The Cavs Look Like Contenders

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[@theyhatecollin2131]

I know people will say "the schedule was easy" it certainly hasn't been a gauntlet. But they've played 12 games in 20 days which is the most in the NBA have played 3 back to backs and haven't had a 2 day rest the entire season. No matter what that's going to have you gassed. And you can see it recently in the Nets, Bulls game you can tell guys are gassed but they're able to rely on their bench more. This team is healthy, deeper, and have a better coach this year. Also Mobley has gotten better Garland is bouncing back aswell. This team is for real

[@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone]

We have some really casual NBA fans don't really think coaching matters (like Kyrie) and believe that a player can never evolve. I think the Cavs being this good makes a lot of people upset for various reasons. I love it.

[@kentekuzan]

​@@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone as a Giannis fan that also loves my Cavs ...you're beyond correct about the coaching of course

[@Alx1116]

@@Where_Is_Her_Collarbonekyrie a casual is crazy

[@denzel8827]

@@Alx1116tons of nba players know less about the game then they’d lead you to believe. that’s why tons of old heads make constant terrible takes despite once being amazing players

[@ColdHoops]

​@@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone Anyone whose smart knew JB was their problem. I never envisioned Cavs playing as great as they have been though

[@danielshaltes911]

The, like, 10% more excited during the ad read is fucking hilarious.

[@kylepatrick2231]

Man gave it his all

[@jcmcgee1573]

its probably closer to 100 percent, its just that his baseline is so low bahah

[@malooch]

It'll be interesting to see where Strus fits in when he's back.

[@devontebroom6800]

I think Cavs should flip strus and Niang Or Bates for Cam Johnson

[@Gary_From_Vault_108]

@@devontebroom6800 Flip Niang and bring back Nance it needs to be done

[@drain5447]

prob eats into merrills role

[@virael3801]

​@@devontebroom6800 Cam J is too injury prone and Nets aren't trading for Strus and Niang

[@poppybrosjunior]

nervous about this - Strus had a lot of good moments last year but sometimes he completely disappeared

[@fcdraw]

Say what you want about a weak schedule (which wasn't really that weak) but any team in the NBA starting the season at 12-0 is impressive no matter how you slice it.

[@lasrrrrr]

so good to see garland not just back but playing the best basketball of his career

[@channelz1o1]

It’s beautiful to see the whole bench contribute. It’s crazy to think that only a coach change is what was needed to create this unstoppable team…

[@ColdHoops]

So far, it's the most significant head coaching change since Kerr was hired at Golden State

[@tjsutphin9855]

Assuming our core of Mitchell (28) Garland (25) Allen (26) and Mobley (23) stay together. We should have a few good years of Cavs basketball

[@HoopsAficionado]

The Cavs have been the surprise of the season so far. I didn't think they'd be so good. I also didn't think the Bucks would be so bad.

[@Kira13555]

Cavs won’t even make it out of the East lmao

[@elijahruderman]

@@Kira13555Only 2 teams make the finals every year. You say that like like can’t have a great season without making the finals

[@wolfgangfegelein2450]

Good things happen when you give a team time to click.

[@ColdHoops]

Me looking at Philly and Miami post-2023: 🤔

[@SnakeDoctor801]

Kenny Atkinson revenge tour

[@M-Cherian]

Nets never should have gotten rid of him or that bench

[@HJ17GAMING]

God 90% of these comments are idiots who don’t know ball. “They won’t make it out of the first round” (did it last year with hella injuries). “They always start hot” (literally 6-6 last season). “2015 hawks” (what person on that team is as good as Donovan, garland or Mobley). “They haven’t played anyone” (literally killed the best team in the west,)

[@samn90834]

2015 Al Horford was absolutely as good as current Mobley and probably overall better than Garland considering both sides but yea other than that spot on.

[@Tcmonday]

We really can’t blame them, tho. They don’t want to see another team kicking azz like this. If I wasn’t a Cavs fan, I’d be hating, too… talking about how my below .500 team was going to eliminate them in the playoffs 😂

[@jhank0cean]

It's a long season. Let's get to January first.

