Game Thread | Game #1 | Cavs @ Nets | Oct. 25, 2023

[Gimme Some Mo]

Everything we've heard reported points to Jones starting.

I'm hopeful that doesn't mean he plays Allen's full minute total. I don't expect to see Jones on the floor to close the game, but I could be wrong. I expect him to play to start both halves and then be limited in the 2nd and 4th quarters.

Think we'll see a closing 5 with either Strus or Niang at the 4 alongside Garland/Mitchell/LeVert/Mobley.

He better be dominant on the glass if he's playing anywhere near 20 minutes. Not sure this is the best match-up for him, but I get it if they want to keep the other guys in their usual roles.

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[Los216]

It's funny until it's not

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

If Jones starts the Nets will probably put Simmons on Mobley and Claxton on Jones.

 

[1290joe]

So excited for this, can’t wait to watch this team and not worry about when cedi osman might play.

 

[kookoo]

JBB sounds a lot like me right now.

 

[eChameleon]

Mandatory listening since Bally's took away our beloved...

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Yeah.. garland loves playing with the oppositions mind.

 

[MirORich]

With the photo being Okoro I’d guess this means small ball with Strus at PF and LeVert/Jerome as the guards off the bench

Edit: I don’t love Okoro starting but given the circumstances. I do like the early commitment to keeping LeVert in his 6th man role and not doing the season long yo-yo with Caris that we did last year.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

With the photo being Okoro I’d guess this means small ball with Strus at PF and LeVert/Jerome as the guards off the bench

Don’t know about that sir. Better than Jones I suppose

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Smallest lineup ever?

Who’s gonna rebound? Maybe the Nets is a poor rebounding team..

 

[bigfoot5415]

I actually really like Isaac as a small ball 4 against the Nets. Ive not full given up on him. Hopefully if there is another contract its team friendly as he continues to figure out what his role is.

 

[jjvors]

Our starting 5:

 

[red.]

I've been calling for Okoro to get minutes as a PF for years.

I will say JBB is obsessed with Okoro. I'd rather go with a bigger lineup.