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Live Thread: Cavs @ Timberwolves
2026-01-08Cavs take on the Wolves tonight. I think everyone save Strus is available, though Nance will probably just make an appearance if he plays. The Wolves are at full strength save Terrance Shannon Jr. according to the injury report, but I have no idea who that is.
Only thing I’m rooting for tonight is healing for the city of Minnesota. Go peace on earth and goodwill towards men.
WE HAVE AFTERNOON GAME ALSO—— ANTHONY/ RANDLE MIGHT NOT PLAY/- WOULD HELP—- HOPEFULLY KA COMES OUT WITH DIFFERENT STARTING LINE UP —- GO CAVS
1 THING I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARs ( “ THE “ MRS NOMAD WOULD SAY I HAVENT LEARNED ANYTHING) IS NOT TO — “ OVER COACH—- OUT SMART YOUR SELF— GIMMICK IT UP “——-KA WAS GUILTY OF ALL LAST NIGHT 🤬———— RANDLE HAS “ FEASTED “ AGAINST THE CAVS HIS ENTIRE CAREER
Agree. 100%.
If you must tweak the lineup for Minnesota personnel, start Hunter not Porter. He’s been good on Randle for a while.
pretty sure CtB recently had a 100% vote not to start Hunter. I might have gave Tomlin his first start
Just start Tyson…
That would be my choice.
IF you MUST tweak (to me Tyson is the starter with Wade and Strus out), Hunter makes the most sense.
I stay super intrigued by Tomlin POA defense because I did not think he was a defender at all based on SL / Charge
He has been brutally bad lately. Build his confidence up on the bench a bit. CPJ had bren good recently. It wasn’t very Minny-centric, but in the grand scheme, I get it. We were up at half.
Commentators and blog hosts sound like Kenny – prisoners of the moment and flailing from reason to reason and cherry picking metrics just to confirm priors.
Blowing it up makes us Atlanta for five years: a cheaper team that costs less and plays worse.
I didn’t realize ppl cared so much about Dans pockets!!
only an idiot would blow up the Cavs at this point.
if the Cavs don’t get anything together by the end of the season, might want to consider it. if that day comes, the best move will not be popular.
Yeah the only move that makes sense if you must blow it up is moving Mitchell or Mobley, and that’s probably only happening if Mitchell asks out.
Based on the Trae deal, Garland and Allen don’t have enough value coming back to keep you competitive but both are flexible enough to work with any star you get back (except another small 2 guard I guess).
If you have guards people can shoot over or players who struggle on team defense like Hunter, you need consistent lineups so they are at least getting to the right rotations off-ball and know when they can gamble.
Similarly, a player like Allen / Mobley needs to know where and how he’s getting fed.
Any player move will bring back a guy with weaknesses (Jalen Suggs, injured bricker, for Garland? Rui and Knecht for Allen) – it also restarts the continuity clock.
Start the same lineup for three weeks and have normal rotations then we look different.
OUR VARSITY TEAM STARTs -4 PLAYERS 6’4” OR TALLER—- PT GD IS 6’1” WITH NBA HOPS
Okay, gonna throw in two cents although I didn’t watch this one. How can you start a lineup with 3 players 6’2” and under, two of them 6’1” and under. That would be a small HS team! C’mon!
Kenny is flailing and his tactical adjustments don’t work towards the stated goals.
Like if you want CP on Ant, just bench Garland for the start and see what you get. I don’t agree with that tactic but it’s an obvious way to get the matchup you want without having to roll out five guys who have never played together in positions they don’t usually play.
(against an elite team with no bench but a great starting five!)
Cavs are 11-12 when Darius Garland starts. Cavs have a -4.8 net rating when Darius Garland is on the court, which ranks 25th out of 30 NBA teams this season. Cavs have a 118.3 defensive rating when Darius Garland is on the court. which ranks 26th out of 30 NBA teams this season. Cavs have a 113.5 offensive rating when Garland is on the court, which ranks tied for 22nd in the NBA out of 30 teams this season. Cavs have a +8.6 net rating when Donovan Mitchell is on the court, which ranks 2nd in the NBA this season.… Read more »
I don’t often blame coaching.
But that was a weird gamble and if I was firing Kenny that would be Exhibit A. Kenny just refuses to do simple things, whether it’s flashing zone looks that immediately give up runs, playing Lonzo too much (and immediately giving runs), or whatever this lineup was. Starting the half with it was insane work.
Don’t overthink it! Just start Hunter! He was good against Ju and hit the glass!
hate to point it out, but Okoro would have looked pretty good starting last night
I mean, the whole theory of the team is that the front line is good enough defensively to cover for the guards and the guards drive enough offense to make up for the limited offensive players like Tyson and Mobley.
