williams is questionable. The 19-22 Bulls are 5-5 in their last ten and absolutely look like the league’s biggest water treaders. They have a team of solid role players, and no stars, and not a ton of shooting.the Cavs beat them before Christmas and will beat them again tonight.
For Cleveland, another grind out victory would be ideql. Evan Mobley, Darius Garland, and Ty Jerome remain out, Isaiah Mobley is with the Charge, and despite knee soreness that limited him to seven minutes in Paris, Max Strus is expected to start tonight.
The DG-less and Evan-less Cavs have played very well in their absence, going 9-3 since the mid-December bad news. Jarrett Allen has been putting up 19/13/4 averages with 2.4 stocks in that stretch: DPOY numbers. The team’s shooting volume and rebounding have been the keys to beating not just scrub teams, but also to notching quality wins against Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, and Brooklyn. This is a winnable game on the front end of a difficult week, with three of their next five against the Bucks. Let’s hope the good guys take care of business.
THE GREEK FREAK EVIDENTLY CONSUMED THAT……”…..MORE ROT GUT BEER PLEASE “ THAT I SENT HIM👍🤪🍺——- I HAVE MORE IN STOCK
Reports out there that Jim Irsay OD’s last month and was saved by Narcan, so his band had to miss some shows. You can’t make this stuff up.
Did he OD bc he’s a white billionaire? Seems like white billionaires have it really tough.
Giannis out tonight, per Fedor.
pls bros
hope he’s got the 10 day flu!
Would love to grab Bruce Brown from Toronto.
3 picks, but they are also all likely outside the lotto. Brown is a nice player.
If Siakam bolts in FA, then it is a fiasco. Otherwise, good deal for Indy. Giving Carlisle pieces to play with is dangerous for the East. He is one of the best in the business.
We got JB tho
SEEMS LIKE THE PACERS GAVE UP ALOT——RAPTORS BUILDING AROUND BARNES // STOCK PILING FOR THE FUTURE
Siakam doesn’t move the needle much for the Pacers in the regular season (they were already scoring plenty of points, and he’s just an OK defender). But he can get you iso buckets in the playoffs if his head’s right, which an extension will probably ensure.
Looks like a deal has been done. Siakim to the Pacers
The Pacers and Raptors are finalizing an agreement on a trade that will send star forward Pascal Siakam to Indiana, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). The deal, as previously reported by Shams Charania and Jake Fischer, will send Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora, and three first-round picks to Toronto, according to Wojnarowski, who says the Pelicans will also be involved, with guard Kira Lewis headed to the Raptors. The three first-rounders going to Toronto will be the Pacers’ own 2024 pick, a second ’24 first-rounder via Oklahoma City, and Indiana’s own 2026 pick, sources tell Wojnarowski (Twitter link). The… Read more »
Bummer that he went to an Eastern conference contender. But I’m happy he didn’t go to the Dubs.
Sounds like LeVert is questionable tonight.
👍 THANKS ARCH — GOOD TO KNOW SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT ME 🙏🤪
Pacers trying to trade for Siakim. Raptors want Ben Mathurin in the deal, which the Pacers are unwilling to do.
👍THINKING THE SAME JASON
So, Nance on a 10 day. Will take is to the 27th. I guess then 2 weeks at 13 would take us past the trade deadline.
👍👍FOR THE NANCE FAMILY!!!
I thought about you NOMAD when I saw this news.
Cavs sign Pete Nance on a 10 day.
MR STEAL—-YEAH SAW DEANDRE HUNTER IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE—SAYING HIS CONTRACT MIGHT BE HARD FOR CAVS TO MATCH
ZSMITH DIDNT DRESS FOR CHARGE TONIGHT???????
GREAT ARTICLE JASON—THANKS FOR SHARING——CULVER COULD BE AN INTERESTING “ GAMBLE “ —-GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT SOON
Good, sensible article here .
https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/cavs_options_to_fill_open_roster_spot_ahead_of_trade_deadline/s1_17113_39825084
Upshot is: NBA teams are required to carry 14 players and can only be under 14 for 2 weeks. We dropped to 13 when Rubio was bought out Jan 4th. We have to add someone by end of day Thur.
Porter is the mist strightforward option. They have him as being active for 36 games (14 to go). Also mention former first rounders Jarret Culver (Rio Grande G league) and Zhaire Smith (Charge).
They are clearly giving CPJ a deal: would imagine the fuss is over team length and control for a non-shooting PG. what is Wade on, 3/18? Something like that seems OK
DG cleared for on court activities.
Crowder set to return for the Bucks.
Ok CALL ME A “NERVOUS NELLIE “ —- AND I HAVE POSTED “ WAY TOO MANY TIMES “ THAT CAVS CAN ILL AFFORD A LONG LOSING STREAK——- THE NEXT 5 GAMES ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGING NOT TO MAKE ME A PROPHET
Next six. Going 3 and 3 will be decent, 4 and 2 really good.
I’m ok with however it shakes: prefer something close to .500 but variance is a thing. We have found some really nice bench lineups that work.
I expect to take a step back integrating DG and Mobley if only bc they have been imo really indecisive all year in spots. (that said if they come out aggressive I’ll eat my words but they really overpass and overthink)
RAOUL—-THANKS FOR EDUCATING ME — MAKES SENSE ON THE CAVS / BUCKS SCHEDULE—- NEED TO GET 1 “ W” —- BE NICE TO GET IT THE 1st GAME — TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF — GET SOME CONFIDENCE 👍
WOW HE HAS PLAYED THAT MANY——THEY SHOULD JUST GIVE HIM A REGULAR CONTRACT AND BE DONE WITH IT -/— AM SURE AS I PREVIOUSLY POSTED THEY WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT TRADE DEADLINE BRINGS-//- POSSIBLY THEY TRADE JEROME/ THEN SIGN CPJ
I think we gotta trust Koby going forward. Turning nothing / minimum into a great developmental candidate in Emoni and three rotation guys in CPJ TT and Merrill is amazing.
