NBA Cup Group Play Live Thread: Cavs @ Hawks
2024-11-29Good afternoon CtB!
The Cavs have traversed down to the Georgia Piedmont to take on the Atlanta Hawks hopefully to deliver a Black Friday victory for the good guys. The Cavs just lost to the Hawks last game 135-124, a game that sorely missed it’s top three wings in Caris LeVert, Max Strus, and Dean Wade. The Hawks were able to beat the Cavs at their own game, moving the ball with 39 assists and outrebounding the Cavs 51-44. Can the Cavs re-establish their leaky defense? Stay tuned…
Tip off is scheduled for 2:30PM Eastern time and will be broadcasted nationally on NBATV, Go Cavs!
Niang interviews always entertaining,
WATCHED CHARGE LAST NIGHT——-“ MORE THOR “ QUIET st HALF./ 0 pts ——- EXPLODED FOR 24 2nd HALF pts —-4/7 FROM 3 PT LAND ——— KA GIVE HIM SOME MINUTES PLEASE 👍👍
STILL RECOVERING FROM TTUN HANGOVER 🤬🤬—— SEE WADE IS STILL OUT——REALLY LIKE WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE——-BUT STARTING TO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HIS DURABILITY
BEEN WATCHING SOME CHARGE —- DARIUS BROWN IMPRESSIVE —-STRONG BODY/ DECENT HANDLES —— 47% FROM 3’s
AFTER ANOTHER LOSS TO TTUN ………… “ FRIGGIN MORE 🍺 BEER PLEASE “ 🤬
I’m sure Nate will start blaming coaching soon. This blog has hated every coach the Cavs have had. Including Ty Lue.
So you have three user handles now?
Kenny has been experimenting a ton.
We need to ride it out when it doesn’t work (like with the zone looks that Allen is visibly a little uncomfortable with or the Wade at 5 looks which are not my fave).
KA has shown willingness to give guys appropriate chances to play and succeed.
Found an interesting stat that says Merrill should never see the court without Okoro and vice versa:
They are +27 per 100 together this season in 63 minutes… without each other they are +9 and +2 in over 200 minutes a piece.
This is on KA… Merrill should never see the court without Okoro… and Okoro probably shouldn’t see the court without Merrill although he survives with Wade or the core 4.
Merrill’s the +2 without Okoro… team’s +14 per 100 without both of them.
By starting Okoro, KA ruined the bench, which was variations of Merrill, Okoro, Jerome, Caris, and Wade dominating their minutes… all the top 5-man lineups this season have at least two of the five man lineups of each of these guys.
and he really should’ve just kept starting Tyson…. Tyson’s best game was with the starters and he they were dominant, +70 per 100 with that lineup, and that lineup couldn’t shoot for shit! (TS 53%)
Didnt he start the game against the g-league pelicans? That’s hardly anything evidence he should start if so
yes: it’s an absolute outlier. we stay rooting for the backup QBs to save us, but Okoro starting was the right move
AGREED TYSON HAS PROVED HE CAN BE A CONTRIBUTOR OFF THE BENCH—- HE UNDERSTANDS/ PLAYS HIS ROLE VERY GOOD 👍
“ MORE THOR “ MIGHT NOT BE THE ANSWER—-BUT WE WILL NEVER KNOW UNLESS GIVEN THE MINUTES/ OPPORTUNITIES——- NOT PUSHING THE “ PANIC BUTTON “ —- POSTED EARLIER ALL TEAMS GO THROUGH “ FUNKS “ ——YES I I WILL BE ECSTATIC CAVS HAVE A 20–6 RECORD—- JUST WANT US TO GET BACK TO PLAYING GOOD CONSISTENT BALL ——-HURRY BACK STRUS/ WADE
it’s just a tough few games.
wade and strus should help. I expect Merrill and Niang’s shots will straighten out a bit once they don’t have to guard so many good players.
on the positive side, Tyson is a game rooster. i think a bench lineup with him at 4 and Wade at 5 might work
we are going to get to a ridiculous place again I see. being mean =/ making shots. JT Thor isn’t the answer. Switching the ninth man isn’t the answer either. There is no team in the NBA that doesn’t get embarrassed like this. We may very well be 20-6 in a few weeks. I would have been losing my shit over 20-6 after 26 games last year — and with no intact starting lineup, either. we are in a good place, and at least some of the “OMG Ty Jerome will make $20m a year we can’t keep him” talk… Read more »
NATE THANK YOU FOR THE “ MORE THOR “ POST—- BEEN LOBBYING ALL SEASON FOR THIS—— HE AND BERVARD HAVE HAD A SOLID 10 DAYS WITH THE CHARGE—— BERVARD MIGHT BE ANOTHER “ KOBY SLEEPER “ 👍🏀
THINK WE ALL ANTICIPATED THIS “ UGLY “ STRETCH TO COME—— HAPPENS TO EVERY TEAM—— WILL SEE HOW THEY RESPOND—— GET HEALTHY STRUS — WADE—- EMONI
Cavs don’t have enough mean.
Need less Niang and Merrill and more thor and Tyson.