Tag Archives: James Harden

Peyton Watson Trade Gives Cavs Uncertain But More Optimistic Future

Cleveland Cavaliers Team President Koby Altman runs a team that made it to the Conference Finals for the first time in eight years this past season, but that same team under his stewardship also showed clear flaws that presented themselves as a large four wins to none chasm in those Eastern Conference Finals against the eventual World Champion New York Knicks. Clearly then, Cleveland needed to improve this summer, but for a long time, it looked like that just wasn’t going to happen.

Looking Back at the Cavs Playoffs & What Big Picture Moves Could Be Next

Cleveland was outpaced by a noticeable margin by the Knicks, to say the least. The outcomes weren’t close. The Cavaliers were defeated by double-digits in all games of the series with their median margin of defeat being 14.5 points (which is more forgiving than their average margin of 19 points, but also, a 37-point deficit in Game 4 does a lot to skew that average).

Cavaliers Have Defied Momentum to this Point; Up Come the Knicks

I don’t know what to make of this Cavs team.

So far, they have played back-to-back seven game series during this NBA Playoffs. Both series have seen the Cavaliers and their opponents tied at a 2-2 game split after four games. Both series have seen the Cleveland squad narrowly secure a Game 5 win, seeming like momentum could be on their side.

Doc Rivers Isn’t As Good… Or As Bad As People Say

I’m not sure there is a coach/manager in American professional sports where there is a bigger deviation between how insiders (media/teams/organizations) perceive them and they way outsiders (fans/people on the internet, basically) perceive them than Doc Rivers.

Do the Cavaliers Really Stuggle with Early Start Times?

A couple of weeks ago, the Cleveland Cavaliers were playing a Sunday national television matinee game against the Oklahoma City Thunder and found themselves down big early. On that national broadcast, former Cavalier and current ABC/ESPN commentator Richard Jefferson said something I found interesting.