Are Donovan Mitchell & Cavaliers a FUN STORY or LEGITIMATE CONTENDERS? | Hoops Tonight
Jason Timpf discusses what he needs to see from Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers to view them as a top tier NBA Finals contender. Can Cleveland actually take down Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference?
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The schedule is only week because the west is trash. MIL destroyed OKC. C'mon man
I’m gonna keep saying it…what has OKC done to deserve any benefit of the doubt that Cleveland doesn’t get? I want to hear critiques of my home town team, but seeing people off handed put the Thunder ahead is frustrating.
Their problem remains the same, Mitchel and Garland are just too small and can be exploited in the playoffs defensively.
Cleveland winning so many games is a big part of why the east is struggling to have many teams above .500 winning percentage and simultaneously what makes it look like they have an easy schedule.
Probably should have just waited to post this one.
I like how you use Doncic as an example of how the Suns couldn't meet that star power, but then you slot OKC–the team Doncic beat last post-season in the playoffs–right into the #2 spot above Dallas with no explanation whatsoever.
Enough mental gymnastics. At this point in the season, if you're not convinced about OKC AND Cleveland, then you're just a hater.
they will lose in rnd 1…
U R WHAT YOUR RECORD SAY U R! 29-4! NUFF SAID!
They one trade away.
Cavs lack wings.. and bigs can struggle with physicality. Those are the two main weaknesses.
They literally have the same team as last szn this is just a good stretch in a long szn they will 100% not fw the real contenders in the east. Knicks blow by em celtics forsure blow by them and honestly fully healthy bucks proably beat ‘em to. Cavs are good but it’s a long szn lol
Bro, sound just like every single person inside of media makes me question. Do these guys actually watch them play
Comparing the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Sunnn, let me know everything I need to know about your opinion. You don’t watch them play. If you did, you would compare them to the Spurs or the Warriors.
Comparing the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Sunnn, let me know everything I need to know about your opinion. You don’t watch them play. If you did, you would compare them to the Spurs or the Warriors.
Cavs are 29-4 now and the schedule is NO LONGER the easiest in the NBA, it’s up to #20, so let’s go ahead and throw that narrative out the window.
This aged like milk
Yes- let’s say attacking Niang is a viable way to beat the Cavs. The 8-10 minutes a night he’s on the floor should allow plenty of opportunity for that. Putting Dallas ahead of Cleveland is just ignorant.
The disrespect of the Cavs historic start to their 2024-2025 season is real. They are manhandling the teams in front of them because they are just that good. Stup1d Bball analysts always point to the strength of schedule as an excuse as to why Cavs are winning. But, they don't point to the fact on how Cavs are beating the hell out of those teams. They are NOT just barely beating those teams…
Over their last 11 out of 12 games, they were beating their opponents by an average of 16 points. They make their opponents look like a JV team.
They have so many ways to beat the the opponents and their defenses make teams bleed for points. The growth of both Mobley and Garland has been a tremendous boost to their offensive firepower and also the arrival of coach Atkinson has also change the dynamics of their high powered offense. Their defense is still elite with both Mobley and Allen manning the paint. They also guard the perimeter very well with active hands and lots of delections.
So, yeah. Just continue pointing to their past weaknesses without seeing the improvements of the Cavs this season in both offensive and defenside of the ball.
As with almost any other teams, only Health can derail the Cavs campaign in the playoffs… If they remain relatively healthy the rest of the season, watch out!!!
This video is horrible.
Everyone is ignoring roster stability. The Cavs have had the same exact core for 3 seasons now. They made the play-in for a couple of years, then made it to first round, then made it to 2nd round. Everything is on schedule. Every year they improve. Last offseason, they re-signed EVERYONE and got a new coach to unlock the rest of the potential. It's been done. People are right to be skeptical of the cavs as champ, as they haven't even made the ECF with this lineup yet. But don't treat this regular season success like a fluke, it's very predictable when you have the stability and year over year growth that the cavs have.
Im sorry but this was an absolute joke of a video. You said nothing of merit. Its all generalization that can apply to any team.
I knew this guy didn't know basketball when at the beginning of the season he said what the Warriors were doing was more sustainable than what Cleveland was doing. How did that take age?
If you don't think they're a contender, you're just ignorant.
Padding your record is such an absurdly stupid statement