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Have you not watched Shump play the last few years??

Lol true story

So much for my thoughts on the Cavs making a concentrated effort to be a great defensive team.

It's preseason. They barely try in the regular season. That said, I wonder if the Cavs are going for the "anti-Browns", where they go 0 for Preseason, but go undefeated in the regular season?

its preseason, but you've seen it in spurts. I think its been more about playing with rotations and seeing how he's going to make all these parts work. I think once IT gets back our bench is actually going to be our strength.

Not liking the Love at the 5 so far, I liked it on paper, but watching sideshow bob destroy him last night had me cringing at the thought of a whole season of marginal 5's beating us up down there.. I think it throws off his rhythm as well offensively. We'll see, Not saying TT should start as I still think he would have the most impact off the bench playing with Rose and all the spacing the second unit provides, but center is a pretty big hole right now.

Speaking of spacing, the starting unit doesn't have any, I think there is too many Iso guys, we got rid of one and signed 2 more to take his place. Not sure how its going to work, I totally get Wade for JR, i said there was no way JR would start over Wade, and rightfully so, JR is marginal at the 2, if he's shooting well he's great, but most of the time 8ppg from your starting 2 isn't anything to cheer about. JR with the second unit with korver will give them both more open looks.

I'd love to snag Holiday from the bulls.

j/c:

TRADE!


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i bet Jefferson will be back at some point

Love out too. Typical Cleveland snake bite

He can't go back to the Cavs for a year.

j/c:

Quote from Kyrie Irving that was in the Boston Globe:

Yep, Boston has all those late night Clam Chowda places.

It's a really dumb man who burns every bridge he crosses. Especially when you're a pretty young man.

hmmm what is that saying again.... Oh ya

Hey Irving break a leg.

Kyrie, while intelligent, is pretty immature. I personally don't think that's debatable. But he's still a young man in his mid-20s who will continue to mature as he gets older. Nightlife is a big deal for guys his age with his wealth. If he thinks Boston has a better nightlife so be it. I don't think the comment itself is that big of a deal. I just think it shows his immaturity.

I think the bigger deal is the crappy trade that Altman made. I know I'm in the minority on that but it's going to come back to bite us I fear.

Sucks seeing RJ go... really sucks.

Not to me. I think the dude is done. He seems like a good dude and all, but he isn't bringing much value to the team.

Great guy, will be missed but it probably is time to hang it up.

I was at the game last night, it was kinda funny, it was like being at a cavs home game. the cavs fans outnumbered the magic fans by quite a bit. Love was warming up before the game and came out for the layup line and grabbed his knee, then went back to the locker room for rest of night. Lebron spent about 45 minutes shooting. He seems to be moving ok. First tiime i've seen the new team in person. I think spacing is going to be an issue with the first team. Second team is going to be our strength. They play fast.. I think channing frye is done...he's just so weak. Rose is a blur, he's faster than Kyrie with the ball. And he may not have the handles of kyrie but he's alot stronger. Guys like Green, crowder, wade...man those were big pickups.

Funny sometime in the 3rd quarter some magic fans were talking about how awesome their team was and they wouldn't be surprised if they made it to the finals against GSW...i about choked on my beer. I was like holy crap, they are the cleveland browns of the NBA. I turned and told them, you guys realize our 3rd string is beating your starters by 10? Amway center is a really nice arena though, their in game festivities are kinda lame, the Q does it better

Nothing Kyrie has ever said or done would make me think he's intelligent. I think he's going to flame out in Boston. Once the honeymoon is over and he's still a ISO player and people start making him play defense, it'll be just like here, except he won't have lebron to bail him out.

I said back when it happened the trade all centered around IT and how he comes back. IT was more productive than Irving. If he comes back like last year he will be a huge asset, and crowder already helps us. I think the lynchpin is the Brooklyn pick. I think the trade was the best we could have gotten for him. I mean before the trade, the road to the finals went through cleveland and lebron, it still does after the trade.

