The Cavs And Bucks Split The Season Series (It’s Cavalier Podcast), NBA Breakdowns, Cavs News

The Cavs And Bucks Split The Season Series (It’s Cavalier Podcast), NBA Breakdowns, Cavs News

[Applause] oh N [Applause] A [Applause] Yeah A [Applause] Welcome to another edition of the it’s Cavalier podcast it’s your boy Mack and tonight our Cleveland Cavaliers took on the Milwaukee Bucks for the fourth time this season Jesus Christ thank the [ __ ] Lord we ain’t got to see see this team again at least not until the possible postseason series that we’re

All hoping to get right at least I hope I am not alone in that thought obviously I want Evan Moy I want Darius Garland I want Milwaukee to be at full strength I want Cleveland to be at full strength I want to see this a as a seven game

Series I I would love to see it now obviously I want to get you know I want to see Cleveland get a Revenge series against the New York Knicks I hope that happens too but this is a close second for me I would love to see these two

Teams Spar over the course of a seven game series but tonight man I I would typically reserve a a pot like this because I like to add in Clips I like to show what happens during games I like to give my my my point of view and comment

On certain things but this is a big ass win and I felt the need to come on live and what better day to do it then a Friday night right uh Cavs win by the score of 112 to 100 and there were so many different elements in this game

That uh kind of led to it I mean I think the biggest thing that we all saw right was the officiating there were just so many whistles blown Jesus there were so many whistles blown I was getting tired of it and you know I’m not going to sit

Here and act like it was just Milwaukee because Cleveland got the benefit of the whistle tonight too free throws free throw Cleveland took 30 well they took 31 free throw tonight to milwauke 24 the worst part about this you might ask the rate at which Cleveland converted

Cleveland left nine points on the board from the charity stripe they got to hit those free throws at a higher clip now thankfully the Bucks didn’t necessarily do any better they were 17 to 24 that’s also good for 71% and they were obviously LED yeah as

TuneIn Sports says down here not to not to switch up real quick refs still ass I will double doubt on that the refs are terrible in many regards but I’m not going to poo poo him too much just because Cleveland did get the benefit of the whistle tonight as well the big

Thing to me was was Giannis right Giannis despite drawing nine free throw attempts he couldn’t knock him down either so I can’t be too pissed he was 49 from the free throw line and what happened in that last game right Milwaukee was able to get 82 combined

Points from the trio of Chris Middleton Dame Lillard and Yannis who was just his phenomenal self in that game tonight not so much not so much from either either of those three 22 from uh from Dame 22 from Giannis and 14 from Chris Middleton they kind of cooled they cooled him down

A little bit Noah Heritage says the ISA Coro agenda is about to be in full force [ __ ] yadis I mean if they don’t start giving this man some all defensive consideration I’m going to lose my [ __ ] I’m tired of the disrespect in regard to Isaac and cororo I’m tired of the

Disrespect in regards to Caris I’m tired of the disrespect in regards to Dean Wade I’m tired of it all man man just for anybody who does not understand the value of these players out there being able to defend on the perimeter and in the post [ __ ] them I’m tired of it

Because people just do not understand what they are watching for me though man just tonight being able to limit Dame Billard to seven of 24 from the field including two of 10 from distance shows immense versatility from these guys and I know Isaac kind of started the game

Out on Giannis as the switch up here for a 65 forward guard whatever you classify Isaac auro as it’s just it just shows the the div versatility of this young man who’s still just 23 years old by the way happy birthday to Darius Garland and Isaac who share the same

[ __ ] birthday that’s got to be awesome I love that it’s just uh it just these guys are so fun and they’re so youthful this is just still such a young team with a promising future and for anybody to be down or negative on this team I just don’t get it I just don’t

Get it obviously the national media does not believe in Cleveland but you have a lot of people in Cleveland who don’t believe in Cleveland I mean I don’t know it’s it’s beyond me but tonight’s win just phenomenal you got really good performances from top to bottom even players you didn’t quite

Expect to get them from as Sven reek gaming says great minutes from Damen Jones though in my opinion yes yes uh Damen had a couple of stretches in tonight’s game where I’m like okay you know what and this is building upon some decent minutes in the previous game

Where he had two poster dunks over to like so I believe Brook Lopez and Giannis he gave some good minutes tonight as well and the one thing that we were saying when Tristan Thompson went down was hey it’s not necessarily you don’t have to go out there and be an

Allstar you don’t even have to be a high-end role player you just have to give decent minutes a good 10 to 12 minutes in specific games depending upon certain matchups and Damien so far since the Double T suspension is doing that and so I love it uh just four points

Tonight from from Damen Jones but he did grab seven rebounds and as tunin says I don’t want him shooting but if he is open I guess I mean look tune in the guy if he’s open what have we begged our big men to do take the [ __ ] shot what

Have we beg them to do for the past couple of seasons to improve that spacing take the [ __ ] shot and Damen he you know over the course of his career I think I put out content on the actually it wasn’t content it was in the last pot I gave his actual three-point

Percentage although it’s on extremely low volume Damen Jones is actually a decent shooter uh for what it’s worth so you want him to pull the trigger especially if he’s wide open unless you know you can move it for a better shot but over the course of his career he

Actually is a 37.9% shooter from three-point distance so I’ll take it if he’s got the shot it’s not it’s not always going to be something that uh it’s pretty but if he’s wide open why not that’s what you want out of the big man you want spacing right you want you

