2017-18 Cavs Season Thread

• Commander of Awesome

  

  Alright, tonight's the night starting the season. What's everyone's thoughts heading into our match-up with the Celtics? We winning?
  
  thinking about our roster I like that we have more "3 way players" and less specialists than last yr. I think that will make us harder to defend as we have more ball handlers/creators than just Kyrie and LBJ.
• friendfromlowry

  Prediction: One player and/or team will have a very off night leading the media to overreact. Hopefully, it's Kyrie.
• cat_lover

  Looking forward to the season. I agree that the roster seems to be more versatile.
  
  Go CAVS
• like_that

  

  I was going to change the thread title to the preseason thread, but for some reason OC won't let me. The last time I was the OP on the cavs thread, they won the title.
  
  Prediction for the season:
  
  -Cavs start off well
  -Lebron purposely dicks around just so he can QQ about how the team isn't ready for the playoffs
  -Team "struggles"
  -Reports about lebron leaving, hating cleveland, and hating his teammates
  -Trade is made to make the team better
  -Team is still "struggling"
  -Lebron is being passive aggressive
  -Lots of predictions of East teams that can now potentially dethrone the Cavs in the East
  -Lebron tells media he is happy with the direction of the team despite media reports
  -Media ignores his direct quotes anyway
  -Playoffs start and zero dark thirty activated
  -Lebron pwns all the East teams that were listed as candidates to dethrone him
  -Lose to warriors in finals and media talks about the one time Draymond was out in game 5 and that's why they even lost those finals even though they don't say anything about love being out with a concussion those finals and also love/kyrie being out the first finals.
  
  
  Am I missing anything?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  You forgot LBJ hitting the floor about every 10 games or so, acting like it's a season ending injury and the entire city of Cleveland collectively gasps. Only to see him get up and play the entire 4th quarter.
• wildcats20

  

  Is Bron playing tonight?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  wildcats20;1877736 wrote:Is Bron playing tonight?

  OMG WHO KNOWS!!!! LBJ IS RILL HURT!!!! /LBJ being a dramatic bitch boy he learned at the rapistfucker how to be a dramatic POS School of QQ BitchBois
  
  yes, he's playing. Prob play all 48 min.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Go Cavs. Just gonna enjoy the ride. When I think about the Cavs without Lebron...or without him as the best player on the planet, I get depressed. So I am just going to appreciate it while we have it.
• friendfromlowry

  According to McMenamin he participated in shoot-around. I can't imagine he wouldn't play...
• Commander of Awesome

  

  LMFAO, nicely done Browns. : thumbup:: thumbup:: thumbup:
  
  https://twitter.com/Browns/status/920379985189359616
• friendfromlowry

  like_that;1877732 wrote:...-Lose to warriors in finals and media talks about the one time Draymond was out in game 5 and that's why they even lost those finals even though they don't say anything about love being out with a concussion those finals and also love/kyrie being out the first finals.

  I still like Bill Simmons and his dozens of podcasts he does every week. He did one on the state of the NBA a few days ago and in it they touched on how lucky the Warriors have gotten (firing Mark Jackson/hiring Kerr, Draymond Green falling to them in the draft, being able to sign Curry to a friendly contract for as long as they did). They countered that with if Draymond hadn't been suspended for game five then maybe they're three-time NBA champs. I can't believe people forget how A) Love and Kyrie didn't play in those 2015 finals, and B) Lebron still took it to six games without them.
• Laley23

  

  Cavs make trade and beat GSW in Finals.
  
  But yeah, I'll watch tonight. Not really at all invested until the deadline though. Then not again until playoffs.
• like_that

  

  friendfromlowry;1877742 wrote:I still like Bill Simmons and his dozens of podcasts he does every week. He did one on the state of the NBA a few days ago and in it they touched on how lucky the Warriors have gotten (firing Mark Jackson/hiring Kerr, Draymond Green falling to them in the draft, being able to sign Curry to a friendly contract for as long as they did). They countered that with if Draymond hadn't been suspended for game five then maybe they're three-time NBA champs. I can't believe people forget how A) Love and Kyrie didn't play in those 2015 finals, and B) Lebron still took it to six games without them.

  And love missed a game and a half in the 2016 finals. The same one where draymond missed a game. I guess that doesn’t count for anything.
• MontyBrunswick

  

  Who cares? Next year it will be the same shit. 4-12 after three years chud will be fired along with banner and Lombardi then we will switch back to the 4-3.
• Crimson streak

  

  MontyBrunswick;1877754 wrote:Who cares? Next year it will be the same shit. 4-12 after three years chud will be fired along with banner and Lombardi then we will switch back to the 4-3.

  lol that never gets old. I think by the end of the year boogie cousins will be a cav
  
  
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• kizer permanente

  God it's weird seeing Wade as a cav lol
• Classyposter58

  

  Cleveland and Boston have the advantage of the fact that the entire East has been hollowed out. Probably the biggest disparity in leagues in modern pro sports history. I don't see anyone beating GSW if healthy however, they're in 90s Chicago mode rn
• SportsAndLady

  

  Oh my fucking god that was fucked up. Feel so bad for Hayward
• kizer permanente

  Well that was one of the nastiest things Ive ever seen
• kizer permanente

  How was he not screaming in pain ?
• SportsAndLady

  

  kizer permanente;1877772 wrote:How was he not screaming in pain ?

  Shock maybe? Honestly no idea
• kizer permanente

  SportsAndLady;1877774 wrote:Shock maybe? Honestly no idea

  Yeah had to be. I know I'd be crying like a baby.
• iclfan2

  

  That video was disgusting. There is a video where they cropped the injury out and the whole cavs bench basically cringed and got out of their seats to not look.
  Shit call on Rose after Irving tripped.
  
  
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• slingshot4ever

  in im south korea....cant see the game....what was the injury?
• kizer permanente

  slingshot4ever;1877786 wrote:in im south korea....cant see the game....what was the injury?

  Haywards foot was facing a direction it shouldn't have been.