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2018 Preseason Game #1 | Cavaliers @ Celtics | October 2nd, 2018 @ 8:00 PM

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Can’t BOTH start, as de facto combo-guards? I mean, if they are the two best guards we have, why not start them and have Hood/JR come off the bench?
You want Clarkson, Hood, JR etc as a lineup for the bench?

I'd rather keep it the way it is than to suffer through all that chucking with no PG to really initiate the offense or set it up?

It seems like once the starters went out the offense went with them. What happened to all that motion?
 
No JR? I cant tell if they're gonna trade him at the deadline or keep him around as a veteran who rarely sees the floor. Thoughts anyone?

Injured.
 
Billy looked good to me. Like he jacked some shots, but he was engaged defensively and moved at have speed. Had some nice passes. He is raw, but he can be much better than Dekjer for instance .

Biggest reason I think this is he is an agressive rebounder

Billy was awwwwwful.

The basketball that was played by this garbage time squad was painful to watch. Worse than SL.

Zizic was visibly frustrated. His picks were lazy and all of them were looking him off. He is being treated like a bum...which is painful to watch. And that starts with the coach.

Loved watching Cedi. He looked great.

Nwaba has to play.

Rodney Hood looked athletic and strong.

Offense is pretty basic, but fast. Need a lot more screens off the ball. 100% of the action is on the ball. I saw Zizic trying to set screens for backdoor cuts and some flare screens and none of the players compiled...just looked him off.

Anyways, Zizic looks deflated to me and pretty unenergetic right now. No point in watching him play this type of pickup ball with the scrubs. He needs to play with the bench or the starters and he needs to be fed the ball. He could have ate Robert Williams in the post alive had he got the ball. Williams is not a strong post defender and is a rookie.
 
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Not much Zizic could do with the floor full of wanna-be's and summer leaguers. He needs to play with people who know how to play the game right. I'd like to see him get some minutes with KLove when an opposing team has a big lineup on the floor, I think they'd go together well. Zizic knows how to establish position down low, he just needs someone, anyone who can feed the post, and he needs to be with some perimeter players who know how to utilize a pick to force the defense to make tough decisions on the pick and roll. That was non-existent tonight.
 
Nwaba is officially one of my favorite new players. I want to see him, Cedi and Sexton all on the floor together with Love one of these days. I think Nwaba can be a 2/3 on the floor at the same time as Cedi, especially if we want to play some tough perimeter defense for a stretch of time.
 
You want Clarkson, Hood, JR etc as a lineup for the bench?

I'd rather keep it the way it is than to suffer through all that chucking with no PG to really initiate the offense or set it up?

It seems like once the starters went out the offense went with them. What happened to all that motion?
It went with Lebron to LA....
I noticed the same thing..stagnant , no scoring, nothing.
Was waiting for the Celts to bang it to single digits and take over..didn't happen.
But something that will be a issue.
 
Nwaba is officially one of my favorite new players. I want to see him, Cedi and Sexton all on the floor together with Love one of these days. I think Nwaba can be a 2/3 on the floor at the same time as Cedi, especially if we want to play some tough perimeter defense for a stretch of time.

My thoughts are
Nwaba is a find. Great effort guy. Has skills size. Thanks bulls
Sexton is going to be a stud. Game will slow down for him and his work ethic will allow him to be better
Cedi will keep growing. Poor mans manu
Zizic will be wasted by lue
Preston needs a year in canton
Dekker needs to relax
Hood looked comfortable and athletic
Clarkson just does not know how to pass
Love looked more relaxed than I ever seen him
Tt is just tt. We got two years of him. No use trading him for a equally bad contract unless a young asset comes back
Hill Korver jr will be valuable trade bait
 
I really really like this team.

I think if you could somehow add a high end offensive talent like a Jimmy Butler or McCollum or demar derozen then we could make a TON of noise in the East.

You wonder with what Dan Gilbert saw last night if he doesn’t just go all in and try and take on some bad contracts to add a high end offensive wing player.
 
It went with Lebron to LA....
I noticed the same thing..stagnant , no scoring, nothing.
Was waiting for the Celts to bang it to single digits and take over..didn't happen.
But something that will be a issue.


Lol lebrons offense was the empitome of low motion.
 
He still has 4 points 4 rebounds and 2 blocks. That's without having anyone who knows how to feed a traditional big.
I was watching how when Z was asking for the ball, the guard looked his way one time, never let him reset but instead waved him over to set a pick.
Now this falls on the coaches to instruct the guards, when the big is asking for the ball, set him up..let him reposition if needed ,but get him the ball.
 
Hill, Korver & TT will likely be showcased until the deadline. They wont hurt us but they will come at the cost of minutes to the young guys. I wont lose sleep over it if we can land 2-3 assets for the future.

Z will be on ice until TT is moved. He can only play center. That being said Z doesnt have the mobility TT does. Despite being far more polished offensively.

No JR? I cant tell if they're gonna trade him at the deadline or keep him around as a veteran who rarely sees the floor. Thoughts anyone?

Pretty much agree with all of this. If the Cavs are going to actually try and give the playoffs a run, guys like TT, Hill and Korver are going to play at the expense of some younger guys. Just the way it is.
 
Is it possible for an undrafted free agent to be a bust?

Way too early to say yet what he can be. He is a straight from high school player who lost a year of development
 

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