• Changing RCF's index page, please click on "Forums" to access the forums.

2019 Regular Season Predictions

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

How Many Wins?

  • Less than 18

  • 18-21

  • 22-25

  • 26-29

  • 30-33

  • 34-38

  • More than 38


Results are only viewable after voting.
What’s the Cavs starting lineup?
 
I'm more interested in the combinations Beilein utilizes after everyone is healthy. For example, does Clarkson start off as a 3 and move back to a 2 once Windler is back? Does he play Sexton and Garland together or does he split them up and play one with Knight and another with Delly most of the time?

Does he play TT and Love at the 5 and 4 and then switch to Henson and Nance? Will Big Z be in the rotation at all? I think this will be a fluid situation that will be evolving as Beilein gradually figures out who plays well with who and vice versa. It might take 20 games or more before he settles on a starting lineup and substitution pattterns.

I'm not sure what he's going to do with all these bigs who can't create their own shot or hit from outside (TT, Nance, Henson, Z). If he posts them up they can't score and they clutter the lane for the guards. If he puts them on the perimeter their defenders will sag off and clog the paint. The only solution is pick-and-rolls.
 
Last edited:
Guys, we won only 35 games with rookie LeBron, Z and Boozer. We are not winning more than 30 games with this group and I would say anything over 25-57 is an overachievement.

The Cavs will be really really bad and will be in the mix for worst record with the Knicks and Suns again.
 
What’s the Cavs starting lineup?

My best guess for opening night is:

PG - Garland
SG - Sexton
SF - Osman
PF - Love
C - Thompson

If JB wants to get on my good side quick, Thompson will be on the bench opening night and Nance or Henson will start in his place. Doubt it though, since TT has been here longer than anybody.
 
I want Nance out of the rotation (not gonna happen I know), Tristan to start and Henson to back up.
 
I want Nance out of the rotation (not gonna happen I know), Tristan to start and Henson to back up.

Main problem with that is assuming Henson can play basketball still. They keep saying he's coming back but I won't believe until I see it.
 
I want Nance out of the rotation (not gonna happen I know), Tristan to start and Henson to back up.

Nance led the team in:
  • BPG
  • SPG
  • PER
  • VORP
  • BPM
  • WS
last season.

I get not wanting him to bring the ball up as much as he did last year, especially with Garland on board now, but wanting him out of the rotation completely? Ridiculous, he was our best player last season.
 
Nance led the team in:
  • BPG
  • SPG
  • PER
  • VORP
  • BPM
  • WS
last season.

I get not wanting him to bring the ball up as much as he did last year, especially with Garland on board now, but wanting him out of the rotation completely? Ridiculous, he was our best player last season.
He is not going to play like an energy big = get him out of the rotation. His ego on this team is past the point of return
 
Nance led the team in:
  • BPG
  • SPG
  • PER
  • VORP
  • BPM
  • WS
last season.

I get not wanting him to bring the ball up as much as he did last year, especially with Garland on board now, but wanting him out of the rotation completely? Ridiculous, he was our best player last season.

Man, with that kinda attitude, you'd make a terrible tank commander.

Bench him Beilein! :chuckle:
 
Based on what?
THe fact he thinks he should be a playmaker and shoots 3's. Also seen enough buddy ball with Clarkson to last a life time. Crap player.
 
THe fact he thinks he should be a playmaker and shoots 3's. Also seen enough buddy ball with Clarkson to last a life time. Crap player.

Alright first, you have no idea what Nance is actually thinking, so saying that he is a lost cause based on what you think he is thinking is asinine.

We didn't have a head coach last season. The whole roster went haywire with Clarkson ISO, Nance fast-breaks, our key leading veteran sitting out the entire season pretty much, and dealing with the post-LeBron baggage.

Nance made 33 of 98 three pointers last season. That's a 33.7% clip. There is literally nothing wrong with that out of a big man. If he's going to keep shooting 33%+, I hope he shoots more of them and opens up the floor for our young guards to go to work. Nance is a lost cause because he's shooting three pointers when he's well above league average for a big man at doing so? Crazy.

JB said he wants the big men shooting more three pointers this season. Tristan Thompson has been taking threes in the preseason and practice in anticipation for him shooting them in the regular season. He's a terrible shooter. Is he a lost cause because he's going to be shooting three pointers this season?

Playmaking big men are a commodity. Nikola Jokic is one of the best players in basketball. Anthony Davis is a great passer/dribbler for a big man. The Gasol brothers are great playmaking big men. Hell, K-Love is one of the better big guys at setting up his team in the league.

Should Nance quit bringing the ball up the floor so often? Yes.

Should Nance stop focusing on all aspects of playmaking altogether and completely stagnate the offense when he touches the ball? Absolutely not. Love and Nance are two great passers for big men, and having them out there with our two young guards and another guy like Osman who knows how to move the ball is going to do nothing but help the offense.

Not sure what Nance did to have himself so high on your shit-list, but nobody has ever come out and complained about him being a bad teammate, and to call him a crap player is just you either being horrifically biased against him for some reason or misinformed about his talent.
 
To add to that...it's not Nance's fault that he's played with Clarkson his entire career. Get Clarkson off this roster, and over time Nance can develop chemistry with our actual core guys instead. What's so hard about that?
 
Yeah, I fully agree that Clarkson can take a hike. We don't need him taking away tons of touches from Sexton/Garland.

Delly and Knight are more than capable of handling the ball when neither of those guys are on the floor.
 

Rubber Rim Job Podcast Video

Episode 3-13: "Backup Bash Brothers"

Rubber Rim Job Podcast Spotify

Episode 3:11: "Clipping Bucks."
Top