The Cavs have the best record in the NBA but are still fighting for national coverage.
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, right, shoots against Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Los Angeles. The 50-40-90 club is a significant achievement for any player and two Cavs players have the chance to add their name to a historic list.Reputations from past seasons affect current perceptions of the Cavs.
That is the first time a Cleveland Cavaliers player has had it because it’s only the second time that the award has been dished out Kenny Atkinson to Two full months into being the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers Has already won coach of the month twice So that might tell you how good this team is playing but without further ado Let’s get into some of these questions and the first one comes from Joe in Chicago.
He’s not as reliant on his teammates to create shots for him. He’s shooting a better percentage from three point range. He’s over 40 % from three point range. So it changes how defenses have to guard him and guard the Cavs when he’s knocking down 43 % of his threes. He’s getting the ball off the glass and pushing it in transition, initiating offense quickly. He’s being used as a pick and roll ball handler more than he ever has throughout the course of his career.
that are sharing the ball with each other. So the system that Kenny has put in place is very player friendly. It allows these guys to play with a different level of confidence and freedom. And it suits the personnel that the Cavs have. And I think all of that combined, along with the contributions that they’re getting off the bench basically on a nightly basis, I think it leads to them havingYeah, and you made some really good points, Chris.
But yes, it’s very significant to have that level of efficiency to join that kind of company. And it’s something that if you’re a guard, if you’re a player that prides yourself on efficiency and shooting and things like that, you want to be part of that club without a doubt. So no, I don’t think that’s just a flippant number. I don’t think that’s something that is quote unquote insignificant.
They have made comments both publicly and privately about the number of reporters that are in their locker room for road games, for home games. And today, one of the big conversations amongst the players was the fan returns for the All-Star voting and how the hell the Mellow Ball leads guards in the Eastern Conference. There were many players on the Cavs that just could not process that. They could not understand that.
There’s still this hangover effect from the previous two years in the playoffs. And I think there are people that are wondering, okay, is this just another example of a great regular season team that is going to flame out in the playoffs? Or are they truly legit title contenders that they’re better equipped to make a deep run in the postseason?
NBA Finals, Boston Celtics, and the Chicago Bulls. obviously, if you want to point this out, the Warriors lost to the Cavaliers, but that was a completely different team. Okay, moving on to the next question from our subtexters. This one comes from Julie Bradshaw in Norton, and it says, early on this year, you guys, ye of little faith,put out a poll of various scenarios regarding Evan Mobley. One of the choices was basically blowing up the season to focus on his development.
within your own player development in the off season to be ready for this role, to be ready to catch the ball in these spots, to be ready to be used in a certain kind of way. Do that. Add different elements to your workouts. And then when Kenny went to go visit Evan the second time, he noticed that he was working on all those different things that Kenny Atkinson asked him to work on.
has to shake off some rust when he comes back from a nine week layoff or whatever the case may be, it doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily going to lead to losses because this team’s so good that they can overcome those things. This team is so explosive, they’re so deep, they have so much firepower that they can overcome a bad half a basketball, turn it on, flip a switch and then win by double digits. You know what I’m saying? So I do think...
for what they want to become and what they want to accomplish in the short term. And that’s really, really important because there’s still this long-term plan, there’s still this big picture plan, and there hasn’t been a moment where the calves have had to deviate from that or anything along those lines.All right, Chris, moving on to our last question of today’s Hey Chris episode. It comes from Stefan in Parma.
can play the three, can play the four, can guard Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown, can guard Mikael Bridges and OGN and Nobi, can downsize and play maybe some small ball five. Like that would be the type of player that the Cavs would be going out to try and get. You can’t get one of those players and sacrifice a player just like him. You know what I mean? So I think we can stop the Dean Wade stuff.
that is going to be a significant upgrade over what we have. And one of the things that we have is chemistry and togetherness and continuity. And breaking that up is very, very risky when you’re talking about this kind of team. So to me, the most likely addition that they make, if they do make an addition, it would come in the buyout market, similar to what they did last year with Marcus Morris Sr.
like the Doreen Finney Smith move that the Lakers just pulled off, like Deandre Hunter potentially. Those types of players I know Cavs fans have kind of latched onto because theoretically they’d be really good fits and theoretically they’re the types of players that could help the Cavs, but their salaries make it really, really difficult.
and plainly pointed as possible, do you think the cast could make any move to get Jimmy Butler and still feel like they are where they are or do you feel like it’d be a horizontal move rather than something that would improve them?He makes $50 million. So you just start there. You have to make a deal legal. So in order to get to his $50 million number, you want to Donovan Mitchell? No.
to trade Jimmy Butler and I would just say I don’t think it’s in the Cavs best interest to get involved in the Jimmy Butler stuff because of what they would have to give up in order to get him. And how much of a shakeup that would be both in the locker room and with their roster and in terms of their playing style and stuff like that.Completely agree.
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