The Cavs lost again and Donovan Mitchell still doesn’t look right | Cleveland Cavaliers podcast
On a new episode of Locked on Cavs (Saturday, April 6, 2024) hosts Chris Manning (@cwmwrites, The Just Basketball Show, SB Nation’s Fear the Sword, Forbes Sports) and Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan, Right Down Euclid) look at the Cavs’ loss to the Lakers, Donovan Mitchell still not looking right, what exactly is wrong with the Cavs and whose at fault and more.
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17 Comments
No love for King James?
Cavs front office and coach…NEED TO SHUT DOWN DM!!!! Are they watching what we all see??
I guess 5 lottery picks,(SEXTON<GARLAND<OKORO<MOBLEY<AGBAJI 2 additional 1st round picks(WINDLER<KPJ, a high #2(KHALIFA DIOP)…pick isn't enough for KOBY to construct a winning team!!!! KOBY needs to go…7 years not enough..plus throw in a couple of recent BAD CONTRACTS..DG MAX???????? and STRUS 4 years guaranteed,15 mill per year for a role playert, who is NOT a STARTER, who is not a SF, better suited as a 2 guard! JB is OBVIOUSLY GONE asa well if things continue
HEY KOBY>>>>what's our identity??? SIZE and length positionally matter….you have failed misewrably addressing that point alone…Salary cap flexibilityt matters…plus now we don't have any picks moving forward because you emptied the ASSET CLIP to avoid the play-in; Your timing of the DM trade couldn't have been worse…Mobley's devel;opment should have been the focus moving forward…VERY POOR ROSTER CONSTRUCTION…..the smallest team in the NBA 1 thru 3!!
DM should have never come back…..we saw that right away when he tried…HUGE MISTAKE!! What part of shut him down and rest and treatment don't the Cavs understand???????
A MAX point guard with 2 assists!!!!!!!!!
As a celtics fan, why did the GM think it was a good idea to pair up 2 undersized guards? Why isn’t Caris Levert starting over Garland?? You need size and defense. DM is great but also plays no defense. Also Max Struss was a reach, no player plays better outside of the Pat Riely system.
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2 undersize guards with little to non-existent defense is not going to work. Mitchell and Garland, Trae and Murray etc. Steph and Klay became dominant since Klay usually play SF in his prime and is an elite defender in his good years as well. Not to mention, Garland and Mitchell play don't complement each other. It's basically, your turn-my turn.
Mitchell ain't leading anyone to promidsed land. At best he's number 2 on a championship contender. Cavs should have traded him when value was high before trade deadline.
Bickerstaff has lost team. Cavs should lose him.
If yall face heat in the first round might be a first round exit
Garland had like 25 poi ts on like 25 attempts. Had like 2 assists. The only pulse he has a bad pulse. Needs to think pass first. Start Niang over Struss until Struss can show he can hit a open three consistently. Separate Mobley and Allen. Play Mobley on second unit. Okoro will be healthy soon.
As some one who had the same injury playing pro soccer. I can tell that either Mitchell is having psychological issue with the bone bruise or he reaggriated the injury. If it's psychological then at at some point he'll snap out of it one day and be back 100%. I just hope that day is before playoffs.
Talk about Darius and Mitch looking each other off on the court. There not playing together beyond this season
Nobody is complaining abour Kyrie & Luka being a poor fit. They are both ball dominant perimeter guards that are not known for defense. The problem is coaching and leadership from the players and coaches…
This roster can work if u scheme for them and not force them to make ur scheme work like how JB is doing.
As the roster is built now, we are a 3 – 2 zone Defensive team with r bigs closer to the basket to contest shots and get rebounds. The overswitching, overhelping man to man defense JB is forcing them to play is opening diving lanes for the opposition, second chance points since we are out of position 4 a rebound, and wide open shots. Especially with our injuries to R perimeter players, this scheme dont fit our roster even if we had Ice and Wade available.
On offense, we are more of an off ball movement offense featuring an facilitating big in constant triple threat position than a hero ball offense asking R guards to create everything. With the injuries we have Strus and Spida should come off the bench until healthy (DG is the healthiest out of the 3). Caris and Sam as movement shooters should start instead. DG should be put in the corner like Okoro as a spot up shooter/back cutter until healthier.
JB not having the imagination to think of something, he will be fired soon. The lack of criticism of JB on this channel is ignoring as well.