Game 28: Indiana Pacers @ Cleveland Cavaliers / December 21st, 2012 @ 7:30 PM EST

[Stark]

Tonight's Grades

Kyrie Irving - C-
Dion Waiters - C
Alonzo Gee - B-
Tristan Thompson - B+
Tyler Zeller - B-

Samardo Samuels - C
Kevin Jones - C+
CJ Miles - C
Daniel Gibson - B I was going to give him a B-, but he gets the extra bump up for not taking any shit from Hansbourgh.

Nobody else played enough to qualify.

 

[Numbers Guy]

Every one of these guys is soft.

This team desperately needs a coach that is going to kick their collective asses and teach them what hard work is.

I am tired of teams coming in and not just beating us, but treating us like their prison bitch while doing.

This team needs an emotional leader.. this team is too nice minus Andy. We need a Rodman, a Perkins or KG, a Delonte West.. just someone to mix it up.

 

[Rich]

This team is simply pathetic. Worst in the league.

I'd be willing to trade any player on this team.

The team is bad, but let's come back to Earth. The Wizards just lost by 32 to the damn Pistons.

 

[PIP]

The team is bad, but let's come back to Earth. The Wizards just lost by 32 to the damn Pistons.

True.. Our 5 whole wins really dominate their 3.

The Cavs with their entire team intact is more than capable of losing to the Pistons by 30..

 

[Birdy89]

This team needs an emotional leader.. this team is too nice minus Andy. We need a Rodman, a Perkins or KG, a Delonte West.. just someone to mix it up.

The more I see us play without Andy the more I think developmentally the Cavs can't afford to move him.

We have a team full of players that content to bend over and take it from the opponents when Andy isn't around, and that is bad for the long term development of all of them.

Young teams that get abused like this become the Sac's and Minnesota's of the world that are just always spinning their wheels because they have no leadership at all and it becomes second nature without anyone realizing it.

 

[Huber.]

LOL at people saying TT had a good night when he has a +/- of -21. The worst on the team tonight.

 

[Rich]

True.. Our 5 whole wins really dominate their 3.

The Cavs with their entire team intact is more than capable of losing to the Pistons by 30..

K, just keep raging.

 

[Pyro]

This is why I love baseball. No matter how bad the team is, it's still watchable. Losing basketball, especially blow-out losing basketball, is just unbearable.

 

[PIP]

I miss Andre Miller

 

[daddywags]

I expect more from Kyrie Irving than what we saw tonight. He's the number one pick in the draft and a supposed rising star in the league; but he flat out sucked tonight when we really needed him to step up. I hope the injuries aren't taking a toll on him already.

 

[Real Deal]

Such a horrible team. Can't believe they play their guts out in a playoff atmosphere vs LA, then just shit the bed over, and over, and over, and over... Makes me believe 100% in a legit tank job. Cavs know what they're doing. It just sucks for the fans, well until next year, to make us excited again.

I'm going to start taking games off, I'm not going to frustrate myself anymore.

 

[Ohio]

Anyone know when Andy will be back?

 

[Tornicade]

Thompson did have a good night bringing in a double double. he just happened to be on the floor when the bench collapsed. Zeller on the other hand did not block out hibbert allowing him to wreak havoc on the tip ins.

 

[Pyro]

Such a horrible team. Can't believe they play their guts out in a playoff atmosphere vs LA, then just shit the bed over, and over, and over, and over... Makes me believe 100% in a legit tank job. Cavs know what they're doing. It just sucks for the fans, well until next year, to make us excited again.

I'm going to start taking games off, I'm not going to frustrate myself anymore.

I can't believe people are so delusional that they think this team is losing on purpose! :chuckles:

Hey, whatever keeps you happy I guess.

 

[Rich]

Thompson did have a good night bringing in a double double. he just happened to be on the floor when the bench collapsed. Zeller on the other hand did not block out hibbert allowing him to wreak havoc on the tip ins.

Nor did he prevent Hibbert from just catching and dunking. LIke three times he got caught trying to find around HIbbert only to be muscled out of the paint, giving Hibbert a free catch and dunk. The number 1 goal for him in the off-season for him has to be mostly strength and weight-training.