2022-2023 Regular Season II: Cardiac Cavs

[AllforOne]

Living the dream, really

Reminds me of when I would go pick up my kid near elementary school and just ball out against him and his third grade friends. Just like that except real people cheering in the stands

Which in turn reminds me of one of the best ads ever:

 

[Lee]

How’s he moving though? Can’t be any slower than lopez

You can find highlights, he looks good. He really is dominating over there, but he is under contract and not sure when their season ends.

 

[Lee]

Living the dream, really

Reminds me of when I would go pick up my kid near elementary school and just ball out against him and his third grade friends. Just like that except real people cheering in the stands

Not sure about that, there was a time Dwight pushed around NBA players like they were in 3rd grade...that is the dream, to dominate the best, not to dominate pros in the 34th best pro league in Taiwan, but he is making a million plus to do it.

 

[dms]

You can find highlights, he looks good. He really is dominating over there, but he is under contract and not sure when their season ends.

He has an out whenever he has a chance to go back to the NBA. I heard an interview with him on Sirius and while he said he was enjoying his time in Taiwan, he said his agent was calling every NBA team begging them for a chance.

 

[2 For The Brew]

I am with everyone that we really need a 3rd true big on our team exactly for situations like this. Lopez as the 4th big is totally fine to see spot mins as 6 fouls and be a great locker room guy, but he is overtaxed as the 3rd big. We are basically going to be looking at lineups with Lamar and Dean at 5 right now (assuming Dean stops getting Cedi'd). We still have 2 way days left right? Perfect time to bring up Diatke or Brobley.

The market for replacement bigs is not good though. Moses Brown is probably the best guy? Whiteside is a notorious black hole, limited on offense, cant move well anymore, and has been a locker room issue before. Ditto for Dwight although he seems to be in the Marbury post nba MVP phase of his career and would probably be better off for himself out there. Who else is even there? Sim Bhullar? Is Hasheem Thabeet around? There really are not many appealing options. I don't hate the idea of Moses Brown but are we sure he is even better than Diatke or Brobley? I wish we had made a harder push for Dedmon even tho he is also super cooked. Point is, its a bad situation and I am not sure there is an obvious answer

HASHEEM THABEET??????

He’s in Taiwan playing for the HeroBears.

I saw him in Cincinnati seated right behind the Connecticut bench. He was not that good in college. Never understood how he went #2 overall.

If by some act of insanity we signed this guy he’d be lucky to get Windler’s minutes.

 

[dms]

If by some act of insanity we signed this guy he’d be lucky to get Windler’s minutes.

Nooooooooooo!!!!!

I'm almost 60 and 20 pounds too heavy, but every night i pray to whatever gods are out there to give me Windler's minutes.

 

[foucault87]

HASHEEM THABEET??????

He’s in Taiwan playing for the HeroBears.

I saw him in Cincinnati seated right behind the Connecticut bench. He was not that good in college. Never understood how he went #2 overall.

If by some act of insanity we signed this guy he’d be lucky to get Windler’s minutes.

He was the most obscure, not super old, was once somehow relevant big man I could think of. Feel free to substitute Patrick O'bryant, Mouhamed Sene, or Adonal Foyle.

He was not good but he was also 7'3 and the Grizz of that era were not known for good drafting. Thats the logic i use anyway. Cool to hear he is still playing. Good luck vs Dwight

 

[cabs]

Playoff watch:

As it stands we need Miami to get to 39 losses to have playoffs officially locked in, each cavs win lowers that number of losses required. Miami are currently on 33 losses, Miami get a lot of close wins like today

We have the best divisional record in the NBA, guess it helps being in the same division as the Pistons who are 0-12 vs the division so far.

 

[stick]

Playoff watch:

As it stands we need Miami to get to 39 losses to have playoffs officially locked in, each cavs win lowers that number of losses required. Miami are currently on 33 losses, Miami get a lot of close wins like today

We have the best divisional record in the NBA, guess it helps being in the same division as the Pistons who are 0-12 vs the division so far.

Regarding the division record: that's part of it but not all of it. Central this year is in the mid-range + relative to the other divisions imo:

Tier 1 Division(s):
-Atlantic (Top to bottom, the strongest division in basketball. Boston, Philly. Knicks are pretty good this year. Brooklyn is solid, even after the trades. Every team has a positive point differential. Toronto is the only team with a losing record and they're 4 games under .500)
-Pacific (Overall a solid division, but they're on the cusp of being in tier 2. This division is filled with a lot of under achieving teams (Golden State, Clippers, Lakers, Suns) but they could all make decent+ playoff runs. Sacramento has been really good this year.)

Tier 2 Division(s):
-Central (Bucks and the Cavs are two of the best teams in the league. Chicago is 'okay' but underwhelming. Indiana had good stretches throughout the year but they're a below average team. Detroit is the conversation for the worst team in basketball.)

Tier 3 Division(s):
-Southwest (carried by Memphis, Mavs, Pelicans. Houston and San Antonio are two of the worst three teams in the league)
-Northwest (Carried by Denver and filled out with a bunch of average/okay teams)

Oof Division:
-Southeast (every single team in this division has a negative point differential. On paper, Miami should be the biggest beneficiary among playoff teams. They share a division with Charlotte+Orlando and Atlanta and Washington have been okay at best this year)

 

[MirORich]

Rockets beat a full strength Celtics tonight.

Just the daily reminder that good teams, real contenders, lose games to bottom feeders multiple times in the course of an 82 game season, even late in the season with the playoffs approaching.

Like when the Spurs beat the Juggets the other night.

Just something to keep in mind when reflecting on the Cavs season and some of the declaratives that have been made after some of our bad losses to bad teams

 

[2 For The Brew]

Rockets beat a full strength Celtics tonight.

Just the daily reminder that good teams, real contenders, lose games to bottom feeders multiple times in the course of an 82 game season, even late in the season with the playoffs approaching.

Like when the Spurs beat the Juggets the other night.

Just something to keep in mind when reflecting on the Cavs season and some of the declaratives that have been made after some of our bad losses to bad teams

Or the declaratives when we win close games against bad teams.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Any team can lose to any other team if they are too complacent.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Any team can lose to any other team if they are too complacent.

The Celtics just lost to the Rockets and we have some people claiming we have no chance against Philly without Allen. I agree they would be favored to beat us but it's far from a sure thing.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

So Bally Sports Networks are going bankrupt. They may cease operations pretty soon.
MLB will be producing games, including the Guardians, on MLB Network. They make MLB TV free in the cities affected.
But I think this also affects the Cavs.
If Bally's goes under, who does the Cavs games? Does anybody have any info on this?

 

[Dr No]

Rockets beat a full strength Celtics tonight.

Just the daily reminder that good teams, real contenders, lose games to bottom feeders multiple times in the course of an 82 game season, even late in the season with the playoffs approaching.

Like when the Spurs beat the Juggets the other night.

Just something to keep in mind when reflecting on the Cavs season and some of the declaratives that have been made after some of our bad losses to bad teams

"one offs" are not a big deal. Like you say, they happen to everyone. Even 3 or 4 game lulls are not a big deal. Again, they happen over an 82 game season. My concern is we haven't played consistently well in a whole month. We are 5-5 over the last 10 with a weak schedule (especially considering who opponents have been missing). Its obviously not panic time. We currently have a good cushion to host a playoff series and DM gives us a cheat code come playoffs. But, even with that, I'd sure fell better if we see some wins in the important upcoming games - Philly, Nets x2 & Knicks. Those are playoff preview games.