Live Thread: Cavs @ Bulls
2024-10-18Good evening CtB!
The Cavs are on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Windy City to take on a divisional nemesis Chicago Bulls in the last preseason game of the year for the good guys. Coach Atkinson said that the lineups would look like the real thing tonight, we’ll see how that goes. The offense has looked horrendous so far, hopefully it’s just the growing pains of a new system
Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted live on Bally Sport Ohio/Great Lakes, Go Cavs!
pod/new thread up!
Hollingers predictions for the East:
Eastern Conference
1. Boston Celtics: 62-20
2. Cleveland Cavaliers: 56-26
3. New York Knicks: 51-31
4. Philadelphia 76ers: 50-32
5. Orlando Magic: 47-35
6. Milwaukee Bucks: 46-36
7. Indiana Pacers: 44-38
8. Miami Heat: 42-40
9. Atlanta Hawks: 39-43
10. Toronto Raptors: 32-50
11. Detroit Pistons: 28-54
12. Chicago Bulls: 27-55
13. Charlotte Hornets: 23-59
14. Brooklyn Nets: 21-61
15. Washington Wizards: 14-68
continuity for the win!
So Bally Sports is now Fan Duel.
DAMN CELTS ALMOST 90 PTS FROM 3 PT LAND ——— KNICKS MIGHT MISS HARD ROCK / RANDLE / DIVENZENCZO MORE THAN THAN THEY REALIZE
Neither team looked good defensively. I’m really interested to see them each play us, the Magic, or the Bucks, because there wasn’t any resistance at the cup all game and the Knicks and Celtics don’t really attack downhill the way Giannis, the Orlando forwards, or Donovan does
The Bucks are stupid for getting rid of Holiday. Classic Jimmy Haslem!
ha ha! I think he owns a small part, so he probably doesn’t have much input on roster.
Please say psych! Dame for Jrue was and is a no brainer. Jrue has a perfect situation in Boston and looks great but Dame is a monster.
L WALKER OR BATES -DIOP —- WHO SHOULD CAVS PURSUE
I feel like they aren’t gettable. We have capable backups AND just drafted a SF in the first round.
I’m not sure where the opportunity is for a promising young wing although I like them both.
on cleveland.com.. Dennis Kucinich threatens taxpayer lawsuit if city won’t invoke ’Modell law’ to block Browns move
giterdun korby!!! https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/1848454436676633085
HATE TO SEE ANY PLAYER GET A SERIOUS INJURY——- KARMA WORKS IN STRANGE WAY ——- AMARI COOPER WITH A TD CATCH——- IMAGINE THAT——“ – ☹️- CLOWN 🤡-BROWN s💩” ARE A “ TOTAL TRAIN WRECK “
watson done for the year (career ? we can only hope).. achilles.. wonder if frowns were smart enough to insure the perv..
great. how about you getting something else to obsess about from here on out?
so happy to wallow
raoul.. how u feeling about the brookpark browns ? crazy waste of funds on the old stadium.. i assume they raze it.. 3.6 billion USD on the new project.. i will say that jimmy seems happy to spend the cash..
Anyways… congrats Guardians, a great season.
right. wait till next year!
some things are just inevitable.. hard to fight the big $$ in any environment.. the odds are just stacked.. it’s like asking a start-up to beat microsoft or apple.. it might happen, just don’t bet on it.. guards had a great season for any pro team.. a spectacular season for a small-market low-salary team.. won a series.. had a comeback victory for the ages.. just ran into the bank.. yankees make easy work of either the dodgers or the mets.. mets might win 1 game.. dodgers might win 2..
I hate all the remaining “big spending” teams. Good to see the Yankees buying another championship.
WTF was Vogt doing on that Stanton HR.
And then lets soto hit in thenth…
Super Naylor Bros
SUCKS FOR STRUS — CAVS —/👍 FOR LONNIE WALKER
I’d like it. Good young-ish players won’t come to be the fifth SF though
At least Strus is out now and not in April
He’ll essentially miss the first 5 weeks. Hope it’s not a Ty Jerome type of sprain.
that was the weirdest ever.
Jerome’s absence made me expect a lot from him
At least we have a lot of guys who can play in that 2/3 spot. More minutes for Tyson, Merrill, and Dean Wade. Gonna delay the starters really gelling in the Anderson scheme, though (assuming there is such a thing).
Strus out for six weeks.
Would be lovely to see the full starting lineup at least once in 2024. Yeesh.
Guess it’s more Tyson and Niang minutes.
Might start Wade but he isn’t really a movement shooter like that, and I like the Ice-Wade tandem off the bench.
Lonnie Walker IV available.
DO IT
AGREE WITH CHARLIE E —— SLOW START—- HOPEFULLY FAST FINISH—— PUT / KEEP THOSE “ PANIC BUTTONS “ IN THE ATTIC 👍👍🏀🏀
strus being hurt adds to that but Vert is in a contract year and should play pretty well, plus Tyson and Niang and Merrill were not really in the rotation.
