REACTION: Cleveland Cavaliers LOSE to the Chicago Bulls! | Worst Loss YET?! | Can it be FIXED?
On this edition of Locked On Cavs, Danny Cunningham reacts to the Cleveland Cavaliers losing to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Danny talks about how this game is similar to several other games the Cavs have lost this season, leading to their underwhelming start to the season. He also addresses the starting lineup change that Kenny Atkinson made on Wednesday, benching De’Andre Hunter. Finally, he talks about what was said in the locker room afterwards about how the team can turn this around.
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Last season we had two, sixth man of the year candidates with Ty and Caris. Players who can create their own shot off the dribble and could play iso if needed. We dont have a calibre player like that off the bench this season. Especially with injuries, they'd start and it would be seemless. Shouldn't have traded Caris and should've moved pieces to re-sign both. Warriors always killed us with Iggy and Livingston off the bench. They're essential players in championship calibre teams. We're so clunky on offence and don't have it anymore. Gotta do something but we're in the second apron… so essentially, we're screwed.
There still in the Indiana series
Another loss against a sub-.500 team this season. This is absolutely ridiculous.
Start the rebuild NOW. The Pacer playoff loss last season exposed the team as pretenders. Lopsided guard heavy design will never succeed in playoffs. Garland and Mitchell combo does not mesh well, trade often unavailable DG. Mobley will never have the bulk needed to box out centers, he is a 4, not a 5. Rebuild should not take long, we already have promising young guards, just need better inside and wing prospects. Realize that the regular season last year was an anomaly. Next 3 titles go to Thunder anyhow, with Spurs and Nuggets having chance if integral Okc players are out.
What's up to Everyone wishing Everybody all things good in your Lives! So I am a Proud Atheist American Citizen and Cleveland Ohio Native but my friend Danny and all of my Fellow Cavs Fans Kenny is the Cavs Major Issue even with the flawed construction of the Cavs roster Kenny got this wrong last season and it's when the Cavs had the best overall number #1 seed and record at 56-10 from that point with 16 games left in the regular season Kenny and the Cavs had a chance to make the best of last season and finish with the overall number 1 seed heading into the playoffs and also they had a chance to break the Cavs franchise record for most wins in a regular season and Kenny chose to Rest his Players who had already played career lows in minutes per game for most of the core players so they didn't need rest actually the final month of the regular season most young teams ramp up the minutes to prepare the Best Players to play more minutes in the Playoffs and most coaches shorten their rotation because you want to keep your best players on the court as much as possible in the Playoffs but Kenny chose different and the Cavs went 8-8 to close the regular season and lost the overall number 1 seed and fell short of the Cavs best regular season record because Kenny didn't Choose to Value the Regular Season and take the Opportunity to make last season a very special one because the Cavs did have more to play for those final 16 games and we were told by people like Danny who cover the Cavs regularly and have Podcasts that the Cavs were going to rest players with 16 games left because they were in a good position to!" How did that work out"? Kenny had the chance to incorporate Hunter into the starting lineup last year next to the Core 4 and didn't choose to do it but elected to continue to start a 6-4 G League starting shooting guard at the 3 on a already Undersized team that front office chose to make a trade to booster the frontcourt at least at the 3 but Kenny chose to continue to start games at a apparent Size Disadvantage that kept showing itself especially with their problems with Rebounding and their miniature backcourt!
" Come on Danny I know you have to be Careful and Optimistic about the Cavs but this Team is not a Legitimate Championship Contender and never has been with both Mitchell and Darius as starting Backcourt mates and to be honest Donovan and Darius needs to play next to a bigger and taller player in the backcourt next to either one of them instead of each other because they don't play off each other really and don't compliment each others games both look better when they are the only short player on the court for the Cavs and everyone else is taller on the court around them!
“Yikes” lmao
The Cavs lost their confidence since losing to the Pacers last postseason.
We have to stop asking if it’s the worse loss – they seem to be taking it as a challenge! (Yes, we can fix being worse than the Warriors by with sitting Lonzo (and Nance when he’s back) until we can cut him and firing Kenny immediately. But no I don’t see this season being built for a deep playoff run.)
“Stagnant offensively “ I think is lazy take. Seen evidence of plenty of ball movement. The end result is just still threes. Then any semi transition or fast break a threes is chucked.
Too many players with too many Limitations, good teams are 5 players that can do everything! (Dg , Allen) are the biggest in those Limitations.
I’m 62 and starting to believe the Cavaliers will never be great for the rest of my life
I already give up on this cavs team smh
After the Pacers Series, Koby Altman Should've been in the War Room, Figuring out, Why Rick Carlisle Ran Circles around Kenny Atkinson Scheme & Players. The Off Season Acquisitions were Failures… Lonzo can do everything… But Shoot, Larry Nance Jr is 🗑🗑🗑🔥🗑, & Dean Wade Just not Gonna Cut it. The Energy, Effort and Fight aren't there. Niang, Levert, Ty Jerome, and the Energy of the bench is Gone.
Try being a Bucks fan rn lol my second favorite team is the Cavs tho
It’s only December. Relax.
Dg too cool for basketball. Too worried about fixing his hair and how he looks. He plays hard for half a quarter and that’s it.
DG is out here stealing money
Bro…you are sugar coating this soft ass team. They suck
Just look at every one of Garlands closeouts. All a step slow and not making people put the ball on the floor. Just an entitled overpaid idiot that is NOT a second or third option on a championship team. Please trade that bum
Cavs haven't been the same since after last seasons all star break… I commented on this podcast last February & Danny was in denial. No accountability from this cavs team.