Want Jared Allen to do that theoretically at points and you want Evan Moy to be able to do that as well and so I was very impressed with the Damen Jones minutes tonight elsewhere I I I was debating on whether or not I was going to mention this just

Because I am not the type of person typically to take a to take a proverbial Victory lap oh I guess I kind of am I love to do it at certain points depending upon the topic but uh Craig Porter Jr did not play tonight and

The CF still won and those of you who out there uh who may be listening to this know exactly who I’m talking to because I kept seeing that this team would lose if they did not play Craig Porter Jr tonight no disrespect to Craig I’m a big fan I’m a big believer but

This is why you play Carris lever still in that backup point guard Road he’s not necessarily going to have the best shooting performance performance every single night that he’s out there but he is playing at a six Man of the Year level uh Pace this year or really just

The six Man of the Year level play from him that you’re getting this season and so that is why he’s out there at that backup point guard role because honestly he is a combo guard not dissimilar to the position that Donovan Mitchell was having to play uh for for the Cavs right

Now as he’s doubling as the team’s point guard and he’s been phenomenal in that role on had a great game tonight we’ll talk about him in a minute but Carris L this is why you play him in these in these matches not to mention the fact that he has considerable size compared

To Craig Porter Jr and he’s a little bit more positionally versatile so I love it and for me like I I don’t want to I don’t want this to come off as me not liking Craig because those of you who are listeners know I’m a huge fan of

Craig Porter Jr but there are just certain things that people have to understand and at at full strength there’s just not enough room for everybody who’s deserving a minutes to get minutes Noah her says at the end of the day samel just offers more value than Craig Porter Jr love cpj but Meo

Gives a shooting we so desperately need sometimes [ __ ] yeah he does and though Sam Maro would finish with just seven points on three assist from the field tonight the spacing that he generates the gravity that he generates it’s very very real like the entire world be we’ve been blessed here in Cleveland right

We’ve gotten to see the the the birth I don’t even know if you can call it birth because Merill if not if I’m not mistaken is 27 years old it’s not like this is his first go around he’s been in the NBA for technically Four Seasons he

Is an NBA champion for those of you who are unaware he won a ring with the Milwaukee Bucks dur inly 2021 or 2020 2021 season appearing in 30 games and two starts but uh yeah I mean Merill for what he is able to provide out

There there’s just not a lot of room for guys who deserve and I you know as Blaine MC says down here at full strength I get your point yeah Blaine no I’m just messing with people here obviously but yes we all want Craig to get time but uh guys like Marill guys

Like uh Caris they’re there’s a reason why they’re playing ahead of him that said when you’re when you’re taking a look at some of these other performances from top to bottom the biggest thing that sticks out obviously is Donovan Mitchell another 30 plus point performance this man just does it all 32

Points eight rebounds six assists on a pretty efficient 12 of 27 from the field including six of 12 from distance six more triples from this man I mean seriously is there in addition to a block and a steel is there anything that he can’t do out there on that basketball

Court and if he is not a a a top five finisher for the MVP award this season I don’t know what to say I don’t know what this man has to do to get recognition because I honestly feel like he has done a bit of everything and I know the

Biggest motivator for him tonight may have been the fact that he got snob uh snob gez Louise snubbed as TuneIn Sports says down here by the very [ __ ] player that he played against tonight and Damen Lillard for the starter in the East [ __ ] on the NBA it’s truly a

Popularity contest and it just pisses me off to know in because we also know that we’re probably probably going to have to rely on the likes of the assistant well is it the coaches I think it’s the coaches right the coaches that make the the final call on some of these other

Guys to get players like Jared Allen in because Jared is also very deserving we’ll talk about him in just a minute but I I just don’t get it man Blain says how did Spider get that All-Star vote get rid of fan votes fans don’t know what the [ __ ] they’re watching

Respectfully I just don’t get it I I really don’t you how do watch what this man has done and I get it maybe it’s just me being a u being a Cleveland Fan being a homer that I am right I’m I’m not ashamed to say that we watch Donovan

Mitchell on a nightly basis and we get to see the genuine you know pleasure he has been to view on a basketball court and some of the things that he’s been able to do but yeah I I mean spin even if most fans are just watching the box

Score he has a pretty [ __ ] impressive box score I mean see if you want to just go off a box scores he’s doing things that very few players are doing uh in the East really in the league in general I just I don’t get how you put Dame over

Him Dame is a terrific player and I get it he can grade on people the way that Trey young does in regards to like the foul baiting some of the you know if you’re going around a screen and you’re immediately jacking up a triple triple because you know you’re going to get a

Call from these from these refs right I get that it’s all part of the game but I just don’t get why people would put Dame in over Donovan considering what Donovan has meant to this Cleveland team and keeping them afloat on this season this is not factoring in tonight’s stats I’m

GNA try and pull from stat Muse maybe they have it updated as I sit here and speak with you guys but on the season he is averaging 27.7 points five and a half rebounds 6.1 assist on a true shooting percentage of 58.4% and he’s done nothing but you know

The impressive this season while essentially being the the the team’s lead guard without Darius scarland Frey significant stretch of games now if I’m not mistaken they are now 14 and four without these Services of Darius Garland and Evan Mobley and a lot like huge part