[@mikek128]

Hawks also started 7-5. Cavs are 12-0 and in that stretch beat the second best team in the league in dominant fashion and have been balling otherwise. Cavs are the best in the league by a good margin

[@jordanbonifield7601]

Please more rebuilds!!! from the old days

[@cisummusic22]

FINALLY A CAVS VIDEO

[@Jetanium]

Only took a 12-0 start "now it's time to talk about the Cavs" 😂

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[@darren806]

Ive only been getting really into the NBA for the last couple of years, so its incredibly satisfying to see a player like Mobely just explode and make a jump, so good to see it in action from a player I suspected wasnt going to do it

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[@Leon-cy7ud]

i always saw the cavs as the perfect team playmaking pg that can still score, a scoring machine sg, a pf that can score and defend, a center that can really protect the rim and catch lobs all they need is a 3&D wing

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[@nathanielthrush5581]

this years Cavs feel a lot like last years wolves, really great defensive team lead by an amazing shooting guard

[@futurehofer1564]

Idk something is missing imo but they could be another 2015 Warriors that ends up winning a championship after switching up coaches

[@ry_an.]

They’re missing another legit 15ppg+ scorer on the wing

[@lonzo4president]

@@ry_an. as a Cavs fan I thought this last season and even going into this season, but im not too sure now, I think Kenny Atkinson has made up for that. If you watch Cavs games, this 15ppg wing is being made up for by having multiple people doing it by committee. Merrill, Levert, Wade, Niang, Okoro and even Mitchell are all playing wing minutes and easily giving the contribution of someone like Wiggins, BI or Cam Johnson while providing the depth.

[@ry_an.]

@@lonzo4president How likely are any of those guys to step up in a playoff series? In those tight games/series you need a guy who’s a guaranteed bucket in isolation/crunch time consistently

[@lonzo4president]

@@ry_an. I have enough faith in Spida, Garland, Mobley, Levert and Jerome, who have all shown consistently they can be clutch, we don't need ANOTHER clutch option, too many can be a bad thing

[@uuh4yj43]

​@@ry_an. they dont need another guy to step up, they need their guys to not fall off. as long as their complementary pieces stay producing in the playoffs they have enough guys who can step up in their starting 5 imo.

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[@MFPLATYPUS]

you know I actually get why some can call this cavs team "unproven" or whatever but this Cavs team is just very well constructed. Not perfect, sure. but I think they're anything but an easy out. Granted it's also November with lots of basketball to be played but the vibes are certainly far better in Cleveland than before. an overall lack of injuries helps.

[@Kagemusha08]

Everyone was surprised that Mitchell didn't ask out after they had been a "Good but don't get past the second round" team for a few years. Glad to see he knew better than everyone else

[@ColdHoops]

The 3 other guys ages fits with his timeline. Leaving would've been stupid. Besides leaving for Denver, with Murray heading to Cleveland, where else could he have gone to that's current built to compete for a championship?

[@desmondyatlin4265]

Weird, I anticipated garland and Mobley playing together more; they were running a lot of pick up together this summer

[@avonbarksdale91]

Money and Mitchell are the best players on the team but didn’t play well together last year. Gotta fix that.

[@denniswilkerson5536]

On the Caris LeVert point, ever since he’s been on this Cavs team he has been the only complete and utterly consistent in every sense of the word player on this team, and one of the only ones including Okoro also in the playoffs against the Knicks. He gives 110% every game. And I think he cares because he get to play for his hometown team.

[@Ag-qy4zs]

Damm levert was bornin Cleveland?

[@ColdHoops]

@denniswilkerson5536 Nets fan here. LeVert's been like that since his third year. I'm happy for him 💪

[@denniswilkerson5536]

@@Ag-qy4zs No he was born in Columbus but Columbus doesn’t have a basketball team, so his hometown team defaults to Cleveland.

[@future62]

Is Max Strus gonna hit a buzzer beater from 80 ft this year........ this team is insane

[@seankennedy1377]

Now 13-0!!!!

