"NY Needed RJ to be Lazarus, But the Cavs Gonna Need a Messiah in Cleveland" 2023 Cavs vs Knicks Playoff Thread

[Schadenfreude]

Not an MIA Garland in the first half? We’re a better team. Before the series it was believed that Mitchell was the best player in the series and the argument was how many Knicks would you put before Garland and Mobley. The answer is probably 6 now…

He only took 5 shots in the first half. Mobley was better on offense than he was in the first half. Aside from game 1, Mitchell hasn't given them a whole lot in points.

 

[g-ice]

Stephen A

He ain’t lying

 

[Ironman]

ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE

DINNNNNNNNOOOOOO

 

[Slim]

Stephen A

 

[Typical Knicks Fan]

Randle needs to do better. He needs to be called out for his lack of effort.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Stephen A is happy af

 

[Serious]

we got a leak.

They stealing @Gil Scott-Heroin's talk point about benching randle

 

[Peter Popoff]

RJ has been great these two games at home

Kudos to Thibs for benching Randle , rarely say this but good move Thibs!

Really good move. I felt every bit of SAS energy.

 

[seemorecizzy]

Chill don’t do that, he’s been a big impact off the bench today overall.

I-hart definitely been killin it lately

 

[Regular_P]

That was the reason why some of us kept saying that their long term trajectory is mainly dependent on how Mobley progresses on offense and why they needed to prioritize getting him reps and development. Posters kept laughing it off, but now they see it for themselves.

Levert is too inconsistent on offense and will follow up a good game with a 4-17 type performance.

Mobley has to put in the work during the summer for Cleveland to do that. His game is exactly the same in year two as it was as a rookie. He has no jumper and no post moves.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

They are competing with Gobert and KAT for 14 ft of waste

getting outrebounded by Obi Toppin alone

 

[g-ice]

Single handily deaded our Cam Reddish war.

Ultimate peacemaker

I knew me shytting on Reddish didn’t go to waste.

Sorry @Serious just being real.

 

[OneManGang]

I absolutely love that Thibs benched JR. Remind him that this team isn’t reliant on you to win, but you can be a key piece

 

[Left.A1]

He's a good player on the right team but when they got mobley (said garland earlier my bad) that negated the need for him. They gotta move him for the right piece, but I don't know what that piece is just yet.

I think getting mitchell was necessary though they've been ballgripped by lebron friday after next style for 20 years. They needed something new to latch onto.

What’s wrong with Allen, they’ve kind of built their team around this double to triple big man lineup

 

[GoldenGlove]

Billy Donovan definitely would have subbed Randle back in the game, I hate it here