Live Thread: Cavs @ Hornets
2024-03-27Happy Hump day, Cavstheblogoliers. Cleveland completes their home and home series against the Hornets tonight. Max Strus will return to the lineup and Donovan Mitchell is shooting for a Friday return. I for one am excited to have Max’s consistent two-way play back in the lineup. Dean Wade and TY Jerome remain out.
For Charlotte, LaMelo, Mark Williams, Caleb Martin, and Seth Curry remain out. Let’s hope the Cavs don’t play with their food and diversify their offensive sets. I’m sure JB appreciates the zone Ora rice the Hornets will throw at them. Go Cavs.
Don back
Guards undefeated! Get on board!
Can’t get them on Bally app. Not spending $70 a month to watch them, yet.
unlike with the Cavs, with the Guards, everything seems to be exceeding expectations.
The season doesn’t really start until August.
one and 0, baby!
11 k’S / 5 INNINGS—IMPRESSIVE—STAY HEALTHY
HE’sBACK ——-BIEBER 7K’s / 3 INNINGS 👍👍⚾️——— GAURDS NEED TO SCORE SOME RUNS FOR HIM
OK, done!
Watching a 33 win Hawks having a competitive effort against Boston. The effort is apparent.
On a back to back.
Celtics playing with their food and getting lemon booty at close.
East is covered in malaise
Bucks lose too. Grim
STEALITv👍👍/ AGREE WITH TT/ STRUS / MORRIS/ NIANG “ JUMP START “ THESE YOUNGSTERS—- THEY HAVE EARNED THEIR MONEY——— MIGHT NEED THEM TO GO “ JIMMY BUTLER “ ON THEM
I JUMPED ON THE “ CRAFT BEER 🍺 “ TRAIN—— ABOUT 30 YRS AGO BEFORE IT EVER BECAME POPULAR——- MY EARLY FAVORITE WAS “ PETE s WICKED ALE “ —WHICH IS NO LONGER MADE———- I DID “ TO MY SHOCK “ RECENTLY PURCHASED A6 PACK OF —- POC —-THEY ARE MARKETING THEIR BEER AS A CRAFT BEER————— THE WALLEYE ARE IN THE FRYING PAN AND THE “ ROCK “ IS ICED DOWN——“ LIVING THE DREAM BABY “ 👍🍺🐟
many beers are marketed differently in different places: high price in one state, bottom end in another, craft beer in a third. it is all BS
RAOUL ——STORY ABOUT STROHs ——-YEAR s BACK/OUT GOLFING WITH FELLOW COACHES ( AND DRINKING 🍺) —- GOT TO 19th HOLE —- WE ORDERED BEER 🍺 s —— I ORDERED A STROH s ——- YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGH WE WERE AT A FRIGGIN FUNERAL THE ENTIRE CLUBHOUSE BECAME DEAD SILENT AND THE BARTENDER ACTING LIKE HE WAS “ DUSTING “ OFF THE BOTTLE AS HE BROUGHT IT TO ME 🍺🤪👍
in the 60’s and 70’s, Stroh’s and Rolling Rock were huge in these parts. now they have been far surpassed by PBR, especially anywhere involved with live music.
CAVS SIGN MORRIS FOR REST OF THE SEASON//——NOW” PLAY HIS ASS “ 👍
OH BY THE WAY WE ARE HAVING “ WALLEYE “ FOR SUPPER TONIGHT——- GREAT DAY FISHING/DRINKING SOME “ ROLLING ROCK s” 🍺——-WILL HAVE MORE “ ROCK s “ TONIGHT DEVOURING THE WALLEYES 👍🍺🐟
I drank a Stroh’s last night for old time sake. unfortunately, no walleyes!
I just threw up in my mouth thinking about it.
STRUS ‘s POST COMMENTS —/— HE IS VERY UPSET/ FRUSTRATED/ CONCERNED ABOUT CAVS NOT PLAYING HARD/ DEFENSE—- SAID THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT YOU WANT TO PLAY YOUR BEST/ GET READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS——AM SURE THIS PLAY WASNT TOLERATED AT MIAMI/ SPOESTRA
miami ate home blowouts before and after they played us, and they lost to the wizards on the road two weeks ago.
let’s not mythmake about the competition. there are two East teams playing well and consistently.