I…think we’ll be OK?
DO WE NEED ANOTHER/ BETTER BACK UP POST OTHER THAN TT ——OPINIONS/ IDEAS
I think this is going to be a slower start to the season as Kenny plays his bench more and guys hold back a bit and take a longer view of the whole campaign.
Loved the ball movement in the first half. Mobley’s offense has taken a step and he looks more authoritative taking his 3 in the flow of the offense.
Wade played a lot of really nice defense. No serious injuries and plenty of good run on the floor, I’d say this was a successful preseason.
clase.. WTF ??
Shelled every outing.
Let’s go! New ball game!
Hunter Gaddis!
Joshy! LFG!
Not sure how I feel that our starters were barely able to play the Bulls backups to a draw… but looking forward to the regular season!
No Strus no Ice and Donovan very casual until the very end.
Garland and Mobley are key and they did exactly what you want in the roles we need. DG got up 10 threes helped Allen to a monster night, and Mobley was hyper aggressive as a playmaker
DG has also been finishing well. Still too many TOs
They just let their foot off the gas after halftime, it’s a bad habit… they looked great when they were actually trying.
We missed Strus and Ice
DONOVAN MITCHELL MVP SEASON INCOMING
DARIUS GARLAND IS BACK
Unclear why LeVert is out there instead of Wade. He keeps blowing defense
better ball handler and passer, also wade logged a lot of minutes at 4 with the backups
Fair. Not sure we need the handling or passing with this lineup, but heard. I just keep seeing him getting smoked by his man
yeah, it’s gonna be a struggle without strus to eat minutes at the 3. Caris is pretty good for a 3rd string, is what it is
SPIDAAAAAAA CLUTCH
REBOUNDING NEMESIS CREEPING UP AGAIN
Freaking Yankees
I know its preseason, but I’m already tired of watching Niang
agreed, I retract my okoro slander, give Ice all his minutes,
He is a smaller guy. A 2-3 vs a 3-4. Hard to do a straight swap. But I agree with the sentiment.
No Niang also might mean Wade getting too much PT. He is not very durable.
I view Nian as an innings eater. Like the 5th starter in your rotation. He is just saving your bullpen and other starters for the stretch & post-season.
He had one good shift. Kenny hooked him pretty quick later. Niang and Merrill together is a really rough lineup as they are both foul machines on defense
Okoro is inactive so I would think it’s an injury.
TWO WAY WADE LETS GOOOOOOOOO
ICE HURTv??—-/ KA GIVING HIM THE DAY OFF ?? —- OR KA DROPPING HIM DOWN IN THE ROTATION
we’ll find out soon i suppose LMFAO
MOBES WITH 6 ASSISTS 👍——1/7 SHOOTING 👎
yo.. NOMAD bro.. call the medics.. get an IV drip ready.. mobley has money poisoning.. an often disastrous, and sometimes terminal, disease affecting most young athletes with huge contracts.. easy to diagnose.. almost impossible to treat effectively
watch a game. he is 3x more aggressive than usual, just missing. If he was money poisoned he’d be floating not attacking.
old shit eaters shouldn’t be pocket watchers
He finished pretty close to a triple double and demanded the ball for clutch buckets that stopped a Chicago run in the third. He’s had more efficient games but the sets with him at the top, Donovan as decoy, and shooters all around will be incredible
TYSON IN TIME WILL BE A SOLID ROLE PLAYER
CAVS LEADING WITH SPIDA ONLY SCORING 2 PTS 👍👍——JEROME HAS HAD A NICE PRESEASON— STAY HEALTHY
yup, he barely touched the ball and it doesn’t matter they look amazing on offense.
TYSON ACQUITTING HIMSELF VERY WELL, JAYLEN HIVE RISE UP!!!
WHAT A PASS MOBLEY!!!!!!! HOLY SHIT
Gotta hand it to Atkinson, he’s got Wade ahead of Niang and Merrill ahead of Okoro.
Got Jerome ahead of Okoro too.
DAMN JAYLEN TYSON AHEAD TOO????
LETS GO MERRILL LOOKS GREAT, BACKUPS LOOK GREAT WITHOUT OKORO HALLELUJAH
DEAN WADE HATERS APOLOGY FORMS DUE MONDAY
DG LOOKS AMAZING LETS GOOOOOO
DEAN WADE!!!! RAGE TIMEOUT BULLS!
OUCH MIGHT BE SWITCHING TO GAURDS REAL QUICK !!!
WILL BE SWITCHING BACK/ FORTH —CAVS / GAURDS
NOT PUTTING TO MUCH STOCK IN PRESEASON——SOME TEAMS HAVE 5 PRE SEASON GAMES??
Yup, every teeam is playing 15-20 rotations, results don’t matter it’s about how they look in their role.