[@lucasisto1744]

Ty Jerome has been sensational

[@skins1024]

I really wanted Kenny Akinson as the bulls coach back when they fired jim Boylen. Ever since that 18 nets team I have loved him as a coach, so to see him be an assistant all these years then finally going back to being a head coach and having this good of a start? Yeah,used chance by so many teams, Bickerstaff did a good job getting this team to the playoffs and relevant, but sometimes like with Mark Jackson, you need to go through a guy to hire a new guy to get to that elite level

[@euro51116]

As a Bron fan I wished so badly he went back to CLE this offseason, then the cavs would be a LOCK rn

[@bsmoove2357]

As a Cavs fan fuck no

[@lunarluger3498]

Nah he’d trade our talent for “win now” pieces. If he came on the vet minimum and accepted a sixth man role maybe , until then HELL NO

[@Tcmonday]

I’m a LeBron fan but I’ll pass. I’m sick of him stripping everything down to the bones and bouncing. Let the last team he depletes be LA or Boston 😂

[@euro51116]

@@lunarluger3498 Yeah cause in LA, Austin Reaves, Dalton, and Rui are certified and proven "win now" pieces more than Donovan Mitchell, Jarett Allen, and Darius Garland. For Cavs fan yall are seriously overblowing the "LeGM" narrative

[@euro51116]

Is that what he did in cleveland or Miami? Did he trade away Kyrie and Love? Did he have DWade or Bosh traded? He didnt strip the 2018 Cavs to the bone, he just led a bunch of bones to the Finals. His contract was over, so he left. You act like he pulled a KD or Kawhi and had them trade away their futures for 2nd round exits.

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Also good vid boss 🫡

[@smz257]

Casually dropping the boogeyman ending lol.

[@HectorCalculus]

he finally made a Cavs video

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[@detectivebrownmai]

1st What happened to Darius Garland being upset?

[@dubdeuce1517]

They haven't lost? But last year was tough for him since he broke his jaw, couldn't eat solid food for a stretch, and consequently lost 15 pounds. He wasn't playing as well probably because of this.

[@Ag-qy4zs]

Rumors don’t believe it

[@dirk61]

LeVert is always hustling on defense and gets a steal now and then. In the past, his shooting can be streaky. He's really quick

[@ryanbranch1430]

Daddy's talking about my Cavs?? Blessed

[@joshmiller7489]

They had a good run last year but Mitchell got injured in playoffs and Garland had to carry the offense

[@poppybrosjunior]

I agree Go Cavs

[@Tony_Toni_Tone]

Coach Kenny is the truth

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[@tokyotalkshoops]

I love Darius garland. Not saying he’s the best player from his draft class but that was my take when he got drafted and this year he’s definitely been the best, same as his allstar year so I’m taking that win

[@jacktheleper4468]

What their success says is that JB Bickerstaff is a buffoon. The Cavs always had such a complete team - to rival that of Boston - but I'm pretty sure Bickerstaff used nepotism and being an insider to worm his way to HC

[@EatYourGroceries]

Cavs vs Mavs finals. The battle of the avs.

[@ColdHoops]

Luka will be forever cooked in the media's eyes if he loses back-to-back Finals

[@verward]

Well look at that, all they needed was a good coach.

[@kl2389]

Kenny Atkinson changed this team for the better.

[@flyboygreg09]

Don’t wanna be a hater but they schedule has been very favorable and will continue to be. They should be like 19-0 before they play their first actually contender in the Celtics

[@javierromero9163]

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[@RJ25T]

They already had games where the 3pt shoot was gone they won those game using defense

[@Qdubz24]

As a Celtics fan I’m lowkey kind of scared of Cleveland

[@ColdHoops]

Scared of Cavs? Or scared you'll have to wait another 20+ years to see a parade? 🤔

[@memeteam2692]

Did anyone actually think the Cavs could rebuild post Bron? They were known for being poorly run since the 90s

[@ColdHoops]

You can't be a poor team forever lmao. There's got to be some sort of luck/success at one point. Look at Charlotte, they had some sort of success (from their point of view) making the playoffs in 2014 & 2016. Even Chicago with that 2017 team and the brief-DeMar era.

