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Dean Wade should play in Loves place once healthy or id even go with Diakitie
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Game Thread | Game #44 | Cavs @ Timberwolves | Jan. 14, 2023
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Yeah, I think Dean is the man for that job. Love should be a 3rd string center.
don’t disagree, but Wade was looking good as a starter and JBB will need him as a starter vs the Bucks, Nets, Celtics, Raptors who have tall forwards
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I see us needing two players. One: A guy who just wants to be a spot up shooter, who can stay healthy. A career 39% guy.
But we also just need a dude who did what Naz Reid did tonight. A true energy big man or at least a big wing who is gonna come in, grab rebounds and run the floor and go win a game against a tired team.
We don't have that either.
Now, last year, Kevin Love filled that first role while also giving us some really good defensive rebounding as well as some excellent outlet passing.
But buddy, he looks like burnt toast right now.
But we also just need a dude who did what Naz Reid did tonight. A true energy big man or at least a big wing who is gonna come in, grab rebounds and run the floor and go win a game against a tired team.
We don't have that either.
Now, last year, Kevin Love filled that first role while also giving us some really good defensive rebounding as well as some excellent outlet passing.
But buddy, he looks like burnt toast right now.
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Offense is still and has been the problem. We scored 102 points against a middle of the road defense w/o their best defensive player most of the night.
Now tired legs are real. We traveled from Portland to Minnesota and are at the end of a long road trip.
But it's easier to make jump shots and win a game like this than it is to play balls to the wall defense and hold a team under 100 points to win a game like this.
Now tired legs are real. We traveled from Portland to Minnesota and are at the end of a long road trip.
But it's easier to make jump shots and win a game like this than it is to play balls to the wall defense and hold a team under 100 points to win a game like this.
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Jesus God. How do we lose a game like this?
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All good. Exposes the flaws of the team and the coach. Makes clear what has to be changed in the next year.
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No heart, low basketball IQ and a coach who doesn’t know how to make adjustments! No KAT or Gobert and JBB still brought his two Twin Towers out to the three point line to start our offense! Mobley is garbage! He let Garza come off the bench an open up an ice cold can of whoop ass on him. He left Garza do to him (post up) what he should have been doing to Garza. But I’m not shocked! This team is going nowhere with a 7 foot PF that weighs the same as the team’s 6’1 SG
NEVER SEEN A TEAM COME OUT OF A TIMEOUT AS MUCH AS THE CAVS DO WITH NO PLAN IN HAND….DOING THE SAME THING….DRIBBLING AWAY THE CLOCK AT THE THREE POINT LINE
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The hate MObley gets on this board for essentially transforming the team defense from worst in the league over a 3 year span to one of the best in the league the moment he stepped foot on the court on this board is just incredible and I'm to the point I'm starting to hope he gets traded/leaves in the future so then the fans can bitch at someone else.
He's 20 fucking years old and a top 5 defensive player in the NBA.
Zero patience to let a player grow and develop. It's one thing when you're getting zero production out of a guy like we were with Okoro. This is entirely another.
Silly fanbase.
He's 20 fucking years old and a top 5 defensive player in the NBA.
Zero patience to let a player grow and develop. It's one thing when you're getting zero production out of a guy like we were with Okoro. This is entirely another.
Silly fanbase.
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Thankfully this isn't a reflection of the FO or team's value of Mobley. The reason they traded for Mitchell is because Mobley put them in position to compete. This doesn't happen without Mobley and it's not going to happen without Mobley. If Mobley goes, they blow this up. There wouldn't be a mini-rebuild or whatever. It would be a complete tear down.
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You misspelled moronic . . .
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He's a good 3rd string center, better than RoLo
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The Cavs looked tired at the end of a road trip, Mitchell was playing with a bad cold (he was listed as "questionable") and only scored 14 points, and the T-Wolves are a physical, athletic group that brought tremendous intensity and came at the Cavs in waves.
The Wolves' bench outscored the Cavs' bench 56-27. Love and Cedi just looked too slow to hang with the super athletic Wolves. Garza, Nowell, and Prince were all +11 or +12 off the bench.
Mitchell normally gets 25-30 points but playing sick he was held to 14 and the Cavs lost by 8. But the Wolves didn't have KAT and Gobert missed the second half so neither team was at 100%. The Cavs only scored 48 points after halftime - I think fatigue was a factor. The Wolves' bench really brought the intensity on defense and attacked the rim relentlessly on offense.
