Live Thread: Knicks @ Cavs
2023-10-31Good evening and Happy Halloween CtB!
Tonight the Cavs welcome the New York Knicks to the shores of Lake Erie for a primetime re-match between two Eastern Conference playoff teams from last season. The Knicks completely dominated the Cavs in spite of their anemic offense by crashing the glass and bottling up Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland. The Max Strus and Georges Niang additions were a direct response to that ass-whooping, but it has yet to pay off for the Cavs as they stumble out of the gates with a 1-2 record. Of course, the Cavs are missing at least 40% of their starting lineup with Jarrett Allen and Darius Garland out, and to add to that the backup point guard Ty Jerome is also out. It’s also been reported that Caris LeVert and Donovan Mitchell are game time decisions, although it’s hard to see Spida missing out on some primetime action against his hometown team.
BREAKING:
Let’s hope Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley can pull off MVP-level performances tonight, or else the Cavs will drop their third straight game. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern time and will be nationally broadcasted live on TNT, Go Cavs!
cap and LT up
👍 ON GETTING “ HARD ROCK 🪨 “ BACK——
SO IF THE CAVS/ KNICKS ENTERTAINED SPIDA TRADE TALKS//—WHO WOULD U WANT FROM THE KNICKS
Barrett / Grimes / Hartenstein plus picks
I’d want Lauri back :(
I want Mitchell (with the first unit anyways) to play more like Lauri with Utah: getting activated by PGs and through ball movement, finishing plays but not necessarily starting them.
YES BUCKAROO ON THE CORRECTION “ BUSH “ NOT GARDEN 👍🤪👍🤪👍🤪
I’m ready for Niang to put all the haters in body bags, or minivans.
He’s ready too. And by “haters” he means donuts.
😂
I nominate Georges “Donut” Niang as an official CtB nickname, like for John “HotPlate” Williams!
Georgie Van-o-donuts is his CtB and mob name.
OMG I love the internet.
George’s rolling donuts. That’s it. That’s the name.
AGREE WITH—— PLAY THE YOUNG KIDS TONIGHT—-KEEP SPIDA / MOBES HOME-//REST THE BODY AND THE PSYCHE
GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU BUCKAROO ——-“STILL LIVING THE DREAM- “ ——— STAYING BUSY IN THE MRS NOMAD S GARDEN//GUESS THAT HAS DOUBLE MEANING 🤪👺———SPIDA s LOOK AT THE END OF THE GAME——SHOWED A TOTALLY FRUSTRATED PLAYER “”””” TRADE ME NOW LOOK “ ——HOPE I AM WRONG
you mean the mrs NOMADs bush ?
what a difference a year makes.. some new faces.. same outcome, punked by the knicks (now 1-3) .. is it JB (just a checkers player in a chess league) ? is it lack of the “special sauce” winning teams have ? is it lack of leadership ? lack of talent ? lack of fire ? lack of anyone in the FO who can smell the subtle scent of latent talent ? all of the above ? none of the above ? i met little mobes at the guitar center in mayfield heights last month.. the clerks didn’t know who he… Read more »
good to hear you are a strat and LP man, and into Jeff Beck. back in the day, I saw the JBG (Music Hall?). the PA went out, so Rod Stewart shouted the lyrics. you don’t see that anymore.
music saves souls raoul bro.. my axes are my joy.. always being in drenched in sweet overdriven vibes.. i love the teles as well.. one of the universes holy trinities (tele, strat and lp).. if i had to choose only one.. the strat, of course
I hang with a lot of serious musicians, many of whom have several Strats, Teles, LPs, SGs, Danelectros, as well as some Martins and Taylors
Japanese Tele Nashville Edition from the early 90s. Hamburgler Photo flame edition.
Are Knicks, Thunder, and Pacers great at hitting 3’s? Sure seemed like the 3 D was frustratingly bad to open at home. (Not looking at any stats)
Yes. It was. The weak side rotations are bad. Folks are overhelping inside. Part of this is not playing together enough.