Of that is due to the the role players around him stepping up right like your Sam Marill your George nangs you know your your Harris levers of the world and at some point it’s Craig Porter Jr really just on down the line even Double T prior to him getting hurt Dean way

Throw him in there uh really everybody it’s been a collective effort but at the top of that list is Donovan Mitchell who is setting everybody up it’s just to me I don’t get it uh Jay Das or Diaz says down here Dame does nothing defensively and doesn’t grab rebounds like Don

Either I mean just just look at the tail of the tape here here Donovan is averaging 275 and six Damon is averaging 254 and basically seven right on the numbers are similar I suppose but the impact in my opinion it’s not even remotely the same Donovan Mitchell is

The best player on this team Dame Lillard has the benefit of playing with a top five player in this league and Giannis onto kpo so while people can focus on building a wall against damn near Unstoppable Giannis Dame can go in there and you know soak that up and obviously that was probably

What was so appealing about Milwaukee in the first place I’m sure he’s glad that he ended up there right I know that wasn’t his top destination I know he wanted to go to Miami essentially but he’s got it made in the shade in in Milwaukee and if you put Tell Me Maybe

I’m crazy maybe I’m [ __ ] insane here but if you put spider on that Bucks team he’s going ballistic besides uh beside the lik a Giannis if you place him there he he’s going ballistic Blain says sixth in scoring to if I’m not mistaken yeah he’s up there

This might change after some of the [ __ ] ridiculous games that we’ve gotten some of the ridiculous scores that we’ve gotten like these 70 plus point games that we’re seeing now was it Luca I don’t know I I didn’t get to watch that game but I I know there’s

Been some gargantuan games that have been had today Booker I think had a big game uh Spider second and steals as tun and says down here yeah the defense and even if you don’t feel like Donovan Mitchell is a terrific on ball Defender he’s obviously paying the passing Lanes

Very well he’s a very good situational Defender um he’s really really good on picking up bigs Noah her says I had a friend bet the under on LCA tonight I hope you guys anybody else in here listening I hope you weren’t in that Bunch because Luca absolutely obliterated the statue tonight just

Phenomenal that that that dude is a basketball Sant I don’t know I I don’t know how I missed this comment up here but I’m gonna go back to it hj1 17 gaming says de way needs to be the six man like how uh love used to be I can’t

Go that far I do love Dean Wade but I don’t I don’t think I can go that far and here’s the conundrum for me c I love to hear your your uh your comments in the bottom here by the way at full strength and this is the

Thing to me like right now you can JB can kind of mix and match and plug and play with some of the like the seventh and eighth men ninth and tth guys on in the rotation but at full strength when you did do get Darius scarland back when

You get Evan moley back I I I question like what does this rotation look like because we are suddenly deep like seriously 10 to 11 different players uh deserve minutes right now and when you’re talking about I’m just I’m just going to reel them off real quick just

In case any anybody forgot any of these names Darius Garland Donovan Mitchell Max stru Evan mle Jared Allen Caris lever isaa Coral George Nang Dean Wade Craig Porter Jr Tristan Thompson I guess and I feel like I’m still forgetting somebody I still Sam Merill how the [ __ ]

Did I forget that Sam Merill you cannot not have Sam Merill out there that’s that’s essentially 11 to 12 different players who deserve minutes and I don’t NJB at all I continuous say this but I really mean it I do not envy JB bicker staff because he is H he is going to

Have to decide who plays who doesn’t who sits who doesn’t who gets who who gets this certain amount of minutes and who doesn’t I I I do not EnV JB one bit because this is going to be excuse me very very tough to sort out I I don’t

Know what the what the path is here because there are multiple paths you can take but there are only 240 minutes available at any given point in an NBA game so I don’t know it’s going to be tough I would love to know what you guys

Think who is in the rotation who is out of the rotation assuming that uh assuming that JB goes at at least nine deep right Jesus you have to go at least nine if this stretch has shown you at least anything you have to go at the

Very least and that’s a floor that is the [ __ ] floor that it has to be at least nine players because if not you’re cutting out a very deserving Talent or or talents in this case because this team is so deep and I I would love to

Hear what you guys have to say about that but tonight man just phenomenal performance I I I I really don’t know what else to say they split with Milwaukee on the season now two and two and as I said to open the pod I really

Would love to see this play out in a seven game series because I have Ultra confidence that at full strength this Cleveland team can take Milwaukee out in seven games and I know that you’re not always going to get a night where Dame shoots seven of 24 you’re not always

Going to get a night when the uh when the free throws go your way but you know this Cleveland team ironically matches up in my opinion despite the length because I’m not going to Discount that Milwaukee has some real length on their squad when you’re talking about Giannis you’re talking about Middleton about

Brooke Beasley uh Dame is Dame is their smallest starter out there uh TuneIn says Mack you open my eyes on D I used to nitpick but D way makes us better defensively and offense when the shots F that is a [ __ ] key right there that last [ __ ] you said the

Shot the shot is what matters most in my opinion with Dean Wade because as of right now if Dean Wade can pull the trigger and pull the trigger confidently more often than not it seems like he’s going to make it and the question therefore becomes at full strength who do you play

Dean Wade or George Nang because likely only one of them is going to see minutes at the backup power for position and I just don’t know man it’s tough like I love Dean Wade and I don’t want to pull his minutes but he has to be able to

Pull uh pull the shot more of than not especially when you’re talking about Nang providing spacing himself essentially if you could take the the the confidence that you have from the from from George dang and from an offensive standpoint and put it with Dean Wade’s defensive capabilities you

