brian1227
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At end of game they sat the whole team.They played tristan and g league players. It a very bad look.; while Knicks wanted to winAnd cavs sat people, so, like I said, same
At end of game they sat the whole team.They played tristan and g league players. It a very bad look.; while Knicks wanted to winAnd cavs sat people, so, like I said, same
What I really hate about all of this is the Cavs are well aware of the league-wide perception that they are a soft team and organization..,and they went out and fed that beast. And how do you just toss away a chance to hang a division champs banner? It’s not the end goal, of course, but it is a tangible award and is forever recorded in the history of the game. And as you said, the Magic are going to be pumped and I really believe they are going to win the series. The backlash from all of this will be unreal.Strange decision for sure, very short-sighted. Sure, I'd rather face Orlando in the first round. But now you have made Orlando aware of that also, and they will feel disrespected, so they will come at you hard. And from there you get Boston.
I would have done all I could to stay on the other half of the bracket away from Boston until the East Final.
Spot on. A joke move!What I really hate about all of this is the Cavs are well aware of the league-wide perception that they are a soft team and organization..,and they went out and fed that beast. And how do you just toss away a chance to hang a division champs banner? It’s not the end goal, of course, but it is a tangible award and is forever recorded in the history of the game. And as you said, the Magic are going to be pumped and I really believe they are going to win the series. The backlash from all of this will be unreal.
He can't even lie well. Terrible article too. You weren't "locked in" to the 4 at that point. You were set to be 2 or 3, then you shut them down, because you either decided to throw it, or were told to.Bickerstaff explains what happened and why........
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Cavs' JB Bickerstaff gets 100% real on roster decision in loss to Hornets
Is JB Bickerstaff right with his decision?cavsnation.com
Yep. And the worst of all is to say they wanted to give all the end of the bench players some time as a reward. This is professional sports. People pay a lot of money to attend the games and buy merch. Advertisers pay a lot. TV networks pay a lot. Gamblers pay a lot. This isn’t fuggin Little League baseball where every kid gets a goddamed at bat! You play to win! Especially with a division title at stake. I mean, they only have seven in their 53 seasons. One you still call a miracle and six more with LBJ. Would have been nice to hang number eight in the rafters.He can't even lie well. Terrible article too. You weren't "locked in" to the 4 at that point. You were set to be 2 or 3, then you shut them down, because you either decided to throw it, or were told to.
They looked like crap against each other, but that doesn’t mean either wouldn’t bludgeon the docile Cavs. I agree, though. It was deplorable to duck any team. Sends a very soft message about the team.Both of these teams in this 7/8 play-in game look like crap.
Cavs should be absolutely ashamed ducking both of them with home court advantage.
I agree it was the front office who ordered JB to throw the game. JB would love to have that division title attached to his record and no way he just lets that go on his own. But the fact he went along with it shows me what I already knew…that he is soft and has created a culture of softness.I will go on record saying this was not JB’s call…this came from the front office/owner and he just played foot soldier. This from a front office that lives and dies with awful draft pics…Bennett, Waiters and the 5’7 dude from Oakland…TT, a serviceable player but not a lottery pick, Joe Harris? We kept him in the G league..in Brooklyn he was a knockdown 45% shooter, Sexton, Mobley…while other teams are drafting European players who are ready day 1…..we lived and died with LBJ..now we live and die with Mitchell…we are stuck…no draft capital…and Mitchell maybe walking…it isn’t all coaching..it is front office.
With the drafting I was addressing the organization, not JB..I agree it was the front office who ordered JB to throw the game. JB would love to have that division title attached to his record and no way he just lets that go on his own. But the fact he went along with it shows me what I already knew…that he is soft and has created a culture of softness.
As for the drafts, you can only go by the Altman picks. You can’t saddle him with some of the bad picks of the past, just as you can’t give him credit for any of the great picks from before his time.
I could be wrong, but I thought at the time SGA made it known he didn’t want to be drafted by CLE. He may have even refused to work out for them pre-draft. I might be confusing him with someone else, though.In terms of draft picks, Koby has been pretty solid IMO. Respective to draft position and draft class.
Okoro is the easiest to about, but if you go back and look at his draft nobody of any real impact went in the next handful of picks after him. Six picks later Vassell (sp. ?) went, and to this point he's just been a solid scorer for really bad Spurs teams.
Biggest missed opportunity was in 2018. Sexton was a solid pick at #8, but that draft was very deep. There were as many as four players in the next six picks that have probably been better than him to this point. An All-NBA player and MVP contender in Gilgeous-Alexander went three picks later. I'd much rather have SGA now than have Mitchell.
Are you kidding me? An all female announcing crew on ESPN? Time to do some yardwork and listen to Tim Alcorn call the game on the Bose headphones.Man..a 1 o’clock game on a Saturday is tough…hard to stay inside on a 65 degree beautiful day down here in Cincy. Still confused about what the league was thinking with the schedule? I will tune in but can’t watch for 2.5 hours straight…
I don't recall.I could be wrong, but I thought at the time SGA made it known he didn’t want to be drafted by CLE. He may have even refused to work out for them pre-draft. I might be confusing him with someone else, though.
The pregame show was even worse.. Stephen A yelling like a buffoon and Kendrick speaking a language that was loosely based on EnglishAre you kidding me? An all female announcing crew on ESPN? Time to do some yardwork and listen to Tim Alcorn call the game on the Bose headphones.
Just goes to show the disrespect the network has for the Cavs and Magic. There was an analyst this week who said that this was the NBA throw away series. Turn to Bally's for the real telecast.Are you kidding me? An all female announcing crew on ESPN? Time to do some yardwork and listen to Tim Alcorn call the game on the Bose headphones.
That’s just more of ESPN shoving women’s basketball and women announcers at their audience.Are you kidding me? An all female announcing crew on ESPN? Time to do some yardwork and listen to Tim Alcorn call the game on the Bose headphones.
Even sloppier now, and the threes aren't fallingGood half ;but very sloppy.;And darius not good.