[@MaxPotentialGreatness]

Out of 12 games 9 of those teams wont make the post season.

[@wayneverhoff2790]

There was no reason why this team couldn’t play fast and lock in on defense

[@AyushGupta-jt9mf]

Warriors video next

[@cronosdimitri4584]

yeah yeah...but still east coast...is east coast...i'll wait and see

[@MonTueWedThu]

When are we gonna talk about the Knicks? They’re really behind expectations

[@ColdHoops]

You're *really* judging Knicks in the regular season? When everybody knows it's all about making it to June? You're not serious lool

[@MonTueWedThu]

@ L

[@orangesodazz]

Mitchell-Garland backcourt is way too small and defensively inept to be taken seriously in the playoffs.

[@elliottmann3394]

They’ve been really good defensively this year actually

[@ColdHoops]

The 2022 Mavs backcourt of Brunson & Dinwiddie (Luka at the 3) made the WCF... You can't see Cavs making the ECF? Assuming they don't run into Boston or Orlando in the 2nd round? 😮

[@pockets5174]

FINALLY!!!

[@MichaelKing015]

Regular season team remember the Hawks before? That's right it's them right now

[@ColdHoops]

1. That team didn't have a scorer like Spida 2. Their 'Kyle Korver' (Strus) is out injured and hasn't played at all. He's expected to be back mid-December

[@alexanderdevell7538]

Hello

[@duffman1876]

No they don't 😴😴🍻🍺lol

[@karnavatar]

They WILL fall apart in the playoffs.

[@paulhayden8948]

Bros mad his team has losses🤣

[@karnavatar]

Have no particular team. Backcourt is too small which will lead to problems in terms of switchability on defense.

[@devontebroom6800]

​@@karnavatar facts, Cavs should consider trading strus and Niang Or Bates for Cam Johnson..

[@paulhayden8948]

@@karnavatar maybe, but it’s worked so far and I think the rest of the team is strong enough defensively to make up for it. Especially considering the turnovers garland and Mitchell create, they definitely aren’t lockdown guys but I think they still provide a solid enough impact on defense

[@avonbarksdale91]

@@karnavatarsmall backcourt wasn’t the reason they lost to the Celtics. It didn’t struggle against Orlando either whose team is fucking gigantic.

[@adraino7345]

You need to have a superstar if you want to win your title the first time out. Bucks had Giannis, Lakers had Bron and AD, Raptors had Kawhi, Warriors had Steph and Iguodala ;) But my point is these guys are going to be battling a lot of inexperience and are going to see a lot of their players neutralized in ways that other teams hadn’t even developed when they played in the regular season. It isn’t about knowing what to do it’s about not having to know what to do and being able to react because once the first games played it’s just a game of adjustments and the team that can make their adjustments the most fluidly wins.

[@ColdHoops]

AD isn't a 'superstar'. A 'star'? Yes. Don't exceed a player's role to something they're really not

[@Gg_x4]

Yo

[@MrE_]

Nah they remind me of the 2015 hawks or the thunder last year. Very beatable in the playoffs

[@dearmas9068]

Clueless casual commentary.

[@Kokozaftran]

Unproven. It's 2015 Atlanta Hawks all over again until proven wrong.

[@seanjjpaul]

Sadly this is probly the case lol

[@dearmas9068]

Lol! Look at this clueless casual

[@avonbarksdale91]

@@seanjjpaulsadly you need to watch more ball.

[@MichaelKing015]

​@@dearmas9068what do you mean? He is kinda right you need to do good in the playoffs at this rate they're just the Atlanta Hawks before unless proven wrong

[@dearmas9068]

@@MichaelKing015 lol, this little narrative you clowns made up only exists to dismiss an outstanding rising squad. You're all just parrots talking about a team that none of you were ever familiar with. The Cavs are vastly more talented than that team ever was, and they are already better at a younger age. Its a false equivalency. Its a bad comparison, and you're all casuals for trying to force it.