Would have the perfect backup power forward seriously you would but obviously that that can’t exist right now it’s not possible you can’t fuse two people like you can in DBZ or something but um it’s it’s going to be Nang or it’s going to be wayy and obviously

Right now that’s a tough question to answer it could be situational it could be if Dean Wade is struggling with confidence and he’s not pulling the trigger then you have to go with Nang it could be that if Nang is struggling from an offensive standpoint you say [ __ ] it

Dean Wade can’t really be any worse from an offensive standpoint you put him out there and I know that comes off as me saying Dean Wade has been terrible but he’s not man during the stretch Wade is he’s been very very impressive from Beyond The Arc I’m going to get the

Numbers for where he’s at in regards to three-point shooting on the season because tonight’s numbers are no doubt going to help that but again Wade is not necessarily taking the shot with a ton of frequency on this regular season in 36 appearances according to stat Muse he is averaging

41.3% from three-point distance on the season but the kicker here is the amount of attempts that he has taken right he’s not shooting the ball at a high clip it’s just not what is occurring tonight’s numbers basketball reference is not going to Factor tonight’s game in

But it’s not really going to matter all that much because on the season as a whole he’s only taking four and a half shots per game including 3.8 threes in order for him to be a part of the rotation he’s likely going to have to increase those numbers

That’s essentially what’s going to be the battle between those two if Dean can shoot the ball I don’t know four or five times a game from three-point distance off that Cavalier bench he probably plays ahead of Nang because he obviously gives you more from a defensive standpoint that’s just where I stand

With this and for a team that was so depraved of spacing last season that’s what you need especially come the postseason you’re not not going to have three-point Shooters out there and that’s that’s why players like Sam Marell have become so important and again back to merell who played 17

Minutes tonight and just scored seven points um the spacing even if they’re not knocking down shots the spacing is what truly opens the floor the gravity generated is what opens the floor for this team and especially for the drivers when you’re talking about players like Darius and Donovan and Carris Craig

Porter Jr if he ever sees run at full strength that spacing that players like Merill and niang provide that is key and if Dean Wade can pick up on that and he can get that confidence that same confidence that the G wagon as Charles Whitlock II says down here has that’s

Going to be the difference now Charles is of to believe at this rate Dean rate is out of the rotation come playoff time that’s probably where it’s going to start but I can definitely say with confidence that if Nang starts if his shot starts to not fall you’re probably

The first person you’re going to call in that regard is going to be Dean Wade because he does offer you high level uh defense compared to what nean gives you and so that is where I am at on that Isaac aoro let me just circle back to

Him three points and this is this is the thing that I will say about Isaac aoro if you are a box score Watcher if you simply do not watch the games and you’re simply going off of the box score you’re not going to feel like Isaac aoro had a

Good game when that could not be further from the truth the BX score just does not do players like ISAC ooro Justice because their value cannot be Quantified by simple box score stats your points your assists your rebounds you can’t quantify what he brings to the table from a basic

Statline standpoint you can look at the advanced analytics you can look at the you know the the matchup specific numbers but obviously the the casual or average viewer may not be able to discern what they’re actually saying versus what he provides Charles Whitlock says God bless ice he’s so damn

Impactful you can tell he’s been on the lab this offseason yeah and Charles what have we always said about Isaac it’s always about confidence very similar to the way it is with Dean W it’s always about confidence with ISAC Goro and as long as he’s playing confident

Basketball he can be impactful no matter if his shot is falling or not because he’s another player who is not going to attempt a ton of shots and frankly in a lineup that consists of Donovan Mitchell darus Garland and Ean Moy you probably don’t want him to right especially when

You’ve just factored in Max stru into all this as well you probably don’t want him taking a ton of shots but the ones that he does take you want him to be able to capitalize on and you want him to be able to do that confidently that’s

The biggest thing and the biggest in indicator of the work that he’s put in this season is is how confident he looks out there and Dean is drawing from the same well of confidence as well so I love it both those guys are providing high level impact I hope the return of

Evan moley and darus scarland doesn’t [ __ ] that up too much but I don’t know it’s really going to be a a tall task for JB to kind of sort out and I again I do not envy him Jose a says I can’t believe people say that DG and Evan make

The caps worse the Caps get back another playmaker and are anchor on defense I don’t get it either Jose like for me I know that there’s going to be an adjustment period there is no way around it that is inevitable you will have to figure out who is in the lineup who is

Out of the lineup who gets specific minutes and specific rotations and how to best play with this new found Swagger this new found spacing there’s a couple of different things they’re going to have to sort out but to say that they’re wor they make the Cavs worse that’s just

Utter Folly I don’t understand that I’ve never understood that I feel like people what this run has done done to people’s brains it’s just rot right they’ve allowed people’s true opinions of those two to come out and that I I don’t if you really want to watch how how quickly

Somebody’s opinion can either change or how their true opinion can come out just wait till they’re not out there right wait wait till their impact is felt in either a positive or negative fashion and that’s when the real opinions will start coming out tune tune in says fans

Going to be fans and far be it for me to [ __ ] on anybody’s opinion because that’s all I’m giving here this is my opinion I’m not giving you’all facts for the most part I’m just giving you opinions whether you believe them or not that’s on you but nevertheless um you know I

