Projecting the Cavs in 2014-15

[cavsfever]

Honestly I think the question about this team is whether they are going to be just really really good or historically great. People who just focus on 'will they finish first in the central' are missing the potential significance of what's happening here. If this team reaches its full potential, a couple of decades from now people could be talking about these Cavaliers like they talk about the 80s Showtime Lakers.

 

[Douglar]

People talked about how the current CBA was affected by the 2010-11 Miami Heat. Cavs are going to be so good that the next CBA is going to be the 2014-15 Cleveland Cavaliers CBA.

 

[clevelandrox23]

If they don't win at least 67 games I'll consider the regular season to be a failure assuming there are no major injuries and here is why...The 2008-2009 Cavs won 66 games with one of the key pieces being new on that roster i.e. Mo Williams. If the new additions on this team can not come together at some point and win games by 10+ points or more similar to what the 2008-2009 team did with significantly better pieces and no Mike Brown as coach then something must have gone really wrong. No excuses for this team.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Anyone who has us fourth in the East is clearly high. The only way we finish below second is due to major injuries. This team will cruise to fifty wins and may top sixty.

 

[CavsFaninNJ]

Floor = 60 wins
Ceiling = 64-65 wins

I think getting over 64 wins is pretty pointless, especially with the perspective that this team now has. Lebron is older, would probably let a few wins get away late in the season prepping for playoffs and resting.

With guys who have gotten hurt before, really no point in going after more than 64 wins unless there is another team up in that stratosphere to wrestle home court from. It's about the #1 record and going for a championship.

 

[CavsHomer]

If they don't win at least 67 games I'll consider the regular season to be a failure assuming there are no major injuries and here is why...The 2008-2009 Cavs won 66 games with one of the key pieces being new on that roster i.e. Mo Williams. If the new additions on this team can not come together at some point and win games by 10+ points or more similar to what the 2008-2009 team did with significantly better pieces and no Mike Brown as coach then something must have gone really wrong. No excuses for this team.

Nah, the 2008-2009 team maybe didn't have the star power we now have, but this team had great chemistry. While I also expect our team to gel quite rapidly, it wouldn't surprise me if we lose some "must win games" in the first months. Developing team-chemistry is a process.
So if we still end up beeing the first in the Eastern Conference, I can live with every amount of total wins that gets us there, tbh.
As I said before, the most important thing is to have home court advantage throughout the playoffs and to play our best basketball during that period.

 

[CavsHomer]

Anyone who has us fourth in the East is clearly high. The only way we finish below second is due to major injuries. This team will cruise to fifty wins and may top sixty.

 

[upper lip]

I thought that division playoff seeding rule was dropped years ago?

 

[OptimusPrime]

17-65. Blatt just begins to learn about the unstoppable Cleveland tank before he gets fired. John Lucas and Lester Hudson are our leading scorers. Dion stabs Kyrie at mid court and is traded away. LeBron finds a loophole out of his contract and signs in Miami for the minimum. Love leaves the team after a week and moves to L.A. Cavs win the 2015 draft lottery.

 

[CavsFaninNJ]

Question. How good would this team be without Lebron James? 45-48 wins?

Throw Lebron on it and I think that gets you 60-64

 

[upper lip]

17-65. Blatt just begins to learn about the unstoppable Cleveland tank before he gets fired. John Lucas and Lester Hudson are our leading scorers. Dion stabs Kyrie at mid court and is traded away. LeBron finds a loophole out of his contract and signs in Miami for the minimum. Love leaves the team after a week and moves to L.A. Cavs win the 2015 draft lottery.

But seriously, all we need is a center. Some promising bigs in this next draft, jahlil ojafor, Karl towns, cliff Alexander. Just one more year of tanking before we can really spread our wings and fly. Just one more year then we can all reap in its benefits of these bad past few years

 

[CavsFaninNJ]

But seriously, all we need is a center. Some promising bigs in this next draft, jahlil ojafor, Karl towns, cliff Alexander. Just one more year of tanking before we can really spread our wings and fly. Just one more year then we can all reap in its benefits of these bad past few years

If we don't win it all and Minnesota wins the lottery, let's trade Lebron there for the #1 pick and Wiggins.

Just imagine.

Eight year championship window!! (in my typical Cleveland fan voice)

 

[upper lip]

If we don't win it all and Minnesota wins the lottery, let's trade Lebron there for the #1 pick and Wiggins.

Just imagine.

Eight year championship window!! (in my typical Cleveland fan voice)

I like it!

 

[col63onel]

Ric Bucher has cavs finishing 4th in the east. Thats right. 4th. Behind the 1. bulls 2. wizards 3. toronto

Heres the link if you want to watch it. I wish I hadnt given him the page hits but what ever.

He doesnt give much reason other than defense. I was expecting 2 because the bulls are getting so much hype. But 4? come on. When was the last time a team that had lebron finished 4th in the weak east?

A while ago, Bucher was on the "Short Corner" podcast. He spent about 20-30 minutes ranting against the current state of NBA reporting. His main objections were along "get it first vs get it right" debate that seems to make reporters rush to report a story before verifying its accuracy. He said would subtly hint that he has a higher threshold of accuracy than most reporters.

Not even ONCE did he bring up the Lowry/Bosh/Raptors story that he completely bungled. He railed against reporters and never acknowledged the glaring time he did what he railed against.

I have no respect for him as a reporter.

 

[Jack Brickman]

A while ago, Bucher was on the "Short Corner" podcast. He spent about 20-30 minutes ranting against the current state of NBA reporting. His main objections were along "get it first vs get it right" debate that seems to make reporters rush to report a story before verifying its accuracy. He said would subtly hint that he has a higher threshold of accuracy than most reporters.

Not even ONCE did he bring up the Lowry/Bosh/Raptors story that he completely bungled. He railed against reporters and never acknowledged the galring time he did what he railed against.

I have no respect for him as a reporter.

His hair, however, remains phenomenal.