Okoro, Wade, Strus, and even Hunter / Tyson with a simpler assignment is a better choice.
Tyson would’ve looked even better and he’s actually on the team.
Tyson hasn’t played well for a while, if we are keeping it a buck. Still should have started but the best front line was Tomlin/Hunter/Mobley.
Tyson, despite being sick, is picking up the Garland/Mitchell bad habit of hitting the floor on offense and then talking to the ref vs getting back.
This simply isn’t true. He had three bad shooting games but is still rebounding and defending. Unless by “a while,” you mean “a week.”
And really just one bad game since 1-4 is just variance and the the Cavs won that game.
I mean a week or so, yes. I don’t think he’s bad and he should have started.
Interesting the players you will go deep on context for and those you won’t. Little bit of motivated reasoning there!
32-1 – HAD TO WIN VARISTY GAME IN DOUBLE OT —— TOUGH GAMES ON SATURDAY——-WE NOW HAVE THAT “ BULLS EYE “ ON OUR JERSEYS—- EVERY TEAM WANTS TO KNOCK US OFF —- “!GO BIG OR GO HOME “ —— NEED TO EMBRACE THAT PRESSURE—-USE AS MOTIVATION 👍🏀💪
Would you coach the Cavs please?
Mobley for a clutch three? I don’t see it.
I don’t mind the mentality, but that one was a selfish play even if DG hasn’t done shit all game.
Some resilience here. Will enough arrive?
Considering KBozo has ran this lineup the entire quarter i wouldn’t count on it
LAZY BIG DEFENSE FROM JARRETT ALLEN WHERE IS TOMLIN??????????????????????????
GARLAND COOKED ON DEFENSE DAY ENDING IN Y
LaMelo Ball came off the bench and deliver 33 points 8 assists and a +19 in 27 minutes…. maybe KBozo could learn something from that
did the hornets win
Fun 3rd…
LMFAOOOO KBozo disaster class a sight to behold
GARLAND -32 IN 25 MINUTES ARENT YOU SICK OF DOGSHIT BASKETBALL KBOZO??????????
MORE BUM DEFENSE FROM GARLAND
MORE TYSON + DG YOURE AN IDIOT WHO DESERVES TO GET FIRED KBOZO
GARLAND -27 IN 22 MINUTES GET HIM OFF THE FLOOR
GARLAND -21 IN 22 MINUTES GET HIM OFF THE FLOOR
THREE GUARD LINEUPS DONT WORK KBOZO WAKE UP
CONGRATULATIONS KBOZO YOU GIFTED MINNESOTA A 12-2 RUN WITH THIS BOZO SHIT
DARIUS GARLAND -14 IN A 3 POINT GAME GET HIM OFF THE FLOOR
HOLY SHIT KBOZO STARTING CPJ AGAIN WITH THE STARTING LINEUP YOU ARE A CLOWN
THIS LINEUP HAS PLAYED ZERO MINUTES THIS SEASON PRIOR TO TONIGHT
14 MINUTES TOTAL ON THE SEASON FOR DG + SPIDA + CPJ
ZERO DEFENSE FOR THE CAVS ON THE PERIMETER AND GETTING OUTREBOUNDED, SPIDA MOBLEY AND THE BENCH BAILING EVERYONE OUT
SPIDA ELITE PASSING, DG WHY ARE YOU GOING UNDER A SCREEN GUARDING CONLEY???????????????
THIS IS YOUR FAULT KENNY YOU CANNOT HAVE TYSON CPJ AND DG ON THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME PUT BALL IN FOR DEFENSE
DG in here comes Minny’s run, pairing him with Tyson KBozo is back
TWO POSSESSIONS IN A ROW DG TURNSTILE DEFENSE
DONTE DIVINCENZO POINT SHAVING!!!! LMFAOOOOOOO
WHAT A PASS SPIDA TO CPJ!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A MOVE SPIDA, MOBLEY USE THE GLASS
MOBLEY FOR THREE!!!!
HUNTER SMOOTH MIDDY
HUNTER TYSON MERRILL +8 in 7 MINUTES OFF THE BENCH, GET A CLUE KENNY
LMFAOOOOOOO WHAT A PASS HUNTER LMFAOOOOOOOO MERRILL CLUTCH
LETS GOOOO FINALLY KENNY DONE WITH BOZO MODE
NICE DEFENSE HUNTER!
WHAT A PASS SPIDA TO TYSON!
ELITE FINISH TYSON!
Kenny finally goes to the Merrill-Tyson-Spida back court
PA playing “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” quite appropriate
LMFAO they got jokes huh
HELL YEAH HUNTER CLOCK THAT PUNK
Thanks for catching the live thread Nate! KBozo mode is strong tonight, what a dumb starting lineup.
Go Cavs!