Just never understood people [ __ ] on Darius [ __ ] on Evan saying hey we don’t need these guys they make us worse we can trade them things like of that nature I just never understood that and yeah just I don’t know man I’m I’m not there with them again I said this uh you know

When uh when the news came out that darus scarland got the wire removed from his jaw right that you’re really just going to there’s going to be an adjustment period there will be an adjustment period when they return as long as you can understand that and just

Kind of give it time to jel again then it’ll probably be okay and for all the people out there are saying well you know the two big thing don’t work well look this this is the thing right here they brought in Max dreu to address the

Lack of spacing and granted Max streu is not knocking down three-point shot like we would have hoped but he still provides spacing and so what they will likely do is continue to stagger the minutes of the two bigs much like they did last season FYI they were doing that

[ __ ] last year they just didn’t have the shooters that they have now and so now it’s going to look even better uh you don’t have to play and this is news flash for anybody who’s unaware you don’t have to play you’re too bigs for the whole game together you don’t have

To do that you never have you you never have had to do that the the difference between this year and last year is that they actually have shooting and spacing around them now to make it work you now have Max stru you now have the League’s perhaps best shooter in saman Marill you

Now have George Nang who can go out there and knock down knock down shots you have a confident and healthy Dean Wade you have Isa auro pulling the trigger more you have Carris LT the list goes on and on and on this is much different team much different Dynamic

Than last year and so if you’re worried that Darius scarland and Evan mbly are going to kind of throw off the the chemistry and the Ean flow of what is has occurred in their absence just understand that there is a necessary adjustment period that is coming the

Cavs way but that’s not a bad thing their additions or rather read additions to the lineup do not hurt the Cavs they make the Cavs a better team that gives the has a higher ceiling truly does and so the thing that I got to say about

That the last thing I’ll say is just just be patient and I know that as fans that’s not our strongest suit or virtue but that’s just the the reality of the situation so as long as you can be patient as long as you can understand understand that there will be an

Adjustment period you’ll be okay but for me tonight I’m just taking it all in uh stat that I love of the night how could I go without mentioning Jared Allen pulling down yet again another double double 14 in a row for this man I had somebody on social the other day and I

Know social is not necessarily something you want to hear about on a pod but I’m gonna say it anyway somebody mentioned to me that the streak is not all that impressive and that he’s just you know that the double double is overvalued and in some cases it is when you take a look

At who he actually broke that record over it was Andre jond and people look at Andre German’s tenure in Cleveland as a you know just a bad time because it was part of the rebuild and there there were definitely times where you’re like man what the [ __ ] is Andre jman doing

Out there he’s just goofing off you know and he definitely pissed me off during his tenure and so him having the record or sharing the record rather with Elmore Smith I believe um that definitely probably puts a damper on on the double double streak itself but the sheer

Consistency that Jared Allen has been able to do this in addition to the stats that he has given you along with that that in my opinion is what makes Jared Allen play during this stretch and streak so damn impactful I just don’t understand for the life of me why people

Cannot just give this man his respect I I don’t get it people it’s the Nick series I you know at the end of the day I get it people saw that series and they’re like man the they saw the lights were too bright quote and they just thought to them

Themselves this this man has no reason being in the NBA he’s not he’s not a big man he’s soft you don’t want players like that over on your team and they just they they used it as ammunition to fuel a lot of different narratives and I just don’t understand it tonight and in

The previous games during this streak really just all season to be honest Jarrett has kind of dispelled those very narratives they’re just dead they’re gone the narrative that Jared Allen doesn’t play well against other Elite big men it’s dead he’s played Milwaukee very well all season and context in

Regards to the streak matters right you look at what he’s been able to do the numbers that he has been able to put up it’s just phenomenal man and I’m I’m talking this whole time while I’m trying to for the life of me pull these stats up and I’m failing miserably over his

Last 14 games all double doubles he has put up eight 18.8 points 14 not just 10 not just 10 or 11 boards but 14 14.1 rebounds in addition to 4.1 assist 1.1 steals 1.4 blocks and he’s shooting 61.8% from the field he is doing some really really good [ __ ] out there and I

Really I hope the streak continues for as long as it can you know maybe he starts doing some [ __ ] that that that Wilt does I don’t know but this is just a a fun as streak and if you’re not a fan of the streak then I don’t know why

I I really don’t know how you you can watch what he’s been able to do and just not enjoy it because it’s awesome Jose says he’s not even technically in his athletic Prime and he’s this good amazing player now somebody asked me the other day in a comment in in a piece of

Content how better how much better do you think Jared Allen can actually get and honestly I feel like this right obviously he’s not at his true athletic Prime but I feel like if even if this is his Apex like even if this is the best Jared Allen the best version of Jared

Allen that we will ever get this is a damn good player this is an All-Star caliber Center he may not be able to space the floor from three-point distance but he’s got a lot of other tools in the shed he has a killer mid-range game that I really wish he

Would take advantage of more he rebounds the basketball like few do in the league these days he he is a Ultra threat as a lob he is an elite rim protector he’s Elite in transition there’s just so many different things you can point to for Jared Allen and he can switch right he

May not be fmo out there in that regard but he is among the better switching bigs in in this NBA and so I I have nothing but respect for him the way that he has come back and just battled boob birds and just changed public perception

In a lot of regards in regards to his you know just the public opinion of him through his play he didn’t come out he didn’t SHP he didn’t say [ __ ] you guys you know he didn’t go into his into his shell right he just came out and played