The Cavs turned the ball over multiple times when they had a second half lead. They had a 13-point lead early in the third but the T-Wolves responded. Their bench really gave them a lift. D'Angelo Russell only played 21 minutes as their coach correctly figured out they were better without him. Reid had 17 points and 7 rebounds off the bench. He posterized Allen with a vicious dunk on one play that really set the tone. I have not seen anybody to that to Allen all year.
As Brad Daugherty pointed out, the Wolves are long, strong, and athletic and they had an enthusiastic crowd behind them. The Cavs could have got a win if Mitchell had his normal offensive night but he was under the weather.
Anthony Edwards was very impressive with a line of 26/6/7, showing why he was the #1 pick in the draft. He almost single-handedly kept them in the game in the first half. He had 14 points in the first quarter.
LeVert had a solid game off the bench at 12/4/3 but we didn't get much from Rubio, Love, Cedi, or Stevens (15 points combined).
The Wolves consistently double-teamed both Garland and Mitchell when they had the ball but the Cavs were unable to make them pay. They need to get better passing out of those double-teams to the big man at the foul line, then making better decisions from there.
One great thing was Okoro was 2-for-3 on 3's. In his last seven games he's shooting an insane (for him) 56.3% on 3's. He's shooting with balance, rhythm, good ball rotation, and good trajectory. I can't wait to see Wade and Okoro splitting 48 minutes at small forward. Keep Cedi and Stevens on the bench.
Good to see Love go 2-for-4 from deep. Hopefully he's coming out of his slump.
Yeah, Mobley was a -24 in 32 minutes. The next worse Cavalier was -6. He doesn't do well against really physical teams like Minnesota. They go right at him, shoulder him out of the way, and make the layup. We needed Wade and a healthy Mitchell tonight. However, Evan was pretty good offensively, going 6-for-11 from the field and 7-for-8 from the line. I'll take 19 points every night on 11 shots. But he needs to stop shooting 3's. Or learn to make them like Okoro is apparently doing.
The Wolves' bench outscored the Cavs' bench 56-27. Love and Cedi just looked too slow to hang with the super athletic Wolves. Garza, Nowell, and Prince were all +11 or +12 off the bench.
Mitchell normally gets 25-30 points but playing sick he was held to 14 and the Cavs lost by 8. But the Wolves didn't have KAT and Gobert missed the second half so neither team was at 100%. The Cavs only scored 48 points after halftime - I think fatigue was a factor. The Wolves' bench really brought the intensity on defense and attacked the rim relentlessly on offense.
The Cavs turned the ball over multiple times when they had a second half lead. They had a 13-point lead early in the third but the T-Wolves responded. Their bench really gave them a lift. D'Angelo Russell only played 21 minutes as their coach correctly figured out they were better without him. Reid had 17 points and 7 rebounds off the bench. He posterized Allen with a vicious dunk on one play that really set the tone. I have not seen anybody to that to Allen all year.
As Brad Daugherty pointed out, the Wolves are long, strong, and athletic and they had an enthusiastic crowd behind them. The Cavs could have got a win if Mitchell had his normal offensive night but he was under the weather.
Anthony Edwards was very impressive with a line of 26/6/7, showing why he was the #1 pick in the draft. He almost single-handedly kept them in the game in the first half. He had 14 points in the first quarter.
LeVert had a solid game off the bench at 12/4/3 but we didn't get much from Rubio, Love, Cedi, or Stevens (15 points combined).
The Wolves consistently double-teamed both Garland and Mitchell when they had the ball but the Cavs were unable to make them pay. They need to get better passing out of those double-teams to the big man at the foul line, then making better decisions from there.
One great thing was Okoro was 2-for-3 on 3's. In his last seven games he's shooting an insane (for him) 56.3% on 3's. He's shooting with balance, rhythm, good ball rotation, and good trajectory. I can't wait to see Wade and Okoro splitting 48 minutes at small forward. Keep Cedi and Stevens on the bench.
Good to see Love go 2-for-4 from deep. Hopefully he's coming out of his slump.
Yeah, Mobley was a -24 in 32 minutes. The next worse Cavalier was -6. He doesn't do well against really physical teams like Minnesota. They go right at him, shoulder him out of the way, and make the layup. We needed Wade and a healthy Mitchell tonight. However, Evan was pretty good offensively, going 6-for-11 from the field and 7-for-8 from the line. I'll take 19 points every night on 11 shots. But he needs to stop shooting 3's. Or learn to make them like Okoro is apparently doing.
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