2015-16 NBA Eastern Conference OFFICIAL THREAD

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Since when did Mason Plumlee become a bad center? Especially on defense. I would love to hear this nonsense.

1. He doesn't watch other teams.
2. Same fool that said Cavs sent Celts "a message"

 

[WiggyRuss]

feel pretty good about the Cavs considering the challenges that were presented.

It looks like they just about have their full team for the first time this year. Lets hope Blatt uses the Cavs great depth to keep everyone healthy. 18-7 and 2.5 games up in the East with all the stuff they dealt with the first couple months is pretty good.

Lets hope they beat the Knicks and set up a matchup that should be a lot of fun on Christmas day. Both teams are really going to want to win that game.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Mathew Dellavadova is 4th in the NBA in 3pt shooting at 46% and has the best assist-to-turnover ration in the entire league.

DAMN. Gotta give this kid a ton of credit. For someone to be undrafted and work their way to become what he has become is just awesome. Good for him.

PG- Kyrie Irving, Mathew Dellavadova, Mo Williams
SG- Iman Shumpert, JR Smith, Jared Cunningham
SF- LeBron James, Richard Jefferson
PF- Kevin Love, Anderson Varejao, James Jones
C- Timofey Mozgov, Tristan Thompson, Sasha Kaun

Now that is a freaking DEEP team. IT better be for what Gilbert pays. Excited to see what these guys can do once they have a little time to get acclimated. Lineup goes at least 2 deep- even 3 deep of useful NBA guys. In the East- outside of Chicago, and maybe Boston (but maybe not now that IThomas is starting), the Cavs have to have the best bench in the Conference and one of the best in all of the NBA.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Mathew Dellavadova is 4th in the NBA in 3pt shooting at 46% and has the best assist-to-turnover ration in the entire league.

DAMN. Gotta give this kid a ton of credit. For someone to be undrafted and work their way to become what he has become is just awesome. Good for him.

PG- Kyrie Irving, Mathew Dellavadova, Mo Williams
SG- Iman Shumpert, JR Smith, Jared Cunningham
SF- LeBron James, Richard Jefferson
PF- Kevin Love, Anderson Varejao, James Jones
C- Timofey Mozgov, Tristan Thompson, Sasha Kaun

Now that is a freaking DEEP team. IT better be for what Gilbert pays. Excited to see what these guys can do once they have a little time to get acclimated. Lineup goes at least 2 deep- even 3 deep of useful NBA guys. In the East- outside of Chicago, and maybe Boston (but maybe not now that IThomas is starting), the Cavs have to have the best bench in the Conference and one of the best in all of the NBA.

So, are you now ready to go on record and declare the Cavs are winning it all this year (and start taking bets)?
Or, are you just going to keep telling us that you feel they would beat the Heat in 5 if they play ?

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

feel pretty good about the Cavs considering the challenges that were presented.

It looks like they just about have their full team for the first time this year. Lets hope Blatt uses the Cavs great depth to keep everyone healthy. 18-7 and 2.5 games up in the East with all the stuff they dealt with the first couple months is pretty good.

Lets hope they beat the Knicks and set up a matchup that should be a lot of fun on Christmas day. Both teams are really going to want to win that game.

End of the day its just 1/82 BUT I feel James will try to really outdo Curry because of the national attention and he knows Curry is viewed as the clear MVP leader so far.

 

[Black Adam]

End of the day its just 1/82 BUT I feel James will try to really outdo Curry because of the national attention and he knows Curry is viewed as the clear MVP leader so far.

at this point that's really as it SHOULD be. let's face it, the guy's amazing...

and of COURSE we know LeBron is ego-less...

 

[bksballer89]

 

[gordontrue]

Liked this quote from Whiteside...

 

[ManuForever]

Mathew Dellavadova is 4th in the NBA in 3pt shooting at 46% and has the best assist-to-turnover ration in the entire league.

DAMN. Gotta give this kid a ton of credit. For someone to be undrafted and work their way to become what he has become is just awesome. Good for him.

PG- Kyrie Irving, Mathew Dellavadova, Mo Williams
SG- Iman Shumpert, JR Smith, Jared Cunningham
SF- LeBron James, Richard Jefferson
PF- Kevin Love, Anderson Varejao, James Jones
C- Timofey Mozgov, Tristan Thompson, Sasha Kaun

Now that is a freaking DEEP team. IT better be for what Gilbert pays. Excited to see what these guys can do once they have a little time to get acclimated. Lineup goes at least 2 deep- even 3 deep of useful NBA guys. In the East- outside of Chicago, and maybe Boston (but maybe not now that IThomas is starting), the Cavs have to have the best bench in the Conference and one of the best in all of the NBA.

I swear we have seen this post at least 30 times since the season started.

We get it, dude. Enough.

 

[wildturkey]

I still can't decide if he's going to be great or get lazy as fuck as soon as he's paid this summer. I still think its 50/50. I'd probably sign him if I were a GM but I'd be scared shitless that first year

 

[WiggyRuss]

Liked this quote from Whiteside...

hahahhahaahahhahahahhahahahhaahahah

 

[trojanfan12]

I still can't decide if he's going to be great or get lazy as fuck as soon as he's paid this summer. I still think its 50/50. I'd probably sign him if I were a GM but I'd be scared shitless that first year

If I'm a GM, I sign him, but try to make it a shorter deal. Maybe 3 years with a team option on the 3rd year. That way, if he goes lazy, it doesn't hurt too bad and if he really starts fully living up to his potential, he's young enough that you can still sign him to a longer term deal after that.

The kid has played well enough for long enough that the talent and potential are undeniable now. The problem with trying to sign him to a shorter team deal is that it seems likely that someone will probably take a leap of faith and offer him a long term deal after this season.

 

[DJ Fieri]

He hurt his back?

 

[DJ Fieri]

Mo is their 3rd string PG? LOL.

They better not rely on Delly too much.

 

[bksballer89]

Winslow so nasty

 

[WiggyRuss]

Winslow so nasty

not making anything up

those were his only points of the game

in a home loss

to detroit

i would hope a top 10 pick can dunk.

 

[trojanfan12]

Winslow so nasty

Meh, Kobe did that game before last and he's 37.

Spoiler

Of course, he had to sit out the next game because he tweaked his shoulder a little bit.

 

[bksballer89]

not making anything up

those were his only points of the game

in a home loss

to detroit

i would hope a top 10 pick can dunk.

It was a great dunk. It was a facial. In the NBA when someone else gets dunked on everyone loves it. Get over yourself.

As far as Winslow points tonight, for the 980th time this season he is a rookie and at the moment is an inconsistent scorer. Both of those were known since January. Nobody expected Winslow to come in here and be some offensive juggernaut.

 

[bksballer89]

Whiteside dominated Drummond in their H2H match-up but Wiggy will likely make Drummond out to be some bad center just as he made Mason Plumlee out to be some terrible defensive center on Sunday

 

[bksballer89]

Appreciate Stan's honesty