Who Smells Like Champagne Now? 2016-2017 Cleveland Cavaliers Season Thread

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Still think it's just a strategy to get da Heat to come up out dem pockets and get em to put some respek on his name. :francis:
Lebron takes a pay cut, looks out for his homie.

They both sign for like 15Ms... Miami fans looking like :wtf: in the process.
 

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Lebron takes a pay cut, looks out for his homie.

They both sign for like 15Ms... Miami fans looking like :wtf: in the process.


I honestly don't even think they could do that if they wanted isn't Bron the President of the Players Union or something wouldnt that be frowned upon?
 

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I honestly don't even think they could do that if they wanted isn't Bron the President of the Players Union or something wouldnt that be frowned upon?
If ZaZa can sign for 2.9Ms, then Wade can sign for 15Ms.

Miami offered him 10M initially remember?

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But the Spurs brought in the exact guys they needed to fit their system.

When two of your five starters are Kyrie and Love, you are NOT going to be an elite "defense and ball movement" team. And it's not like JR and TT are going to make up for what they're lacking in that department.

Breh, they had some of the best ball movement in the playoffs in the first 2 rounds when they broke the playoff record for 3's ...IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

And there are plenty of good defensive teams that hide players with great TEAM DEFENSE...they played really good defense against the team with the most reg season wins so we know they can be really good on that end.

This is a championship team and I expect them to be better with a full training camp under Lue.
 
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Breh, they had some of the best ball movement in the playoffs in the first 2 rounds when they broke the playoff record for 3's ...IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

Yes, when playing outmatched Detroit and Atlanta, that ball movement looked great. :comeon:



And there are plenty of good defensive teams that hide players with great TEAM DEFENSE...they played really good defense against the team with the most reg season wins so we know they can be really good on that end.

This is a championship team and I expect them to be better with a full training camp under Lue.

Golden State scored 104 in the first game
Golden State scored 110 in the second game
Cleveland held Golden State to 90 in the third game WHEN LOVE WAS OUT.
Golden State scored 108 in the fourth game
Golden State scored 97 in the fifth game WHEN GREEN WAS OUT
Golden State scored 101 in the sixth game WHEN LOVE PLAYED 12 MINUTES
Golden State scored 89 in the seventh game


Game 7 was either a fantastic defensive game or a complete Warriors collapse. And Lebron/TT played incredible defense, while the perimeter players were strong. But the truth is, for the first 6 games Golden State was still lighting up the Cavs whenever Love played (except when Green was out). And Kyrie was definitely helped by the fact that Curry wasn't 100%, and by the fact that Barnes was completely useless even on wide-open shots.

Now you're going to replace Barnes with Durant, Curry will be healthy, Green probably won't miss games...and you really expect the Cavs to stop that?

Even if they improve, what kind of miracles will they have to create to cover up Love? After 6+ years in the league, why will Kyrie/Love finally figure out how to defend the pick-and-roll if they haven't already?
 
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