10 of them make the post season.
Strus for player/coach!
If Strus / Niang / TT gets these baby Cavs to realize time is short and every possession matters they have earned their money
Dan coming out with a statement of confidence about DM signing an extension.
I…guess that’s comforting. I wish Dan would shut his gob but he’s spending a lot of $
KEEP MOBES ——— POSTED THE OTHER DAY—- STRONG RUMORS ARE DG IS TRADED AND BOTH HIM / HIS CAMP ARE FULLY AWARE———IF TRUE/ COULD EXPLAIN HIS RECENT PLAY -/—- CAVS CANNOT “ SELL CHEAP “ —- BEST SCENARIO—CREATE A “ BIDDING WAR “
i hate it. he’s going to kill us for the next five years then. shit, look how motivated Wiggins was from like 2014-2020 every time he came to the Q
OLD SAYING ON “IF “ ——-“ IF “ MY AUNT HAD “ BALL s” SHE’d BE MY UNCLE 🤪———-
ha-ha! didn’t know that one!
SIMMO LMAO — WHICH IS WHAT TEAM s IN THE NBA ARE DOING AT THE CAVS 😡🤮
Watched a bit of the Chasedown Podcast after the game. They talked about how the Cavs failed to get anything going to the rim when the Hornets had Grant Williams at the 5 in the 4th quarter. That’s pathetic.
I also don’t get Morris not seeing any minutes this game. You can bet he wouldn’t have been soft.
15 points in the 4th quarter.
right. just the psych factor would probably have turned the game.
it’s a two possession game so could be anything. frustrating to analyze. like if two live ball goof ass turnovers by DG generate four points on the other end in the first, it turns the game too
Exactly.
Morris isn’t a downhill guy either. I’d have closed with Strus and Niang. I know we hate Niang but he’s the only shooter with even a little drive and kick
I don’t hate Niang. I’m pretty much with you on him. He’s a 9th man. He’s done his job fine this year, and he’s played every single game.
right. above average ninth man.
Strus and Niang are basically tailor made for Cleveland fans.
CHECK MY POST s RIGHT AFTER ALL STAR GAME——“ WE WON T SURVIVE THE 1ST ROUND “ ———- POSTED LAST YEAR WEEKs BEFORE PLAYING THE KNICKS—OF CONCERN s GETTING PAST THEM—— I NEED A BREAK FROM THE CAVS—— “ MORE FRIGGIN BEER 🍺 PLEASE “ ——— WE MIGHT AS WELL “ FREE FALL “ FOR HIGHER DRAFT PICK ———-AND AGREE WHERE WAS SAM. / STRUS / MORRIS AND ALSO TO “ YANK “ CPJ AFTER ONLY A COUPLE MINUTES WTF ( WHICH ALSO TRANSLATES TO WHERE s THE FISH——- WHICH IS WHAT I AM DOING LATER TODAY—— WALLEYE RIVER FISHING—-HOPING… Read more »
If you don’t fall in the river, NOMAD, you’ll be doing better than the Cavs. Enjoy!
if the Cavs are at full strength they will be favored in the first round.
if they stink up the gym again in round 1, JB’s gotta go ASAP.
if they go to the ECF and make it close, JB’s gotta stay.
if they have a strong round 2 but lose, JB probably stays.
If the Cavs are at full strength and have anything close to cohesion, they should be OK in the first round. But it’s worth remembering that the best CONSISTENT basketball they’ve played all season was without DG and Mobley.
