Sasha Kaun

[Captain S]

I think Kaun will really struggle defensively despite what the scouting reports say, i just think the transition tot he nba athletes will be hard for him. Hes not the most agile laterally at the best of times. If he give the cavs minutes where he is better than perk (shouldnt be hard) then its a great depth signing. Hes basically only scoring of rolls to the bucket and he will get fouled a lot because hes a bad foul shooter. IIRC his shooting form is that of an 8-bit basketball game animation

He's only 6'9 but he's got a huge wingspan especially for a white dude.

7'6 Wingspan, standing reach 9'2 is comparable to Andre Drummond.

 

[Captain S]

I can't wait for the flurry of Russian/Soviet/WW2 puns that's coming this season. Enable drinking game.... profit!

" Klauning Around "

 

[amurderofcrows]

He is taking the place of Haywood and Perk, so that is upgrade right there. He'll be good for practice, give Blatt another player firmly in his corner and let us rest guys periodically. We have tons of good rebounders on the squad now, so at least he can always be paired with someone who can cover for him a bit.

Kaun, Delly and Moz make three? shiite can't but help Blatt.

 

[Unbiased Expert]

Sasha finished half of his team's best alley-oops last season. With Mozzy, Kaun and hopefully TT we know for sure where is real Lob city
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQlsjcoV34Q

 

[Joe Henderson]

Is calling him Borat too obscure of a reference?

there's absolutely nothing obscure about borat, it's the opposite if anything. but it's dead stupid to call him that. borat is a kazakh caricature, not russian.

 

[Lee]

there's absolutely nothing obscure about borat, it's the opposite if anything. but it's dead stupid to call him that. borat is a kazakh caricature, not russian.

Exactly.

Obscure might be saying something like "Sasha Kahn Let me rock you 'cause I feel for you, Sasha Kahn"

 

[JMoneyYourHoney]

He's only 6'9

He's 6'11"

 

[SmudgeHog]

The only thing I care about is a William Shatner voice blip during a momentous Kaun play.

After a Kaun key block, fast break, and alley oop to him to put the cavs up in a game, I'd love to hear "From Hell's heart I stab at thee!" in Ricardo Montelban's voice

 

[Chris Parker]

A pile of shit standing at 6-10 couldn't be any worse.

Don't laugh -- Saw that giant BM stop Yi Jianlian when the chair couldn't....

 

[kookoo]

there's absolutely nothing obscure about borat, it's the opposite if anything. but it's dead stupid to call him that. borat is a kazakh caricature, not russian.

I meant because the actor who plays him is really named sacha baron cohen. It's the closest thing to a nickname I can think of.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

I meant because the actor who plays him is really named sacha baron cohen. It's the closest thing to a nickname I can think of.

Just go with the obvious.

 

[Captain S]

Remains to be seen if he'll be any better than Perkins was last year, but seems unlikely that he could be any worse. Since he was a Cavs draft pick, he saves them some money on the luxury tax compared to signing a min salary vet or undrafted free agent.

He's 6'11"

even better

 

[AZCavs]

I just hope he's less of a pussy than the last Sasha the Cavs had.

 

[Binkster]

I know we are tempering expectations and maybe I'm drinking the Kool-Aid, but I feel like this signing has been a bit understated by some.

Might be better than Perkins? Perk couldn't give you a dunk, layup, rebound, or defense. Basically anything outside of a hard foul.

And he might be better than Perk? This guy is a polished finisher at the rim with a lot of athleticism to boot.

 

[JMoneyYourHoney]

I know we are tempering expectations and maybe I'm drinking the Kool-Aid, but I feel like this signing has been a bit understated by some.

Might be better than Perkins? Perk couldn't give you a dunk, layup, rebound, or defense. Basically anything outside of a hard foul.

And he might be better than Perk? This guy is a polished finisher at the rim with a lot of athleticism to boot.

Agreed. He's not going to set the court on fire, but for a backup 5, he's perfect.