And worked hard and you’re seeing the benefit of what it what hard work really does for you and he he obviously had the offseason that was kind of stunted because of the injury and he got off to a slow start because of that he was on a minutes restriction yada yada but over

This stretch without Evan Mobley and this is why people keep circling back to the whole big thing right um because you’re able to play four out well four four full spacers with the one big you’re able to do that and yes I will acknowledge that that is a component to

Why the Cavs have been so successful during the streak but you can still do that when you have emol back you just have to stagger them a little bit more than you did last season TuneIn says I’m over the Nick series I believe in Allen

This season with this squad I do too I feel like Allen drew the Brut of the criticism for that series but he wasn’t the only one that played shitty basketball Darius Garland he had an okay series from a number standpoint but he wasn’t consistent at all Donovan

Mitchell completely [ __ ] the bed and you know Isaac auro we know that he didn’t get enough minutes to really make a solid determination but he couldn’t space the floor Caris LT was probably your best Reserve Dean Wade was technically in my opinion still injured and didn’t have his confidence

Whatsoever so he was an after thought he didn’t really play you can really just point to anybody on that in on that roster last season and just say you know what this team as a collective played shitty basketball and that’s why they lost and so Jared Allen in particular

Was singled out because of his quote and because of the matchup against Mitchell Robinson and admittedly I would be the first [ __ ] to tell you Mitchell Robinson outplayed Evan moley and Jared Allen that that is true two things can be true Jared Allen is not a shitty

Basketball player he’s not soft in my opinion and it can also be true that Mitchell Robinson out played him and I’ll leave it at that I know I’ve been harping on Allen for while but I just for the life of me I cannot understand why people just have not found it fit to

Give this man his respect and I’ve seen a lot of people say well I’m not gonna I’m not gonna give him his flowers until the you know until the playoffs because that’s all that matters well no [ __ ] the playoffs do matter but the regular season does twoo I just I’ve never

Understood that line of thought the overall on the night I’ve done a ton of rambling I I just could not come on here and talk about that it’s just been a really good night in regards to every single one of these guys who saw the floor tonight even Damen Jones as I said

Before giving you some quality minutes tonight in the absence of Tristan Thompson Jose says hopefully Allen can make the All-Star team I really hope so man I really hope that the the NBA really rewards him for the basketball that he’s been able to play Richard E quinby says you will see 12 minutes

Every game Moy and Allen playing a part as well as Garland and Mitchell in 24 minutes a game they will all play together they can still play much the same as they have absolutely you just stagger the minutes a little bit more and what also has not been really

Mentioned too much is the fact that you can now and they did this last season because Darius gin did miss some time last year to begin the season two after getting poked in the eye by Gary Trent I believe um Donovan Mitchell’s turned into like the NBA’s one of the NBA’s top three

Combo guards if not the best one out there and he’s proven to you time and time again now throughout this streak that he is more than capable of operating as the team’s lead guard and so I probably we’ll probably see a lot more stretches where uh Donovan is

Playing with the reserves or Darius is playing with the reserves not necessarily coming off the bench right but staggering their minutes so that one of those two can be on the court at all times as the lead guard isuma film says what about maro’s inability to separate

I I don’t need that out of Merill um but Merill is one of these tricky guys out there that you know you might to evaluate because you might think that he’s just a three-point shooter and a floor spacer but he’s actually more than that he’s actually over he’s above

Average at facilitating he’s a decent rebounder he is a actually a very good point of attack defender in his own right he’s not Isaac Loro out there but he can hold his own more than most out there at his position and he’s actually a pretty good cutter he does some things

Out there that that will legitimately wow you even without shooting the basketball and so even if he’s unable to separate you don’t necessarily need him to do that as long as you can get him looks coming off his screens you can get him spotting up in the corner and you

Have ball handler speeding him it’ll work it’ll work itself out uh HJ 17 gaming says hot take Dean way should be the Sixth Man somebody suggested that earlier was it you I don’t think it was somebody else did I don’t agree with that sentiment uh but actually yes it

Was you same same comment um I don’t agree with that sentiment but uh he he definitely has shown that he is deserving a minutes but the problem is that not everybody can play especially no and JB we’re probably not going to see an expanded rotation maybe nine hopefully

10 but not everybody who deserves minutes is going to play so somebody may be the odd Man Out And in regards the Wade when Moy comes back it’s probably going to come down to a battle between Wade and the for this backup power for minutes soft taco says love me some

Allen just got a numbered RPA card of his that’s awesome uh TuneIn says I still want to see cpj play we all do man like and I I started this this pod off earlier and it probably sound like I was [ __ ] on Craig Porter Jr which I’m

Not I’m just stating the obvious Craig Porter Jr should not be playing over Carver and so right now especially with Merrill’s Ascension and Isa a Coro playing really well and then niang spacing and Dean Wade looking like he deserves minutes too where do you play him where do you get those minutes

Outside of maybe a blowout or if one of the one of these guys is struggling he just won’t play consistently and honestly it’s probably it’s okay he’s young he’s still on a twoa contract until they convert him and there’s no rush in my opinion it’s the exact same

Way I feel about Alman bat who probably at who could help you at some capacity at the NBA level right now as a floor spacer but does that mean he necessarily has to no U we want to see it but we may not uh too frequently uh Richard says

