Tristan Thompson

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

TT is playing like Poor Man's Anthony Davis. Going back to the roots attacking from the perimeter.

 

[Lee]

TT is playing like Poor Man's Anthony Davis. Going back to the roots attacking from the perimeter.

Homeless mans Anthony Davis, but still at an all star level.

Not sure I see the comparison outside of both being Black, NBA Big Men and at least good on defense.

 

[LeeBuckeye]

His goal is to be on the All Defensive Team this year and I think that might be possible while the scoring will probably dip (more FGA this year than the past two years combined).

Not to be a wet blanket here but certain guys have historically played great during their contract years and Tristan has as well (Remember the "he bet on himself" Tristan?).Teams were fooled by Trevor Ariza (legendary), Dion Waiters (yikes) and the Cavs themselves had guys like JR Smith and Iman Shumpert. However, this might not be a contract year bump but a post Kardashian bump. I expect TT to hoist the MVP trophy very soon. I think he's been a great teammate the past 2 years post LeBron and his leadership has been evident with the younger guys.

Plenty of teams will come calling if he keeps this up for sure but what will Koby do if this is the new norm?

 

[BigErieCavsFan]

THIS!!! That 5 foot forward hook he can shoot in milliseconds has become DEADLY!

And the fact that he can do it with either hand. I made a comment last night in the game thread. "TT isn't good with either hand but he is great with being able to use both of them."

 

[WorldFreeB]

Beast

 

[Kizzle]

Worth every penny and always has been. He’s a player ppl always have to find excuses to like for some reason and his play always turns you around

Still hate how much he’s being given the ball to go one on one because everyone knows that’s not winning basketball

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Worth every penny and always has been. He’s a player ppl always have to find excuses to like for some reason and his play always turns you around

Still hate how much he’s being given the ball to go one on one because everyone knows that’s not winning basketball

So far it's kinda is winning basketball lol. Far better than our other options.

 

[CleveRocks]

In regard to Bielin effect.. No player performs in a vacuum.. the general idea is to play to your most probable shot. If the team can get tristan on the block against an average defender, he is money.., I think Love is the next guy the has scoring ability that , one on one is hard to stop. Third guy should be Sexton and perhaps Clarkson depending on the matchup.. Eventually Garland will get there.. I think that is the weakness of Cedi, in that while he does the little things well, he does not have talent enough to be unstoppable by an average defender.. I think Porter can get there but might take a couple of years..

Windler historically does s lot of things well. He is not a lame athlete, has excellent size and BB IQ.. if his Trey translates to NBA, he has a shot at being a Kyle Korver type player.. I think his upside will be determined by his defensive limits.. he is going to have to defend James, Leonard, Butler, KD, Klay, Harden.. not sure he is up for that..

 

[Cavatt]

In regard to Bielin effect.. No player performs in a vacuum.. the general idea is to play to your most probable shot. If the team can get tristan on the block against an average defender, he is money.., I think Love is the next guy the has scoring ability that , one on one is hard to stop. Third guy should be Sexton and perhaps Clarkson depending on the matchup.. Eventually Garland will get there.. I think that is the weakness of Cedi, in that while he does the little things well, he does not have talent enough to be unstoppable by an average defender.. I think Porter can get there but might take a couple of years..

Windler historically does s lot of things well. He is not a lame athlete, has excellent size and BB IQ.. if his Trey translates to NBA, he has a shot at being a Kyle Korver type player.. I think his upside will be determined by his defensive limits.. he is going to have to defend James, Leonard, Butler, KD, Klay, Harden.. not sure he is up for that..

The way Porter is defending, maybe you slot him at the 3 and put Windler at the 2. Porter is strong as hell at 19

 

[mrWalrus]

Why haven't we traded him yet?

 

[Cavatt]

Why haven't we traded him yet?

Koby had to secure his own bag first

 

[Sebastian]

Why haven't we traded him yet?

Why would the Cavs want to trade an All-Star center?

 

[CavsFan07]

Why would the Cavs want to trade an All-Star center?

So we can keep our pick and gain more assets for the future.

(By the way, I do agree he's playing like an All-Star in the East thus far this year.)

 

[Derek]

So we can keep our pick and gain more assets for the future.

(By the way, I do agree he's playing like an All-Star in the East thus far this year.)

Not that I'm against trading him later in the year, but we're 2-5 right now.

Being too good to keep our pick is seemingly not an issue. Let's just enjoy having a watchable team right now.

 

[Cavatt]

Not that I'm against trading him later in the year, but we're 2-5 right now.

Being too good to keep our pick is seemingly not an issue. Let's just enjoy having a watchable team right now.

Yeah the wheels can come off any second