Saw DeAndre Hunter was a target. You could assemble something interesting for him but both Jerome Okoro and maybe someone else have to go…intriguing player
CAVS HAVE 44 GAMES LEFT—- IF WE ARE NOT PLAYING CPJ DUE THIS “ 50 “ GAME RULE—— DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MANY GAMES HE HAS ALREADY PLAYED IN —— ARE THE CAVS KEEPING OPEN ROSTER SPOTS UNTIL TRADE DEADLINE TO WHAT TRANSPIRES———WTF IS GOING ON WITH JEROME—- I AM ALMOST 3 x s HIS AGE—-I WOULD NOT BE OUT THIS LONG—- MUST HAVE THE SAME DNA AS WATSON 🤪🤬
CPJ has 25 games payed.
I just looked it up. The language is 50 games on the active roster. End of debate.
Furthermore, I see language about if a team does not carry a full 15 man roster (we don’t), then the 3 2-ways can only be active for 90 games combined when the team has under 15 signed.
yikes!
Got you. Yeah I assumed it was active roster but don’t know where that’s listed. I’m a caveman and just check my Yahoo sports app (lol) for tracking simple stats, and saw he had 25 GP.
WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF CAVS WILL CONTINUE TO WIN // BE COMPETITIVE AGAINST ELITE TEAMS——-WTF WERE THE NBA SCHEDULERS SMOKING—— 3/ 5 GAMES AGAINST THE BUCKS 🤪🤪🤪
you gotta play them at least four, might as well include a 3 in 5 miniseries, other than being bad luck on injuries at the moment.
it is kind of a mid season measuring stick. the expectation is slightly less than 1 win. if the Cavs get swept, not so good. one win would be OK. two or three would be fine.
Go Cavs! Team is super fun right now. Going to be interesting to see how we stack up against MIL—3 out of the next 5. And even more interesting to see the rotation once fully healthy
Nice win.
We are entering the Milwaukee portion of the schedule.
need a win
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THROW IN TIANT AND ECKERSLEY ALSO
putting Baker in the same discussion as Tiant and Eckersley, … (make up your own joke)
BUCKAROO YOU BEAT ME TO THE BAKER POST
BAKER GOiNG TO LEAD BUCCANEERS TO. A PLAYOFF WIN ——WATSON LEADING US TO NO WHERE BUT DOWN—— GOOD FOR BAKER FOR HANGING IN THERE AND NOT GIVING UP
All they had to do was keep Baker for a year,draft c j ,save all that money and draft capital and avoid the bad karma.
I was in favor of keeping him to the end of his contract and hoping to get lucky in the draft. but it is a little hard to predict who will work out in the draft (see Mayfield, Baker).
That bad karma is gonna last at least as long as Watson’s contract….
baker is suoer bowl bound.. it’s the way the universe works.. think chambliss, nettles and tidrow.. only in the 216.. and good for him.. i need to go take my head meds..
JAZZ UP BIG AGAINST THE PACERS——-LAURI / SEXTON REALLY BEEN ON A TEAR LATELY
POSSIBLY THE LEG INJURY IS BOTHERING HIM MORE THAN WE REALIZE—- HE STILL DOES SO MANY OTHER THINGS HE IS A POSITIVE—— CANT SAY THE SAME ABOUT NIANG —-GIMME “ELDER “ OVER HIM 👍
Heat get lucky. Bummer.
Strus and Niang are really struggling. At least they are still pulling defenders out.
I don’t think we can get a stretch 4 without expending some trade capital but the Niang minutes are rough (and I thought he’d be able to be effective against the Bulls). Still, the lineups with Merrill / Strus / Niang at 2/3/4 should work with any playmaking guard and any big at 1 and 5.
At least we’re generating good looks. Hopefully we can keep cranking 3s with DG and Mobley back (and Strus’ looks will be more open)
Georges Niang goes -7 in a game that the Cavs won by 18. TT goes -14 for a -32 net rating. Woof.
Other than those two, great game. TBF, I didn’t think TT played that poorly. Niang dragged down everyone he played with in the second half.
TBF, we pulled away late. But we did have a big lead in the 2nd quarter…that evaporated…..when TT & Niang played…
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Never mind….
HAVE TO CATCH REPLAY——SOUNDS LIKE SAM MY MAN FOUND HIS SHOOTING TOUCH 👍🏀🔥———WHAT s UP WITH THE “ VANISHING “ ACT OF CPJ ——— EVEN THE NATIONAL SPORTS WORLD HAVE POSITIVES TO SAY ABOUT HIS GAME????———-SOMEONE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS
Allen at +32. Pretty close to perfect on the night. So many great plays using his size and hustle and no real mistakes I can think of.
love Allen. the clowns on the minor league Cavs blogs are all still trying to trade him for nothing. wonder what this crew is smoking.
4th place in the East second week in January…I’ll take it!
Tristian Thompson doing his best Arnold Jackson impression out there tonight
Really been keeping our TOVs down during this streak. Sad to say but it helps not having DG out there making silly plays
Yeah.
If we trade a core piece, it should be DG.
DG a little too smart for his own good there. Mitchell has gotten really good at just attacking without going for too much silly stuff: DG can learn to do the same.
Whoever this team is since the injuries,I sure enjoy watching them.Ball movement,offensive rebounds,3’s and D.