Exactly always have Garland and Mitchell on the floor as well as moob and Allen and you can play the spacing the trouble will be getting Merill minutes as George and Wade and Levert always play and that’s where I’m that’s where I’m at people were [ __ ] on me other day

Because of that C Porter Jor stuff leaving them out of the rotation and the reality is just that at full strength when you have Darius when you have Donovan when you have Carris when you have Coro there’s just not enough room for all guards especially a smallish guard

Who does happen to play Above his list of size right but especially for a guard who doesn’t necessarily space the floor consistently like almost everybody else that I mentioned does with maybe the exception of Isaac who is still still becoming a better shooter but I would

Say at this point in time that you could probably call Isa auro more threat more of a threat from three-o distance than you can Craig Porter Jr that is another aspect that hurts his game yes the floor does open up when you play him uh he he is an excellent driver he’s excellent

Rebounder for his size above average facilitator really good in that regard above average Defender but there are just too many mouths to feed and so why we all want to see him play the reality is right now we just it’s hard to do um yeah and this is a sentiment right

Here if you’re watching on YouTube Richard says personally I would see if Marill can take some minutes from Max and a few from Levert I mean that’s probably where the Cavs would lean too I think tonight Max played 35 minutes Levert was up there too I think he

Played 24 maybe 25 but those two are probably the most likely candidates for Merill to steal minutes from and at full strength I put like a generic example out there um at full strength I see Merill probably playing around 16 to 17 minutes maybe even 18 and it’ll be

Highly dependent upon how Max is playing how is playing maybe even you can throw a cororo in there as well but there are only a handful of players that you can really take minutes from and that’s what makes this so damn difficult to forecast in regards to the rotation because there

Are just so many players out there deserving of minutes um but I will take that any day of the week it is a good problem to have much different issue than we had last season when we were practically begging for anybody to go out there as a reserve and give us consistent production

Dennis d122 says Levert has been clutch yeah I mean you look at his shooting stats on the night they’re not perfect right and I I’ll acknowledge that you it’s not every day that Caris is going to shoot three of 10 from the field and the Cavs

Are going to win but you know he hits timely shots he he gets timely assist he makes some plays defensively and he just does some things that some players are not ke capable of doing all in one package right and so I think that at

This point in time Levert is I I keep pining for him to be in six Man of the Year consideration which he probably won’t win the award but he’s been that impactful this year and so I I also believe that he’s been clutch auma film says what do you think is going through

The Bucks heads and fan base um what I think about what’s going through their their heads right now is they’re trying there there’s an adjustment for the for them in regards to to Doc Rivers right and so they made a coaching change letting go of Adrien

Griffin uh and and going to try and see how this Doc Rivers tenure plays out and those of you familiar with Doc Rivers playoff records he the dude blows a ton of leads he’s a great regular season coach but I honestly I would not want Doc Rivers as head coach because it just

Kind of It kind of reeks of a impending series lead being blown and I don’t wish that on anybody but uh it would not surprise me if it happened with Milwaukee given his backstory in 10 years yeah TuneIn says Doc Rivers is overated he’s been kosing for a long ass

Time like he falls into the category of retre and by no means is he a bad coach right like I said he’s a great regular season coach and he has a championship on his resume but it’s 2024 that Championship came in 2008 16 [ __ ] years the man hasn’t won a title

In 16 years and I’m not gonna [ __ ] on him about that too much but I mean it’s been a while and he’s had opportunities uh it just it just I don’t I I don’t understand why people keep falling for the Doc Rivers track uh trap he does the [ __ ] always

Finds a job I don’t get it I don’t get it there I I really honestly felt like Adrien Griffin had had a had a solid lead on uh staying there for a while right he’s he had he’s had a pretty good season thus far and I hated to see what

Happened to him but it’s not like we haven’t seen this type of thing before with you know David blat we’ve seen that in our past uh with David blad actually having a pretty good record and then being let go and tyo taking over and who

Am I to argue about the results of that because it got us a championship tyo was the man for the job at that point in time and I can’t argue with the result and so maybe it’ll work out for Milwaukee but I’m if I if I had to put

Money down on it because I am a betting man I do play some parlay every now and then um I would be willing to bet that it’s not g to result in a championship and that’s just where that’s my thought process behind it but yeah I don’t know

How this dude always finds himself as the head coach of a team I just don’t get it um and and for a lot of people like they were as tunin says down here I don’t hear fire JB no more how I used to no if to me like JB has earned his stay

Like even after that shitty playoff uh that shitty playoff showing that he had and I’ll admit that like I’m you want to call me a JB apologist or the the ultimate Homer because I people throw that at me all the time I don’t [ __ ] care I’ll tell you I’m a homer

To your face but for people to use that one playoff series against him is like to write him off as just a piss poor playoff coach I don’t get it you know it’s one series he does have a shitty playoff record that stems back to his uh

Houston Rockets days he did lose his series there but he is two I think he’s two and two and eight right is that his record overall I need to go back and check in the playoffs but he can remedy that by having a good postseason this

Year and I think this is the season that JB does that I think JB will at very least win a playoff series I think the Cavs win in the first round at the very least that’s the Baseline is that is that me saying I feel like that’s all

They’re going to do or that’s their ceiling hell no I feel like this team has a very high ceiling I feel like this team at the very the ceiling at this point in time for me is the Eastern Conference Finals if [ __ ] keeps going the way that it has been this season

