"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Cavs like a 2k team, turning over half their roster in trades right at the deadline. I’m not sure Thomas was a bad fit just because he’s “ball dominant”—so was Irving—I think he’s just not all that great (and Boston was crafty to trade him when they did). But Clarkson should indeed be a better fit once Love returns from injury.
Everything else is pretty marginal for them—meaning I think they’ll stay top-four in seeding, but likely really struggle in seven-games against Golden State, Houston, Toronto, or Boston.
Last edited by jpx7; 02-08-2018 at 04:17 PM.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
I think he's a great player, but he flat out mailed in his time with Sacramento. He's also had foot problems the last couple of years, so it will be interesting to see if his defense can pick back with some motivation.
Rodney Hood was a great pick up for them though. He's played well in Utah this year, but he didn't adjust well to taking the backseat to Donovan Mitchell. Obviously he won't have the same problem deferring to LeBron in Cleveland.
Honestly, I do think this is exactly the type of move Cleveland needed to make. People seem to forget that they were really good this year before IT came back from injury.
jpx7 (02-09-2018)
It will be just enough to get Cleaveland out of the east but will get smoked by either GS or OKC.
Yes, I think OKC has gelled enough to challenge any team in the league. The trick is to convince Melo that he should only be a 20 minute per game player. Need to play PPAT and Grant more.
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jpx7 (02-09-2018)
It’s amazing that Cleveland is always able to find ways around the salary cap. Always makes trades and what’s more shocking is that teams always bend over for them.
It helped how tight the market was this year (anticipating a low-cap summer likely to rival/surpass, in its parsimony and stagnation, MLB’a current slow offseason). Cleveland’s own, likely late, pick was worth more in a year of tight-fistedness with respect to picks, which surely aided them. Bulls bought the best pick traded this season—the Pelicans’ late-lottery or high non-lottery pick—but it cost them a real, and good, asset (versatile starting calibre PF with sweet shot from distance, on an extremely amenable contract) and taking on Asik’s $30+million in dead weight and a second-rounder.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...ch-monday-game
"You can look at it two ways: You can say anybody can coach that team, or you can say it's a [good method]," Suns star Devin Booker told ESPN. "I liked the move personally. If I was a coach, I'd do that throughout the year, so I wouldn't even look at it as disrespectful.
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jpx7 (02-13-2018)
I haven’t decided if Donovan Mitchell has helped or not I’m forgetting about Hayward bolting this summer. While it’s nice that the Jazz replaced him so quickly, I can’t shake the feeling that the Jazz would have been a top three seed with Hayward this year.
talk of mitchell over simmons for ROY is positively absurd.
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jpx7 (02-23-2018)
Honestly, the award itself is positively stupid so I don’t understand how people get worked up one way or another. I mean Michael Carter Williams won the award and that guy doesn’t deserve a roster spot.
They are both fantastic young players and would win ROY in most years.
I don’t think I have missed on a prediction more than what I had for OKC. I had them 2b with Houston in the West and they are barely squeaking past teams actively trying to lose right now.
It’s going to be mighty interesting to see if Paul George sticks around.
jpx7 (03-14-2018)
Holy cow what has happened to the Spurs
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