On a new episode of Locked on Cavs (Thursday, April 26) hosts Chris Manning (@cwmwrites, DIME on UPROXX, The Just Basketball Show, SB Nation’s Fear the Sword, Forbes Sports) and Evan Dammarrell (@AmNotEvan, Right Down Euclid) discuss the Cavs’ season coming to an end with a first round loss to the Knicks, how Game 5 was similar to the rest of the series in how poor the Cavs looked, the Donovan Mitchell part of the story and more.
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"Well that went well"! I'm kinda kidding but I'm not as a basketball fan and a fan of the Cavs for over 30 years plus,I knew that this team was flawed and had a major problem with defensive rebounding all season long. We finished ranked 24th in rebounding out of the 30 teams in the NBA. That's when I knew we had a personnel issue. I was concerned about the trade because I felt like we gave up too much for him and we lost depth and size and height and the wing player we actually needed to get to fill the 3/2. Agbaji is a three level scorer he can catch and shoot the 3, he can create his own shot off the dribble from the 3 or midrange and he is athletic and can finish at the rim or above the rim. Look at his highlights this season with the Utah Jazz. He wasn't getting minutes at first and I have no idea why, but once he started getting minutes due to injuries and he was put in the starting lineup the last few weeks of the regular season Agbaji looked like everything we needed to draft him for a 6-5,6-6 wing that can play the 3/2 and can catch and shoot and create off his own dribble plus he can hit the 3.
I like you 2 guys. I'm going to tell you the truth and not how I feel. Mobley and Jarrett are too small as far as it comes to their weight it's the reason why we struggled against teams like the Toronto Raptors in the regular season because they had a bunch of 6-8,6-7 wings that were stronger physically than our frontcourt. I like Donovan Mitchell but I was concerned about the trade because we traded more of what we needed to get him. We needed another big that could stretch the floor and be big enough to rebound and I believe Lauri could've been that .We needed a wing player and we drafted the kid from Kansas and I believe he would've provided a lot of what we needed at the small forward position. Last again I like Donovan Mitchell but he isn't what we really needed most after last season. We didn't need to swap out a 6-2 maybe 6-1 for another 6-1,6-2 small shooting guard
I understand Donovan's more explosive than Collin Sexton but he did just come off of his best scoring season prior to him getting injured last year. Sexton avg 24.3 ppg on 48% from the field and 38% from the 3 point line. I liked our tall lineup from last season I think that we only needed a few minor things but now after the trade we need more than we needed before. We could've signed a big like Boogie Cousins or Andre Drummond both would've helped add height and size to the frontcourt we could've gotten probably both of them for a small price. You already know how I feel about Agbaji he would've fit because of his skill set. Most important we just needed to get healthy because injuries robbed us of getting the chance to see what they looked like for a whole season. We traded a small backcourt for a small backcourt and gave up players that could've helped us against the Knicks this season.
Nick Nurse is available
Bring Khalifa Diop over to replace Jarrett Allen! Changes need to be made
Schadenfreude….. 🤣
Chris continues Cedi Osman hate.
Cedi the last 2 seasons, excluding the month after he returned from having Covid (per 36):
▫️ 17.0 PTS, 2.9 AST
▫️ 37.4 3P%, 58.9 TS%
▫️ 0.4 BPM in 20.6 MPG
In games he played between 20 and 30 minutes (per 36):
▫️ 18.1 PTS, 3.1 AST
▫️ 40.3 3P%, 62.0 TS%
▫️ 1.7 BPM in 24.8 MPG
Chris doesn’t care about reality.
When Chris analyzes Cedi Osman it’s per eye test because the stats would destroy his reality. And his eye test is flawed because it’s through the eyes of a hater.
Donnavin is great on a Monday game on Bally Sports but disappears on the Friday night TNT games. Donnavin was terrible in the playoffs. He is head over heels in love with NY and if we don't trade him he will walk out the door in 2 years for NY and we will get nothing in return. I like Kolby but the Donnavin experience is an Epic fail!
Everything the national media said the Cavs were gonna do to the Knicks, the Knicks did to the Cavs.
As a true fan. I Will Keep cheerinf for these Young fellas. I wanted to keep Lauri and agbaji But now is garlands-mobley team and they have to show It
No rebounds, no rings. You let Mitch bully you on the boards.
No one wants to talk about Garland. He chocked like he did last year. You can't teach height or heart and he has neither. I was Sexton fan because of his heart. I told this to someone this all the Sexton don't pass the ball to these guys, these same bums didn't do shit. Koby was very dumb for doing this trade
You guys still don't get it. The Cavs team (Spida not included) didn't play hard like in the regular season because they were protesting managements moves. They didn't like the Spida trade and/or the Love trade. So they just lets Spida do the work and he didn't even show up.