Oh no emoni
Dylan’s Windler comes in looking for payback.
Especially if he reads Cavs: The Blog!
of course he reads CtB!
Fair question: how bad does their start have to be to put Bickerstaff on the hot seat?
Probably something like 2-20
This was the best Bickerstaff coaching I’ve seen. Had to get the young guys some run and did.
right. I wish he had given them more, since there is a game tomorrow.
a few days ago, people were saying that Bates and Porter shouldn’t play in the bigs this year. but they aren’t looking too shell shocked yet.
He did fine. Everyone was good in their role and he tried some young guys and old guys.
Everyone did something interesting and he didn’t force much by overplaying the starters
Unable to watch – is it like men vs boys? Or just bad shooting
Terrible shooting. They played hard early, but they couldn’t put the ball in the basket.
Yeah. Strus was cold.
Men versus g-lreaguers and a guy in a warthog costume with a “Niang” jersey.
haha! must be Halloween!
What’s the chance they win tomorrow? Probably sit Mitchell?
Keep everyone in CLE
Sit Mitch and Mobes. What’s the point.
Hartenstein makes 8.1m????
And outplays Evan??
Not giving HardRock a qualifying offer was a FO unforced blunder.
Several of us were yelling about it at the time. There was some word this not doing so was some kind of favor to his agent. Anyone remember that? and what the favor was supposed to be for?
I’m kind of feeling like Tristan might eat his lunch!?!?
welp, that sucked! ready for the next game
Harty so good
Porters d has been es advertised.
Niang does smething
Play the whole summer league lineup. Put Isaiah in. Do it, JB! Don’t be a coward!
Boy these TNT announcers are pulling hard for the Cavs
They kind of are!
Out man Sam!
Emoni has earned some minutes.
I do wish we had kept Hartenstein
Yup, could’ve had him this whole time for like 10% of what Allen’s making
Or all three.
True that!
I think he is making about 50% as much. In any event, he has been seriously missed for three years and counting
I was referring to the QOs that Hard Rock received before his 2 year deal with NYK, where he earned less than 2.5 million for 3 seasons of work.
Also, including the “big” NYK deal, he’s only made 20% of what JA’s made.
Only 6 attempts for Evan?
Passing out of post. The Knicks are doubling or sending strong help.
He is also playing softer than the Knicks’ frontcourt. The last two possessions could have been scores but he was outmuscled.
LET EMONI COOK
They rooks are competing love it.
Niang is our 3rd leading scorer. Sounds right
JB has reached the ceiling with this team
White flag raised
Sadly I think this game is over
WHY IS NIANG STILL ON THE COURT????????????????????
JB is in tank mode w this lineup
Gotta play it
This is great experience
I f’ing hate the Knicks
Their style is annoying.
Bates with great minutes.
Lame offensive foul call
Right one though
Great play bates
LET EMONI COOK!!!!!!!!
Kick Brunson in the nuts!
Bates with some nice defensive plays so far
Spida is the best at grabbing his own rebound off of a missed layup
Nice setup with Bates too
JUST LIKE THAT LET SPIDA COOK
Trade everyone and start the tank /s
Good lord that ota “play”
Spida just needs to start jacking shots, only way Cavs have a chance 70 burger
Emoni needs some dunks. Seriously
Play TT or Isaiah.
This reminds me of 21-22: having just one shot creator <<<<<<
Why. Is. Niang. In. The. Game?
Randle owning the Cavs 4s… this looks exactly like the playoff series
Play TT.
Just tuning in. Looks like the Knicks still own the Cavs.
Someone hit a shot challenge
Gah. The minivan is in.
Nice hustle Emoni
Dear lord. Maybe no more 3s?
Niang is in so that seems unlikely
This third quarter is a slog
The officiating not even tonight.
Dean diving!
Mobley gotta finish that instead of passing.