[@david-bo2mo]

Only reason i doubt theyll do anything in the playoffs is because of how theyve started previous seasons looking good jsut to do nothing and i still think theyre not ready for playoff basketball

[@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone]

Coaching matters. It's important to dig into the numbers of how and why they won last year instead of comparing the two. Completely different seasons, completely different systems.

[@wolfiewiggins2810]

@@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone Kenny Atkinson is night and day better

[@david-bo2mo]

@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone but still the same players who I don't think are ready for the bright lights of the playoffs so none of that really matters to me lol

[@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone]

@@david-bo2mo sounds like you're a kid a doesn't really understand team growth then.

[@jalenjohnson0339]

@@david-bo2moI think that fair it’s great that they doing this now but let’s see if they can keep this level of play when they get to April and May which is the playoffs But all in all Kenny Atksion has been a great hire for them so far

[@CameronShull]

Okay let’s get things straight, you don’t have to like Halsey’s newest album, but what you said specifically at 7:35 onward is absolutely disrespectful and invalidating. I didn’t take you as a misogynistic man, but it’s harder for me to believe that now. Unsubscribed.

[@lilbroomstick7914]

cap

[@dearmas9068]

Casual

[@geordiejones5618]

The only thing they don't have come May is star power. Of any sport, the NBA matters when it comes to where your best players rank compared to the whole league. Right now the Nuggets and Celtics both have championship rosters that have great star power. The Warriors still have a great Steph and an overall engaged roster. OKC and Dallas both have rosters than get to the Finals. I can see the Cavs getting there by sheer virtue of its gonna be them or Boston, but I don't see them beating the more talented roster that will inevtiably come out of the West without even mentioning more dark horses like both LA teams and the Suns, who again all have greater star power. I trust Boston against anyone, but all that said, we have the 04 Pistons as a precedent that it can be done as a total team effort and timely heroics.

[@dearmas9068]

They have a ton of star power. Stopped reading after than clueless comment because its not worth it.

[@ColdHoops]

​@@dearmas9068 He mentioned the Suns... Where was their 'star power' against Denver in 2023 and Minnesota last year? 🤣🤣

[@dearmas9068]

@@ColdHoops do you know where you are, son? Do you need some help?

[@ColdHoops]

@@dearmas9068 You know I was referring to the other guy's comment (the original post) not *you* when I said "he mentioned", right?

[@dearmas9068]

@@ColdHoops oh I got you. My bad. I was the one who was lost, lol

[@dbzfan4evermj233]

Cavs are not beating healthy Boston team or Knicks and if they do make it out the east they will probably lose okc if Chet Holmgren comes back the same player this season I could see them beating the mavs just because how questionable there defense is especially with there big 3

[@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone]

Still upset about that azz kickin last night huh

[@TransferTales]

I love when people say opinions. Acting like they know what they are saying, without any analysis. Like bro this ain’t star-ball any more. Each really good team rn, was built with analytics and guys people were lower on. Shai, Mitchell, Brunson, JDub. Like not many of these guys were the #1 overall picks. Teams are built more methodically these days, and even tweaks in style/coaching can have big gains/losses. Look at the Bucks hiring Doc has tanked their team, along with the fact that they are older. The warriors going from perennial 2nd round exit with Jackson at coach to a dynasty with Kerr. Like the Cavs may lose to the knicks in 7, bust just as likely could sweep them in 4 on current form. Coaching matters probably more than most Americans would like to admit.

[@TheSkyrimps3]

We already beat the Knicks

[@Alx1116]

Almost had me till you said the knicks lol

[@dearmas9068]

Clueless casual fan commentary. This Cavs team can match ANYONE in a series.

[@Tampa81333]

Cavs wont make it out the first round

[@ky6632]

Mavs are about to demolish everyone but the Celtics.

[@bmbrowns1778]

Thats gotta be a troll lmao.They were a much worse team last year with tons of injuries and they still made it to the second round. You really think they'll lose to the 7th or 8th seed in the east this year? cmon lmao

[@Where_Is_Her_Collarbone]

​@@bmbrowns1778most of these commenters are butthurt and threatened.

[@dearmas9068]

Clueless casual