I mean hes from Canada and went to Kentucky. Not sure he has an issue with Cold Weather. It could just be he wanted the Big Lights. And he got the Big Lights for one year in LA then he got shipped to OKC. But if a player flat out tells my team he doesn't want to play for me unless hes guaranteed to be a superstar I ain't going to put up with that attitude.
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Game Thread 2019-20 Season Game #35 | Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder | Jan 4th, 2020
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I mean hes from Canada and went to Kentucky. Not sure he has an issue with Cold Weather. It could just be he wanted the Big Lights. And he got the Big Lights for one year in LA then he got shipped to OKC. But if a player flat out tells my team he doesn't want to play for me unless hes guaranteed to be a superstar I ain't going to put up with that attitude.
At the time of the draft he wasn't BPA. He was ranked 11-15 on most draft boards. Mikal Bridges was likely the highest rated player by general consensus.
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SGA was respected. He was in play for #8, but Bamba was a "no brainer" in front of him.
I think he is good, but I am not sure I see great from him. Would have been good for us, but man losing your 2nd best player to trade demand and your best player to free agency, and then the 8tg pick tells you he doesn't want your team. Are you really pulling that trigger?
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I already said I ain't taking a player who has that kind of attitude before even stepping foot on an NBA court. And General consensus had SGA 11 to 15 same range as Sexton. Mikal Bridges and MPJ were both higher on most boards. Sexton higher on some SGA on others. Some even had Miles Bridges higher. But at the end of the day if a guy who I have in a group with a few other players says he doesn't want to play for me I take him off the board.
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I wanted MPJ in that range. also, why draft a player that may become a cancer.
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The national media acts like he doing 20 and 10 every night.
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This one was lost on the glass as the Thunder outrebounded the Cavs 52-33 and pulled down an incredible 18 offensive rebounds. Kevin Love had only 3 rebounds in 30 minutes. The Thunder made him look slow and old as he finished with only 12 points. As a result of all the offensive boards the Thunder took 11 more shots than the Cavs.
The other factor was the OKC bench, which outscored the Cavs' bench by a ridiculous 52-19. With Nance and Porter out the Cavs were short-handed and it really showed in the bench scoring. I suppose the good news is the Cavs' starters outscored the Thunder's starters by 18 points even with Love having a bad night.
Garland and Sexton combined for 50 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, and only 3 turnovers. The young guards were really impressive other than for Garland's defense. Teams drive on him and simply shoulder him aside for easy layups. His offense is really coming along, though.
Denis Shroder, who is leading the NBA in bench scoring, put up 22 points in 31 minutes for a +19. The Cavs had no answer for him as he did whatever he wanted, going 9-for-15.
Cedi had a good game with 22 points on 7-for-13 from the field. TT was 1-for-7 and missed some point blank shots. As a team the Cavs only had 13 turnovers which is a big improvement.
Yeah, teams have been getting ahead of the Cavs and then easing up. When the Cavs make a little run the opponent wakes up and pushes the lead out to a safe margin again. It looks like the big brother and little brother are racing and the big brother isn't taking the little guy seriously. But when the little brother starts catching up the big brother just sprints back out to a big lead and puts in in cruise control again.
The Cavs are in no position to challenge a team that has Chris Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Steve Adams, Dino Gallinari, Nerlins Noel, and Denis Shroder, especially since they traded Clarkson and with Porter and Nance out. I would have liked to see the Cavs play these guys without Exum but with Clarkson, Nance, and Porter. I'm sure the score would have been a lot closer.
The other factor was the OKC bench, which outscored the Cavs' bench by a ridiculous 52-19. With Nance and Porter out the Cavs were short-handed and it really showed in the bench scoring. I suppose the good news is the Cavs' starters outscored the Thunder's starters by 18 points even with Love having a bad night.
Garland and Sexton combined for 50 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, and only 3 turnovers. The young guards were really impressive other than for Garland's defense. Teams drive on him and simply shoulder him aside for easy layups. His offense is really coming along, though.
Denis Shroder, who is leading the NBA in bench scoring, put up 22 points in 31 minutes for a +19. The Cavs had no answer for him as he did whatever he wanted, going 9-for-15.
Cedi had a good game with 22 points on 7-for-13 from the field. TT was 1-for-7 and missed some point blank shots. As a team the Cavs only had 13 turnovers which is a big improvement.
Yeah, teams have been getting ahead of the Cavs and then easing up. When the Cavs make a little run the opponent wakes up and pushes the lead out to a safe margin again. It looks like the big brother and little brother are racing and the big brother isn't taking the little guy seriously. But when the little brother starts catching up the big brother just sprints back out to a big lead and puts in in cruise control again.
The Cavs are in no position to challenge a team that has Chris Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Steve Adams, Dino Gallinari, Nerlins Noel, and Denis Shroder, especially since they traded Clarkson and with Porter and Nance out. I would have liked to see the Cavs play these guys without Exum but with Clarkson, Nance, and Porter. I'm sure the score would have been a lot closer.