Cavs might be able to beat anybody that includes Boston but I haven’t seen enough of them from them for me need to label them a legit Contender as tunin says down here beat in the Knicks uh beat the Knicks in the first round would be great I want to see that [ __ ]

Series just like I want to see this go seven games with Milwaukee because we all know to be the man you got to beat the man cams have some demons to exercise and that cannot be done until the postseason the regular season at least in their in this regard because

Normally I advocate for the regular season mattering because I still feel like it does in many regards but in in in the case of the cams they are no longer being evaluated on how they do necessarily in the regular season especially JB bicker staff he is no

Longer being evaluated on how many games he wins in the regular season he is being evaluated on how many games he wins in the postseason can you win a series can you win two can you do it dominantly some questions that cannot be answered until the playoffs come around

And as currently construed as of right now the Cavs are at the four seed that means that they could play the Knicks if the playoffs ended today they would face off against New York I would absolutely love that to be honest with you I hope

It stays that way I do I truly do I want these two teams to do battle again I want to see Cleveland get revenge so I feel like we’re equipped I feel like we are equipped to respond I want Jared Allen to have the ultimate Revenge

Series and want people to give that man his damn respect it would mean nothing you know it would mean so much to me to be able to see that but Time Will Tell Dennis says JB is not ex’s and O’s type of coach and I stand by that but I

Believe our team is just that talented to overshadow that fact JB is no lie JB’s not perfect he has his warts he struggled with ATL’s at certain points and went to call challenges and and things and by the way he won a challenge tonight he actually won a challenge and I’m glad that

Happened it saved it kind of stunted the momentum from Giannis getting ready to earn some free throws after was it elbowing I believe it was elbowing Jared Allen I’m so tired of our players getting hit in the face by the way I’m tired of it it just it happens way too

Often Derek SC has has really been the poster child for that over the past couple of seasons of just getting smacked or elbowed or punched poked in the eyes in the face I’m tired of that [ __ ] happening I need some I’m not calling for retaliation I’m not that

Type of dude but Jesus man I’m tired of seeing that [ __ ] and it just going unchecked I don’t know it it it’s cost us some games certainly but luckily the Cavs the Cavs have been able to to weather the storm here judan says DG got

To wear a face mask yeah I mean you broke your [ __ ] jaw I mean I Ian I don’t know I’m not I’m not a punk or anything but I I mean I got my jaw broke I probably would want to sit things out for a little while and let that [ __ ]

Heal up not trying to be Kanye West out there but uh I don’t know I’m tired of these guys getting hit in the face and elbowed in the face and Giannis you know I whether it was inadvertent or not it just it it kind of sucked to see that kind of play

Out again so hopefully he’s he he looked to be okay but uh all things considered when take it into to tonight’s game and this season series against Milwaukee into consideration this Cav team is is is ahead of schedule in my Regard in many regards because they’ve gotten to

See how much depth they have without Darius and Evan out there they’ve gotten to see how the added spacing looks and they’ve really honestly been able to to circumvent a large stretch to basketball when they probably should have or should be down further in the standings than they are now at Fourth

And and winning a ton of games they are you know just to throw this your you guys’ way if you haven’t checked out the standings in a while although I’m sure you probably have Boston as the number one seat is sitting at 35 and 10 Milwaukee after tonight’s loss is 31 and

14 and then you have Philly who’s directly ahead of Cleveland they’re at 29 and 14 that puts Cleveland seven games back from the first seed I don’t think they will climb up there they’re probably not going to make that that leap the highest I can see this Cleveland team climbing

Honestly is the three seed in the regular season that’s the highest I see them going because Milwaukee’s not going to fall off Boston’s not going to fall off and Philly’s going to keep doing their thing and so right now I feel like that’s probably the in regards to the

Standings in the regular season that’s probably where they they cap off as a three seed Richard says trouble with Nicks is Brunson might be better to start a core in place so Garland to guard him most of the time I I mean I can’t do it man I cannot bench

Darius Garland I feel like you kind of have to you you gotta have to figure it out daryus Garland is one of your top three players it’s the same debate that people are having with starting Dean Wade over Evan mby which is ridiculous by the way but it’s the same

Conversation that they’re having from a defensive standpoint uh on this in with with Garland and a spacing in with with Wade versus Evan um for matchup purposes I get why you might want to do that but I you you don’t bench your your your your star

Point guard you don’t do it uh I so I can’t agree with you there but I understand why you feel that way because brunon is on a hair this year been phenomenal for New York and after they added OG that just adds another Dynamic

Uh to them so I’m I’m curious to see how things play out but if the season ended today I still feel confident about that series like if the Cavs had to play the Knicks tomorrow in his seven game series um I would still feel confident as as

Long as we are healthy obviously these are all hypotheticals we don’t have Evan back we don’t have Darius back but at full strength if the series started tomorrow I would feel good about that matchup um glad that we have some time to put between then and now because that

Allows players to get healthy but uh just feeling good man I’ve been on here for a while I I’ll stop rambling because I feel like that’s all I’ve been doing pod but I hope you guys enjoyed tonight’s win I hope you enjoy tonight’s pod uh if you’re still here and you’re

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Mack reacts to Cleveland’s win over the Bucks, resulting in a 2-2 series split including:

1. Donovan Mitchell outplaying Dame
2. Rotation at full strength
3. CPJ or Caris LeVert and more!

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