Well regular season starts tonight right?

Yep. Taking on Kyrie Irving and the Celtics.

Let's go Cavs!

GO CELTICS

I'm going to root like crazy for the Cavs but it is a little bit depressing because unless a 500 lb piece of the Chinese space station smashes through the locker room of the Oracle at halftime of a game.. I don't see any way the Warriors don't walk away with it this year..

Golden state is beatable, their road is much tougher this year in the west, Leonard doesn’t get pachiulia’d and golden state doesn’t even make it last year

I hate to say it, and I'm not wishing it but we've seen it here and etc - but an injury to one person can change the team big time.

GS is loaded with weapons and extremely intimating.

KD was a few ounces of force away from blowing his knee out near the end of the regular season. I'm not hoping for that to happen, but they were super lucky (that and killing KL's ankle).

Long season, anything can happen...heck, the Cavs roster could be a lot better once the Pelicans realize Davis+Cousins aren't translating in wins.

I don't think the Cavs would trade the Nets pick for Cousins without some guarantee from Cousins and/or Lebron, but who knows. Gilbert may realize this might be the last chance for the Cavs to win a ring for a very long time. We might be basketball Siberia this time next season.

Oh....getting ready...hope he plays

An injury to any one of their stars makes them equal to a few other teams.

And since they broke the record last year, I fully expect Kerr to use a much more guarded approach this year and not worry about winning every game but rather get folks rest, keep them healthy, and play for the postseason..

I'm really looking forward to the season opener tonight and the entire season in general.I can't wait to see what the new Cavs can bring to the team.

We pretty much know what Crowder will bring us. He will be good on D and and can space the floor and shoot the 3 on O.I hope D Rose can stay healthy and be productive untill I.T comes back.We need I.T to be fully healthy and play at a high level like last season when he gets back.I hope D Wade can also stay healthy and give us good minutes.

I'm really looking forward to seeing who becomes available at the trade deadline this season.The Cavs should be able to improve the team more for the 2nd half of the season if they are willing to give up the Nets pick in a trade.

j/c:

Any news on LBJ playing tonight? Last I saw, it was still a GTD. That kinda makes it rough for the daily fantasy leagues.

Anyway, I'm excited about the game and to see how the new pieces perform. I also hope we don't let Kyrie go off. Would love to see LBJ swat a couple of his shots. LOL

I do have one concern. While I wouldn't mind having TT come off the bench, I am not too thrilled about Love playing center. It won't matter as much tonight because Horford is a puss, but I think Love banging on big guys in the low post is going to negatively effect his outside shot and rhythm. I hope Lue's mind isn't set in stone on this decision.

TT struggles against the same type of bigs, I think Lue is just taking offense over defense at this point. TT will thrive playing with the 2's I think. The amount of dunks he will see on PNR will be staggering if Lue knows what he's doing. I don't think his rotation is set by any stretch, I'd bet we see at minimum 5 different lineups before january, then another 5 before April. Almost too many players to be honest, and all needing the ball. Going to be interesting. Oh and almost everything I've read lebron is a go

Any local stations playing it or just TNT?

I hate this crap.

I used to get pumped up for the Browns games, but not anymore. Now I get pumped up for our Cavs.

Unfortunately when national they black out my league pass. But fso should have it as well

Speaking of, I was going to get the League Pass for Cavs games, but with so many national TV games, it's almost pointless. I think it's like half. And with the lady of the house a Bulls fan, we can't watch any of them due to us living in Chicago. So lame.

It's amazing how winning and looking like a somewhat competent can change how much different we, as fans, approach a game. Sundays are now just another day of the week. I may or may not watch a whole Browns' game.

I hope LeBron dunks on Kyrie's face.

Whole game? I can barely make it through a single redzone trip. "Sweet, we've got at least 3 points as long as we don't throw a...CRAP!" And then I switch to the Redzone.

You could do that same joke with a fumble, turnover on downs or missed FG.