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Coming out of college Klay was thought to be too slow to play in the NBA. He also didn't play defense.

His shot was compared to Ray Allen. I remember wanting either Jonas Valanciunas at 4 or trading down to the 7-10 range and taking Klay. I probably would of been fine with Klay at #4. He had a great stroke in college.

that was an unreal game for him. glad he made the history books for most points in the 3rd quarter. nice.

if Thompson played for the Cavs, they would have scored 200+ last night, lol

That clip at 1:35 showed how helpless Sacramento was at that point. At :48 you could tell he was starting to heat up. We've seen Lebron play possessed before, but what Klay did was obviously historic.

Hey I was an Army Ranger for 12 years, razz me all you want.I've got thick skin, but to be accurate we gave up 2 first round pics . Like I said, if we keep playing like this the picks won't matter.

Last night was one of the most fun games i've watched with the cavs. They could do no wrong. that half court oop from JR to lebron was a play of the year candidate, that 7 minute or so stretch in the 2nd was some tenacious defense.

I think the biggest thing about this team is they are finally letting themselves be coached it looks like. I'm really glad, I thought for sure Blatt was a goner, but he's got them rolling now. And as bad as his rotations have been through the year, his rotations now are borderline genius. He's getting guys rest without wholesale lineup swaps...and its working great. And all situational..certain player when this happens twice, this guy when this happens.

I almost don't want to put JR on the bench..the dude has been solid and we've been blowing teams out. stick with what works. Shump has a better stroke than I thought. You look at his stats in NY and you're like meh, nothing much, but then you realize its because he played on a team with alot of selfish guys, he just didn't get the touches, but he strokes the 3 for 39%..thats more than adequate, and it looks like he can handle the ball a little. I'd still like a backup PG and another spot up shooter off then bench..someone like jesus shuttlesworth . Last night was fun, every single player on the team scored..1-15..lol. I bet charlotte don't even watch tape on that game..if they did it would take them all week..

Yeah, I am worried about moving JR ot of the starting lineup too. He and Lebron seem to work really well together.

Before allstar break we face OKC, Pistons, Trailblazers, Kings, Wolves, 76ers, Clippers, Pacers, Lakers, Heat and Bulls. Detroit and Portland are badly banged up. We have a soft schedule heading into the Chicago game.

Just saw on fb a video showing off the "Gold Out" for the OKC game..

Every single seat has a gold shirt on it..

Should look good on TV.

man i really wanted to go to this game today

This combined with so many other things is why I cracked up when some of the talking heads said Lebron took this 1 year deal to somehow hold Dan Gilbert hostage, or to keep him on his toes.

1 year deal, or lifetime contract, Dan Gilbert spares no expense when it comes to his players and Cavs fans. These idiots love to revise history. Dan Gilbert did everything possible when Lebron was around the first time, both wih the luxury tax/roster, as well as the fan stuff and staying on top of putting out a great product.

I don't think Lebron or his people are worried about Dan Gilbert trying to cut corners or put the bottom line ahead of the common goal that he has preached throughout his tenure as owner.

You can say a lot of things about Dan Gilbert, but you cannot question his will to win a championship for Cleveland.

yea he definitely cares about the fans and brining a title to cleveland. unquestioned.

Whiteside is killing Chicago today.

13 points, 10 Rebounds, 8 Blocks in 20 minutes so far..

EDIT: Triple Double.

12 blocks! Unbelievable!

mozgov said no!!

Did we get new rims?

No one can hit anything..

Thanks K Love..

Waiters is wearing 23

No where near the start like we have been coming out with thus far. JR looking cold so far!

This game has been really boring.

i like the defensive battle.

Are you part of Josh Gordon's defense team? I bet they LOVE taking his money.

lol wow dude

What exactly does that have to do with enjoying a defensive basketball game?

Love starting to get hot behind the line this game! Finally!

I just fear we're doing to him what Miami did to Bosh.

6'9 Shooting Guard.

Except Bosh can play defense.

Man, James and Irving have each hit 3's from 25+ feet a couple of times today.

Cavaliers by 11.

I hope we trade all these 2nds and if we still have our first to grab Frank Kaminsky.. Who apparently is supposed to last till the 20s..

We look like a complete team.

I am definitely enjoying this game so far.

I will say, though, that our free throw shooting has not been great late in this game.

Nice win for the Cavaliers.

Winning streak now at 6.

Like I said earlier, we're about to go on a nice win streak.

I'm digging it!

Uh, humor? Not about basketball. Defense -as in Gordon's defense, and the no doubt about it he'll be able to find attorneys that will defend him even in a losing situation............because they'll make money.

Tt was a joke man.

j/c:

I don't get to see every game like many of you, but I just don't get the negative posts in regards to T. Thompson. The guy rebounds the ball. He gives us so many extra opportunities. He doesn't need the ball in his hands. He gets his points by cleaning up the garbage. Every coach loves having a player like that.

Kind of a odd joke, but I digress.

Loved Hassan Whiteside coming out of High School. Nice to see him blossoming.

TT would be fine if he was being just a PF with second unit, but as a 5 he's a huge liability on both sides, particularly defense..he's lost. He provides no protection at the rim for 95% of the time he's in, plus he can't score on his own and he's completely lousy on the FT line. That being said, he's basically Andy when he first came here, great hustle and energy..i think he has a role on this team, but if he's wanting 12mil a year..i pass.

About the game tonight, pretty decent game, though i think shot selection at times was pathetic by lebron, kyrie and JR. And we still don't close out well on 3's. But I really wanted Blatt to make mosgov go in and put a thumping on westbrook or durant at the rim after perkins deal with JR. Perkins is a punk and he's one of my fav people to wish ill will on right behind Garnett. I thought it was funny that Durant was trying to jaw with james..I think durants a good player, but they aren't even close when it comes to complete player...Lebron could dominate him anyway he wanted to..durant can shoot...so can lebron now. When lebron wants to, he's unstoppable..durant isn't that hard to stop for lebron when he wants to.

6 in a row and pretty mushy schedule to the ASB ..Nice chance to get on a roll

Our FT shooting is horrid, pure horrid..you have guys missing waay to many. Back when I was playing you had to hit 50 before practice and 50 before you could shower...guys getting millions to shoot ben wallace type numbers (looking at you TT) is just unacceptable..Lebron before the rest was really bad, career low bad, he's started to pick it up. They need to clean that up and perimeter defense I think are the two biggest holes right now.