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Cleveland Cavaliers Season Thread: Kyrie for MVP!

  • mucalum49
    HighRoller74;1579486 wrote:What would be hilarious to me, would be for Bennett to come out rest of the season and play like that, all the while thinking of Chris Grant sitting in his living room all alone, openly crying, all while whimpering" I knew it"
    Could very well happen. Looks like it took his firing for our young guys to realize this is a business and people get fired for not delivering. They've been good since he got fired.

    Saw Sam Amico tweeted Bennett is averaging 10pts 5 rebs and 63% from 3pt in February. Glad to it's starting to come together for him.
  • bases_loaded
    Its hard to gain confidence sitting on the bench and getting DNP CD
  • Commander of Awesome
    bases_loaded;1579502 wrote:Its hard to gain confidence sitting on the bench and getting DNP CD
    Agreed, that was just dumb. Either play him or send him to the D league.
  • lhslep134
    bases_loaded;1579502 wrote:Its hard to gain confidence sitting on the bench and getting DNP CD
    I guess the team thought it would be harder to gain confidence by being demoted to a sub-NBA league. Hard to argue with what we've seen lately.
  • lhslep134
    Commander of Awesome;1579572 wrote:Agreed, that was just dumb. Either play him or send him to the D league.
    I also thought at the time that PT in DL > DNP CD, but I can't fault their reasoning for not sending him down.
  • Fly4Fun
    Has a #1 overall pick been sent to the D-league before?

    If not, I can kind of see the reason for not sending him as that would be a dubious first and could really screw with his confidence.
  • lhslep134
    Fly4Fun;1579629 wrote:Has a #1 overall pick been sent to the D-league before?
    No. Highest pick to be sent down was #2 Thabeet
  • Commander of Awesome
    lhslep134;1579697 wrote:No. Highest pick to be sent down was #2 Thabeet
    I still don't think just bc it hasn't happened before, means its a good reason not to have sent him down.
  • wildcats20
    Commander of Awesome;1579701 wrote:I still don't think just bc it hasn't happened before, means its a good reason not to have sent him down.
    Yeah, not sending him down was more of an arrogance factor on Grant's end. He didn't wanna be the guy to do it.

    He needed to be sent down, even if for only a game or 2. Let him get some run down there and get his confidence.
  • like_that
    http://deadspin.com/andrew-bynum-threw-a-fantastic-tantrum-in-cavs-practice-1521614337?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
  • Rotinaj
    lol, Bynum is such a pos.
  • Lovejoy1984
    Loved this comment.

    "In Bynum's defense, that same strategy netted Josh Smith a $54 million contract from Detroit"
  • SportsAndLady
    Kyrie with 21, 5, and 6...at half

    But Cavs are down 11 points lol
  • Mulva
    Where did you get those Kyrie numbers from?
  • bases_loaded
    Try 8 0 3
  • DeyDurkie5
    Dude these refs are killing the game
  • SportsAndLady
    Ah shit sorry. He's on my fantasy team and those are his weekly numbers. I thought it was his first game of the week.
  • bases_loaded
    He still has ZERO assists
  • Lovejoy1984
    And Bennett has only played 15 minutes today, after 30 in the last game.
  • Lovejoy1984
    With only 7 mins to go in the game, Kyrie had 0 assists, now with less than a minuted, hes got 4. Would be nice if he'd show this kind of effort the whole game.
  • gport_tennis
    But that 3 pointer though...
  • Pick6
    first 4 game winning streak since the Lebron era. Go back in your hole Tiernan.
  • Lovejoy1984
    Happy with the win, but Bennett finished with only 15 minutes again.....sigh
  • bases_loaded
    Their bigs determined the big man rotation. Although I think Bennett should get all Clark's minutes
  • Midstate01
    I think bases loaded is right. Bennett got destroyed on the defensive end so he didn't get as many minutes and zeller after picking up 2 quick ones played pretty well when he was in there.