Thing is, if they stink up the first round, it’s not just JB who’ll be gone. It’ll be Spida, too. Which is a shame because this season has completely changed my tune on the trade for him. Despite our success and my love for Spida, I spend much of the last two years lamenting the loss of Lauri and all the assets we had when we were building such great chemistry back in 2021-22. But after this depressing season, I’m starting to think we should do everything we can to keep Mitchell while packaging DG and Mobley — whose still-high… Read more »
OK, as long as I’ve got myself in this frame of mind, would you trade DG/EM for any of these (semi-realistic, $-matching aside) packages
ORL: Wagner and Suggs
MIA: Jaquez and Bam from MIA
DET: Ivey and Duren and/or Thompson
NOLA: Ingram and Jones
LAL: Lebron and Reaves
POR: Scoot, Sharpe and Grant
LAC: George and Mann
Trading Mobley is nuts at this point. Garland, fine, but there’s other guys you can package with him. He’s not a negative asset yet, and if he is, you gotta let him recoup some of his value before you move him.
i’m seeing WILD trade Mobley for a wing talk. I’m not here for a dozen years of Mobley whipping our asses from LA or wherever because we got horny for three years of Brandon Ingram.
I don’t think you get what you need from trading DG on a talent level but you have to kick the tires a bit next year. Hopefully he just moots the question by being better.
good points, both of you. don’t get me wrong — i’ve been saying that mobley is the next Garnett (never understood the Durant comparisons) since those first few weeks of his rookie season when we saw how special he is.
that said, i worry about his ability to truly dominate. his truly assertive/aggressive games are few and far between. when you look at what chet is doing off the bat, it does put the mobley hype in perspective.
i don’t think KG was truly dominant offensively either. he was a mismatch killer when they had it. Mobley is more and more assertive these days, but it’s hard to figure out his spots offensively. he has been pushing a lot in transition off the defensive glass and working the two man game with Strus, those are good sets.
chet might be better than Mobley, he was a higher pick. let’s see where he’s at when the scout catches up to him and OKC and no one is surprised.
Lol. KG was MVP in Minnesota in 04 and was responsible for a third of his teams’ points with his assist numbers. He was absolutely dominant in Minnesota and became more of a du can scorer as he aged: someone who could get 30+ if you needed it but in a good enough team he didn’t have to and cared more about winning. This is a pretty silly take from you.
that’s fair was focused on Boston KG, which is I think the offensive role the Cavs have in mind when the comparison is made internally.
no body had any idea what will happen with Spida.
they were consistent bc Mitchell played Utah ball, which he knows how to do, and he improved on his production and defensive effort while playing that same style. but we know that style is limited in the playoffs, and the schedule was weak. the best thing we did in that schedule was not play with our food. I don’t blame Mobley because he’s always really good on defense (he actually had a bad possession — ONE possession — reaching on Tre Mann and I was SHOCKED). But DG needs to find other ways to probe / get his feel —… Read more »
Fire. JB.
I’ve defended him in the past for getting buy-in and being a “culture” guy but watching him have absolutely zero feel for the hot hand — sitting both Strus and Merrill in the second after they were scorching in the first, not playing Morris at all (wtf?), and letting DG continue to play with his food/regress/devolve??? This is not it.
Reminds me of the late-season Orlando loss two years ago when the Magic were butt and all we had to do was not suck to avoid the play-in. We’re going down again. Ugh.
I am kind of 50/50, but I hear you.
he’s probably gone, but I’m not on team “anyone else is better” because that’s just not borne out. Gilbert meddles, we get some weird “disruptive” hire and they get fired too. a safe average retread is actually a win for this organization re: picking coaches.
would rather switch coaches than players if we must shake up. less risk
JB does not appear to be learning from his mistakes. However, a real concern is getting someone new who turns out to be worse than JB. If a switch is made, please keep Dan out of it!
Keeping Dan out of it has always been paramount.Forgive me for saying, but the team got better when his condition kept him from “helping”.
Not closer to putting it together but man did we miss Wade on D in the one big lineup and DM downhill pressure.
Let’s see what happens the rest of the way, but the fade is disappointing so far
“ AND THE BEAT ( UP ) GOES ON “ 🤮———- HEY GAURDIANS OPEN TOMORROW—TIME TO REDIRECT MY ATTENTION 👍👍⚾️
Up 111-107 and then dont score. Pathetic
Okoro with a rough night defensively as well. Mobley kind of a non-factor except for some good passes. It is often unexpectedly tough to win 2 in a row against the same team in every sport.
Very disappointing game.