Collin Sexton | The Young Bull

[Cavatt]

I think Staggering them for Defensive reasons is more important. Exum is a good defender, Okoro is a good defender, and KPJ if he comes back can defend. Sexton has really upped his game on defense and Garland is a decent defender, the effort is there, but neither is long and that will present a problem against some. Neither were asked to defend Simmons, which makes sense, and Danny Green has never been great at taking advantage of size advantages so it worked that game.

I do like the backcourt, I have defended it, but it has deficiencies, but effort and good coaching can help, besides this is such an offensive league, and Sexton's offense is very underrated except by us Cavs fans, he is just so damn efficient.

Drummond and Nance are like sooo good defensively. They can make up for a lot. It has been amazing to see. Compared to Tristan and Love, it's 3 levels up.

Don't disagree that Sexton and Darius still have limitations, but getting some defensive centers was a really really good idea

 

[Lee]

Drummond and Nance are like sooo good defensively. They can make up for a lot. It has been amazing to see. Compared to Tristan and Love, it's 3 levels up.

Don't disagree that Sexton and Darius still have limitations, but getting some defensive centers was a really really good idea

Length at 4 and 5 seems needed if we want to start our little person backcourt. I am leaning toward having to resign Drummond, would also love McGee on a reasonable long term deal. Use our 1st to sign some length, and we actually might be building a roster that is starting to make sense.

 

[Cavatt]

Length at 4 and 5 seems needed if we want to start our little person backcourt. I am leaning toward having to resign Drummond, would also love McGee on a reasonable long term deal. Use our 1st to sign some length, and we actually might be building a roster that is starting to make sense.

Yeah I'm backing away slowly from saying let's see if we can get some late firsts or early 2nds for Exum and Drummond. They are legit difference making defenders

 

[Lee]

Yeah I'm backing away slowly from saying let's see if we can get some late firsts or early 2nds for Exum and Drummond. They are legit difference making defenders

I always liked Exum as a backup PG, but he does have health issues. Delly as a vet min guy is another I would be interested in keeping around on the cheap because he would fill that backup pg role fine.

I am shocked I am saying to keep Drummond around. Paying Drummond 25 mill a year wouldn't look so bad if we didn't have Love, but not sure we should be giving up draft picks to get rid of Love.

I am still of the belief Thon Maker is pretty useless, who knows maybe he will prove me wrong.

But at some time Sexton has to get some recognition, his offensive game is just so smooth. And the defensive effort is there this year, sure he will never be a good defender, but I would for sure take average defender from him.

 

[Henry Tuttle]

I agree on Sexton needing to improve on finding 3pt shooters on drive-and-kicks. Also, checking for and executing entry passes before driving (he still drives directly at someone posting up occasionally) and finding open guys in transition. He's improving, though, and that's pretty much all we can ask for.

 

[Pioneer10]

Length at 4 and 5 seems needed if we want to start our little person backcourt. I am leaning toward having to resign Drummond, would also love McGee on a reasonable long term deal. Use our 1st to sign some length, and we actually might be building a roster that is starting to make sense.

McGee becomes unplayable in the playoffs and I'm wary of Drummond as well. The Lakers were massive last year and they ended up sitting McGee basically the entire playoffs and Howard who is a very good defensive center basically playing a only against Jokic. You have to be able to cover the 3 point line and switches as a big so it favors guys like Adebayo unless you have a freak of nature like Anthony Davis

Teams in the playoffs are not only just more talented but the coaches have time to just play head hunter. Embiid has traditionally just destroyed Drummond (hasn't been pretty watching those games) and I'd be worried about teams like Miami forcing Sexland to guard taller 3 pointer shooters. Robinson could just shoot over both of our guards as an example.

 

[rastamon87]

Liking that Sexton is a much more willing passer this year and improving on not dribbling the air out of the basketball, moving the ball around faster....

He is always be defense challenge because of size, but you can see the effort to defend now and trying to be pesky at least...

 

[J_J]

I’m glad that many are liking Sexton. There is so much talk before about him just being a 6th man. He is just a force offensively and his game keeps improving. Passing has improved - I still would like him to continue watching film to find guys at perimeter when he goes to the basket. You can tell he is trying hard on defense. He even guarded full court defense with Rose when he played straight 22 minutes. His endurance and work ethic is amazing.

 

[Joe Henderson]

McGee becomes unplayable in the playoffs and I'm wary of Drummond as well. The Lakers were massive last year and they ended up sitting McGee basically the entire playoffs and Howard who is a very good defensive center basically playing a only against Jokic. You have to be able to cover the 3 point line and switches as a big so it favors guys like Adebayo unless you have a freak of nature like Anthony Davis

Teams in the playoffs are not only just more talented but the coaches have time to just play head hunter. Embiid has traditionally just destroyed Drummond (hasn't been pretty watching those games) and I'd be worried about teams like Miami forcing Sexland to guard taller 3 pointer shooters. Robinson could just shoot over both of our guards as an example.

Not that worried about second round playoff matchup issues at this very moment, tbh

 

[Adam]

Yeah the cavs are playing well but like people have said this roster is very much build to win if you don't game plan against it. But it is a start and I'd take our rebuild over most of the other bottom feeders right now

 

[chuck0609]

Not that worried about second round playoff matchup issues at this very moment, tbh

If they get to the second round I’d be estatic.

 

[avs2000]

Yeah the cavs are playing well but like people have said this roster is very much build to win if you don't game plan against it. But it is a start and I'd take our rebuild over most of the other bottom feeders right now

Rebuild looks a lot better with Garland improving. If that holds koby hit every pick except possibly windler (health) or porter But he those two are talented

 

[Cavatt]

Rebuild looks a lot better with Garland improving. If that holds koby hit every pick except possibly windler (health) or porter But he those two are talented

Hard not to think the scouting dept is pretty good identifying talent throughout the draft at this point. Wade counts as an undrafted guy who can play in a rotation. Hitting on an undrafted guy is amazing.

 

[rabman_gold]

He's done a really good job coming this far in 3 years. Beyond the fact that he is a reliable and efficient scoring option, he's now trying to add quality defense and more team-oriented passing to the fray. Like a George Gervin-lite perhaps? He's on the verge of becoming an all-star (but there's no actual all-star game this year, so it's an unofficial honor, I guess).

The problem is sharing the guard duties with another short guard in the lineup. In the past, I believe the Cavs had two short, but high potential guards on the team at the same time: Mark Price/Kevin Johnson in 1987, Terrell Brandon/Mark Price in 1993, and Andre Miller/Brevin Knight in 2000. The same issue always came up: Pick 1 guy to build with, trade the other. It worked really well the first time (getting a star forward Larry Nance), but that's more an exception than the rule. The question is: Will the Cavs need to reach the same conclusion with the SexLand experiment? I think we need a bigger sample size before getting the answer. But it's a good problem to have.

 

[foucault87]

He's done a really good job coming this far in 3 years. Beyond the fact that he is a reliable and efficient scoring option, he's now trying to add quality defense and more team-oriented passing to the fray. Like a George Gervin-lite perhaps? He's on the verge of becoming an all-star (but there's no actual all-star game this year, so it's an unofficial honor, I guess).

Now Gervin was well before my time, but didn't he have a reputation as being a poor defender and passer?